| LC control no. | n 78012458 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jackson, Calvin |
| Variant(s) | Jackson, John Calvin, 1919-1985 |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) Toronto (Ont.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1919-05-26 |
| Death date | 1985-11-28 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Encinitas (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Motion picture music Television music |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Pianists Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | Cocktail at Ciro's, 1944 BL BCM, 15 Dec. 2000 (hdg.: Jackson, J. Calvin (John Calvin), 1919-) Sessions, live ... [SR] 1976 (a.e.) labels (Calvin Jackson) container (b. Philadelphia) Grove music online, July 12, 2019 (Jackson, (John) Calvin; born May 26, 1919, Philadelphia; died Nov. 28, 1985, Encinitas, CA; pianist, composer, and leader; after studying at the Juilliard School (to 1941) he worked as assistant music director at MGM in Hollywood (1943-7); also wrote arrangements for Harry James's orchestra (1943) and recorded with the band of the pianist Phil Moore (1947); in 1948 he moved to New York, where he played with Mildred Bailey at the CafeĢ Society and made his first recording as a leader; in 1950 he settled in Toronto where he played regularly with his quartet at the Park Plaza Hotel and presented a weekly television program for CBC; by 1957 he had returned to the USA and after 1961 he lived in Los Angeles; his compositions include music for films and television) Los Angeles times, viewed online, July 12, 2019 (obituary dated December 7, 1985: Calvin Jackson; died November 28, 1985, in Encinitas, California, at age 66; jazz composer-pianist and arranger; scored the 1964 film The unsinkable Molly Brown) |
| Invalid LCCN | nb 99187675 |
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