Jimmy Blanton
James Blanton (October 5, 1918 – July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist. Blanton is credited with being the originator of more complex pizzicato and arco bass solos in a jazz context than previous bassists. Nicknamed "Jimmie," Blanton's nickname is usually misspelled as "Jimmy," including by Duke Ellington. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 5, 1918 (Chattanooga), Died July 30, 1942 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass, composer
Notes: Sometimes listed as Jimmie Blanton.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-044887 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | You, you darlin' | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-044888 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | Jack the Bear | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-044889 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | Ko-ko | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-044890 | 10-in. | 3/7/1940 | Morning glory | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-044891 | 10-in. | 3/7/1940 | So far, so good | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-049015 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Conga brava | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-049016 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Concerto for Cootie | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-049017 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Me and you | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-049655 | 10-in. | 5/4/1940 | Cotton tail | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-049656 | 10-in. | 5/4/1940 | Don't get around much anymore | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053020 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Dusk | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053021 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Bojangles | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053022 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | A portrait of Bert Williams | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053023 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Blue goose | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053427 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | There shall be no night | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053428 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | In a mellotone | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053429 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | Five o'clock whistle | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053430 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | Warm valley | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053504 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | Pitter panther patter | Jimmy Blanton ; Duke Ellington | Bass and piano duet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053505 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | Body and soul | Jimmy Blanton ; Duke Ellington | Bass and piano duet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053506 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | Sophisticated lady | Jimmy Blanton ; Duke Ellington | Bass and piano duet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053507 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | Mr. J. B. blues | Jimmy Blanton ; Duke Ellington | Bass and piano duet | instrumentalist, string bass, composer | |
| Victor | BS-053552 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | The flaming sword | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053579 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | Across the track blues | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053580 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | Chlo-e | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053581 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | I never felt this way before | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053603 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Day dream | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053604 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Good Queen Bess | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053605 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | That's the blues, old man | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053606 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Junior hop | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053607 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Without a song | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053608 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | My Sunday gal | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053609 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Mobile Bay | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053610 | 10-in. | 11/2/1940 | Linger awhile | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053621 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | Charlie the chulo | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053622 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | Lament for Javanette | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053623 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | A lull at dawn | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053624 | 10-in. | 11/11/1940 | Ready Eddy | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053780 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | The sidewalks of New York | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053781 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | Flamingo | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053782 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | The girl in my dreams tries to look like you | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054606 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | Harlem air-shaft | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054607 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | At a Dixie roadside diner | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054608 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | All too soon | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054609 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | Rumpus in Richmond | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054624 | 10-in. | 7/24/1940 | My greatest mistake | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-054625 | 10-in. | 7/24/1940 | Sepia panorama | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-055283 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Take the "A" train | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-055284 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Jumpin' punkins | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-055285 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | John Hardy's wife | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-055286 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Blue serge | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-055287 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | After all | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061283 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Bakiff | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061284 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Are you sticking? | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061285 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Just a-settin' and a-rockin' | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061286 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | The giddybug gallop | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061318 | 10-in. | 6/26/1941 | Chocolate shake | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061319 | 10-in. | 6/26/1941 | I got it bad and that ain't good | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061338 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Clementine | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061339 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | The brown skin gal (In calico gown) | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061340 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Jump for joy | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061341 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Moon over Cuba | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061342 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Some Saturday | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061343 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Subtle slough | Rex Stewart Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061346 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Squaty roo | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061347 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Passion flower | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061348 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Things ain't what they used to be | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061349 | 10-in. | 7/3/1941 | Going out the back way | Johnny Hodges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061684 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Five o'clock drag | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061685 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Rocks in my bed | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061686 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Bli-blip | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061687 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Chelsea Bridge | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061688 | 10-in. | 9/29/1941 | Brown suede | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061689 | 10-in. | 9/29/1941 | Noir bleu | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061690 | 10-in. | 9/29/1941 | "C" blues | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | PBS-061691 | 10-in. | 9/29/1941 | June | Barney Bigard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blanton, Jimmy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106021.
Blanton, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106021.
"Blanton, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Jimmy Blanton
Discogs: Jimmy Blanton
Allmusic: Jimmy Blanton
Grove: Jimmy Blanton
Britannica: Jimmy Blanton
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88650475
Wikidata: Jimmy Blanton - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q939947
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24786473
MusicBrainz: Jimmy Blanton - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb7ff13b-4b75-4187-b6e1-c5179d33bc5e
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