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Jazz pianist, arranger and recording artist Jimmy Jones is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. In the course of a long career, he will lend his many talents to Harry Belafonte, Johnny Hodges, Budd Johnson, Nat Gonella, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Burrell, Cannonball Adderley, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Ben Webster, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Wess, Milt Jackson, Sidney Bechet, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones, Wes Montgomery, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Horn and Joe Williams.
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