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Jimmy Rowles

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Aliases
Jimmie Rowles
Jimmie Rowles Trio
Jimmy Rowles Septet
The Jimmy Rowles Sextet
Jimmy Rowles Trio
Real name
James George Hunter
Born
August 19, 1918
Died
May 28, 1996
Country
United States
IPI
00026890468 4 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz pianist who was a prolific sideman and occasional leader. Rowles has accompanied many vocalists and is best known as a swing and mainstream player. He occasionally doubled as a singer himself. Rowles took his stepfather's name.
Family
Stacy Rowles Daughter
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Covers by Jimmy Rowles

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1994 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
  1979 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
  July 1959 George J. Gaskin REL, Sam Doctor PRF
1974 Brook Benton
1957 Arthur West
i May 1991 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1978 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1997 (unknown)
i 1994 Dizzy Gillespie
February 1963 Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
  1990 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i   1980 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   1981 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
1995 Jimmie Rowles & Stan Getz, Norma Winstone
1990 Jack Jones
  July 1959 Ada Jones and Billy Murray REC, Elizabeth Brice & Charles King PRF
July 1959 Arthur Collins
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1981 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1979 Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1958 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1977 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   1979 Buddy Golden and His Michigan Wolverines - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman REC, Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal PRF
i May 1959 Heidelberg Quintette
July 1959 Heidelberg Quintette
July 1959 (unknown)
1960 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
i   1981 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1979 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1955 Douglas Richardson
i 1980 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i 1979 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
i   1980 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
July 1959 (unknown)
i 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1989 Billie Holiday
i 1997 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
July 1959 Miss Jones and Mr. Murray
i   1978 Duke Ellington – Alvin Raglin REC, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REL
i 1981 Al Cohn
i   1982 Benny Goodman and His Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i 1989 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1981 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 1984 Wayne Shorter
i 1972 Wayne Shorter
1979 Ethel Merman & Ronald Graham
i May 1959 Lyric Quartet
July 1959 Six Brown Brothers
i   1979 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by John McAfee REC, Orchestra [You'll Never Get Rich] BRD
i 1981 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sy Oliver
i   1958 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   1988 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i May 1991 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
1974 Irene Dunne
  1989 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
Fraser (The Sensuous Lion) Jeri Brown & Jimmy Rowles 1995 Unverified
i   1960 Eileen Rodgers and Girls REL, Eileen Rodgers and Dancing Girls PRF
i Georgia on My Mind Jimmy Rowles - George Mraz, Leroy Williams 1978 Unverified
i 1981 Billie Holiday
i   1978 Miles Davis and His Orchestra PRF,REC
i 1988 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
1957 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (Ray Noble)
i 1974 Harold Land
1989 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys
i   1989 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i   1959 Ethel Waters PRF,REC,REL
i 1978 Dolores Gray
1989 (unknown)
i 1978 (unknown)
i 1979 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1974 Marion Harris
July 1959 Marion Harris
1989 Marion Harris
1979 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1979 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1978 Anson Weeks and His Orchestra
i 1972 Mischa Elman
i   1978 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
February 1963 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool
i   May 1991 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i 1988 Frank Sinatra
i 1978 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
i 1981 Gene Austin
i 1977 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i 1978 Mary Healy
i May 1991 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
1977 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC, Ruth Etting
i 1979 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i 1980 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1994 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i I Never Felt This Way Before Jimmy Rowles 1989 Unverified
1957 Henry Burr and John Meyer
i   1979 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett REC,REL, Johnny Downs and Arline Judge BRD
i 1978 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i Isfahan Jimmy Rowles 1981 Unverified
i 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1979 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
1989 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i 1979 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i   1978 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i It's Been So Long Zoot Sims and Jimmy Rowles 1983 Unverified
1957 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman
1957 Don Redman and His Orchestra
i   May 1959 The High Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REC,REL, Helen Kane and Dan Healy PRF
February 1963 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i 1978 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Prysock
1994 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Prysock
1994 Gene Austin
i 1981 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i 1978 Miles Davis and His Orchestra
i 1972 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1979 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i   1981 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington REC
i   1955 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
  1957 Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
1960 Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
  1990 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1977 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1959 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
i   1955 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i 1989 Herb Ellis & Red Mitchell
i   1978 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
i 1985 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eddie Howard
i 1972 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1974 (unknown)
i 1972 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Ensemble
i Lost in Meditation Jimmy Rowles 1981 Unverified
i Lotus Blossom Stacy Rowles with Jimmy Rowles 1984 Unverified
i 1974 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1978 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i   1997 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i   1979 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i 1958 George Shearing Quintet
i 1988 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 1994 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 1978 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i Lush Life Jimmy Rowles 1981 Unverified
i 1974 Oscar Seagle
i 1978 Agostinho dos Santos
February 1963 Eddy Howard
i 1994 (unknown), Douglas Richardson, (unknown), Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC, James Melton BRD
i 1976 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin, Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager), The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin), Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1979 Judy Garland, Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC, Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i Mighty Like the Blues Stacy Rowles with Jimmy Rowles 1984 Unverified
February 1963 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1977 Wayne Shorter
i 1997 (unknown performer)
  1957 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i Most Like Lee Stacy Rowles with Jimmy Rowles 1984 Unverified
  1960 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
1977 Henry Burr
1989 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
  1990 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1979 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i   1980 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 1989 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
February 1963 Fred Astaire, Betty Compton and Gertrude McDonald
1960 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
i 1980 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i 1979 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i May 1991 The Jazz Messengers
i 1972 (unknown)
1957 Billy Murray and American Quartet with Orchestra
i   1979 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i 1984 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
July 1959 Len Spencer
1989 (unknown), Blossom Dearie
i 1979 Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Sylvia Froos and Frank Luther
i   1981 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
i 1997 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
  1957 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i 1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1979 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1974 Peggy Moran
Restless Jimmy Rowles 1989 Unverified
i 1974 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
i 1978 (unknown)
  1977 Dennis King & Arthur Dragon PRF, California Ramblers REC
i 'Round Midnight Jimmy Rowles - George Mraz, Leroy Williams 1978 Unverified
July 1959 Elizabeth Brice
i 1977 Lee Morgan [US1]
i May 1959 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
i 1955 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1978 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD
i 1979 Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
i 1977 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
1989 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i 1980 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
1960 J. Harold Murray and Katherine Carrington
  1990 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i May 1991 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
i 1972 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
i 1959 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
1989 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i 1981 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1978 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1981 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
1989 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores – Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
i 1981 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
1990 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores – Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
i 1978 Sousa's Band
i May 1959 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
February 1963 Ethel Waters
i   1979 Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC, James Melton BRD
  1974 Peter Piper and His Orchestra REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1977 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i May 1959 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1972 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i May 1959 Charley Straight and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i 1988 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Take the "A" Train Jimmy Rowles 1981 Unverified
i 1977 Ethel Waters
i   1958 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i Tell It Like It Is Stacy Rowles with Jimmy Rowles 1984 Unverified
i 1997 Fred Astaire with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra
i 1997 Virginia Verrill
i 1978 Nat "King" Cole
i 1978 Nat "King" Cole
1974 Nat King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael
i 1959 (unknown)
i 1977 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1955 Judith Allen
i 1977 (unknown)
i 1978 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i 1979 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1981 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)
i 1977 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 1980 Everett Marshall
i May 1991 Jimmie Rowles & Stan Getz
i 1990 Jimmie Rowles & Stan Getz
i 1984 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i 1979 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i   1977 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
  1997 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i   1985 Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i   1960 Patricia Wilson REL,PRF
i 1979 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
1989 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Allen
1977 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
July 1959 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
i 1981 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
i 1977 Bobby Timmons
1959 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1955 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1978 Miles Davis and His Orchestra
1990 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
i 1978 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i 1978 Wayne King & His Orchestra
i 1981 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
May 1991 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1981 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i   1960 Ellen Hanley REL,PRF
  February 1963 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REL, Tony Martin, Shirley Temple & Alice Faye BRD
1978 Don Voorhees & His Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Vincent Van Tuyl
i 1959 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
i   1976 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i 1976 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
i 1978 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
1972 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly
i 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Lee and Art London
i 1959 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
i 1978 Gene Austin
i 1989 Gene Austin
i   1985 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1979 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1979 Ethel Merman
i 1955 Al Jolson
  1957 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
i   1988 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i 1979 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1957 William J. Halley
i   1997 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
i   1978 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
i   1979 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
February 1963 Mose Allison
i   1997 Sarah Vaughan - Orch. & Choir under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter REC,REL, Eric Brotherson PRF
1957 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
As Good as It Gets Ray Brown, Jimmy Rowles 1978 Concord Jazz
A Timeless Place Jeri Brown & Jimmy Rowles 1995 Justin Time
Checkmate Joe Pass, Jimmy Rowles 1981 Pablo
Dix chansons d'amour Elisabeth Caumont, Jimmy Rowles 1990 Vogue
Fiorello Uptown/Mary Sunshine Downtown Jimmy Rowles 1960 Signature [US]
Grandpaws Jimmie Rowles 1976 Choice
Heavy Love Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles 1977 Xanadu Records
If I'm Lucky Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles 1978 Pablo
Isfahan Jimmy Rowles - Duets with George Mraz 1979 Sonet
Jazz Is a Fleeting Moment Jimmy Rowles 1974 Jazzz
Jimmy Rowles Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Jimmy Rowles 1981 Columbia [US]
Just Meg and Me Meg Myles with Jimmy Rowles and His Orchestra 1957 Liberty
Kinda Groovy! Jimmie Rowles February 1963 Capitol Records
Let's Get Acquainted with Jazz - For People Who Hate Jazz! The Jimmy Rowles Sextet 1958 Tampa Records
Lilac Time Jimmy Rowles 1994 Kokopelli Records
Looking Back Jimmy and Stacy Rowles 1988 Delos
Make Your Own Fun Gary Foster, Jimmy Rowles, John Heard, Joe LaBarbera May 1991 Concord Jazz
Nature Boy Jimmy Rowles 1979 Musica Records
On Tour Jimmy Rowles 1979 S.I.R.
Our Delight The Jimmy Rowles ‎Trio 1997 V.S.O.P. Records
Paws That Refresh Jimmie Rowles 1979 Choice
Pretty Eyes Jimmy Rowles and George Mraz 1977 Progressive [JP]
Rare-But Well Done Jimmy Rowles Trio 1955 Liberty
Red'n Me Jimmy Rowles & Red Mitchell 1979 All Life
Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet 1974 Mainstream Records
Scarab Jimmy Rowles 1978 Musica Records
Shade and Light Jimmie Rowles 1978 Ahead
Some Other Spring Jimmie Rowles Trio 1972 The Blue Angel Jazz Club
Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue Jimmy & Stacy Rowles 1989 Orange Blue
Swing Me an Old Song Julie London - Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Rowles July 1959 Liberty
Tasty! Ray Brown Jimmy Rowles 1980 Concord Jazz
Tell It Like It Is Stacy Rowles with Jimmy Rowles 1984 Concord Jazz
The Jimmy Rowles / Red Mitchell Trio The Jimmy Rowles / Red Mitchell Trio 1985 Contemporary
The Peacocks Jimmie Rowles & Stan Getz 1977 Columbia [US]
The Special Magic of Jimmy Rowles Jimmy Rowles 1974 Halcyon
The Swinger Zoot Sims - Ray Sims, Jimmy Rowles, Shelly Manne, John Heard 1981 Pablo
Trio The Jimmy Rowles / Red Mitchell / Donald Bailey 1989 Capri Records
Warm Tenor Zoot Sims and Jimmy Rowles 1979 Pablo
Weather in a Jazz Vane Jimmy Rowles Septet 1959 Andex
We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together Jimmy Rowles - George Mraz, Leroy Williams 1978 Xanadu Records

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