Monday, 9/16/2024,10pm - Annals of Jazz with Richard Hadlock

Jimmy Archey (Originally Aired 10.12.2008).

In this episode of the Annals of Jazz, host Richard Hadlock profiles trombonist, Jimmy Archey. Born Oct.12,1902, in Norfolk, Virginia, he has been called the “perfect sideman.” He performed and recorded with the James P. Johnson orchestra, King Oliver, Fats Waller and the Luis Russell orchestra, among others. In the late 1930s, Archey participated in big bands that featured musicians such as Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Claude Hopkins. In the 1940s and 1950s, Archey spent much of his time working with New Orleans revivalist bands with artists such as Bob Wilber and Earl Hines. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 65.