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Jackie Mills

American jazz drummer, musical director and record company executive credited with production. Born : March 11, 1922 in Brooklyn (New York City), New York. Died : March 22, 2010 in Beaumont, California. Jackie worked with : Charlie Barnet, Teddy Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Boyd Raeburn, Benny Goodman, among others. For a decade on and off, starting in 1949, he was the drummer with the Harry James Orchestra in addition to working in the studios. Since the early 1960s, Mills -- who recorded with Dodo Marmarosa, Red Norvo, Gerry Wiggins, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Goodman, James and others -- has primarily been a record company executive, working as musical director for the [l261446] and [l37319] labels but largely retiring from active playing. At one time or another, he also ran his own companies, such as [l372807], publishers [l936876] and [l452289]. [a3241688] also appears on some releases.

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• Junior Jazz At The Auditorium
• One O'Clock Jump / Two O'Clock Jump
• (1944-46)- Instrumentals Never Before On Record
• The Stereophonic Sound Of Harry James Vol. 1
• The Battle Of The Bands - Vol. 1
• Jazz Technocracy
• California Boppin'
• Bebop Professors
• Shades Of Gray
• Three O'Clock Jump / Four O'Clock Jump
• The Stereophonic Sound Of Harry James Vol. 2
• Jazz History, Vol. 12
• (1942-43) - Instrumentals Never Before On Record
• The Engine Room: A History Of Jazz Drumming From Storyville To 52nd Street
• C. K. Strong
• Floating Bridge
• Drummer Man / I Want You Back
• Ashes
• I Got To Find Me Somebody
• The Later Tommy Dorsey Volume 8
• In Like Flint (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)
• Fuse

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