Quentin Jackson

Quentin "Butter" Jackson (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976) was an American jazz trombonist.

Career
In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for eight years. Later, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and worked with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, and others.

On her album Dinah Sings Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington recorded a version of Bessie Smith's "Trombone Cholly" with Jackson on the horn, under the revised title, "Trombone Butter".

Discography
With Louis Armstrong With Dorothy Ashby With Count Basie With Kenny Burrell With Duke Ellington With Ella Fitzgerald With Johnny Hodges With Milt Jackson With Quincy Jones With Herbie Mann With Freddie McCoy With Charles Mingus With Wes Montgomery With Shirley Scott With Jimmy Smith With Clark Terry With Dinah Washington With Billy Strayhorn With Randy Weston
 * Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
 * The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Basie at Birdland (Roulette, 1961)
 * The Legend (Roulette, 1961)
 * Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
 * Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962)
 * Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1967–68)
 * Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975)
 * The 1953 Pasadena Concert (GNP Crescendo)
 * Ellington '55 (Capitol)
 * Ellington at Newport (Columbia 1956)
 * All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 1957 [1983])
 * Newport 1958 (Columbia 1958)
 * Blues in Orbit (Columbia)
 * Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia, 1959)
 * Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957)
 * Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran, 1956)
 * Duke's in Bed (Verve, 1956)
 * The Big Sound (Verve, 1957)
 * Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve, 1961)
 * 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
 * I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
 * Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (Mercury, 1963)
 * Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
 * Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
 * Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
 * Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
 * Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
 * Listen Here (Prestige, 1968)
 * The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
 * The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Epitaph (Columbia, 1989)
 * Movin' Wes (Verve, 1963/1997)
 * For Members Only (1963)
 * Great Scott!! (1964)
 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
 * Peter & The Wolf (Verve, 1966)
 * Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
 * The Swingin' Miss "D" (1956)
 * Blue Gardenia
 * Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1956–57)
 * Cue for Saxophone (Felsted, 1959)
 * Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
 * Highlife (Colpix, 1963)