Jiggs Whigham

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Jiggs Whigham
Background information
Birth nameOliver Haydn Whigham III
Born (1943-08-20) August 20, 1943 (age 80)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Trombone
Years active1960–present
Websitejiggswhigham.com

Jiggs Whigham (born Oliver Haydn Whigham III; August 20, 1943)[1] is an American jazz trombonist.

Biography

Jiggs Whigham and John Clayton in 1989, photo courtesy of the Fraser MacPherson estate

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States,[1] he began his professional career at the age of 17, joining the Glenn Miller/Ray McKinley orchestra in 1961.[2] He left that band for Stan Kenton, where he played in the touring "mellophonium" band in 1963,[1] then settled in New York City to play commercially.

Frustrated with commercial playing, Whigham migrated to Germany, where he still lives.[1] He taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He played for many years in the big band of Kurt Edelhagen,[1] was a featured soloist in the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, and was also a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer band. He is widely admired by trombonists and other musicians for his fluent and expressive playing,[1] and has produced an extensive discography as a leader, including work with Bill Holman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Carl Fontana, and many others.

In more recent years, Whigham has been musical director of the

Graz, Austria.[2] He is artist-in-residence for the Conn-Selmer company, maker of the King Jiggs Whigham model trombone. He continues to tour worldwide as soloist, conductor, and educator. Since 2008 he has been a regular musical director for the Bundesjazzorchester
working with the top student jazz musicians in Germany.

Jiggs Whigham and the U.S. Navy Band

He makes his home in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Discography

  • Values (MPS, 1971)
  • The Jiggs Up (Capri, 1988)
  • First Take (Mons, 1994)
  • Hope (Mons, 1995)
  • Jiggs & Gene (Azica, 1996)
  • Blue Highway: The Music of Paul Ferguson (Azica, 1998)
  • Jazz Meets Band (1999)
  • The Heart & Soul of Hoagy Carmichael (TNC Jazz, 2002)
  • Two-Too (Summit, 2006)
  • Live at Nighttown: Not So Standards (Azica, 2015)[6]

With the Berlin Jazz Orchestra

With the hr-Bigband

  • Strangers in the Night: The Music of Bert Kaempfert (Polydor, 2006)

As sideman

With Carl Fontana

  • 1999 Nice 'n' Easy
  • 2002 Keepin' up with the Boneses

With Peter Herbolzheimer

  • 1973 Wide Open
  • 2005 Toots Suite
  • 2006 Getting Down to Brass Tracks

With Stan Kenton

With Kenton Alumni Band

  • 1992 50th Anniversary Celebration: The Best of Back to Balboa
  • 1995 50th Anniversary Celebration: Back to Balboa
  • 1995 'Round Midnight Concert, Shades of Kenton Jazz Orchestra

With Paul Kuhn

  • 2008 As Time Goes By
  • 2013 Swing 85

With Bud Shank

  • 1992 The Awakening
  • 1995 Lost Cathedral

With others

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-939-0
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  2. ^ a b "Jiggs Whigham". Royal Northern College of Music. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ Jontz, Sandra (12 January 2011). "Renowned jazz musician Jiggs Whigham strikes right chord with DODDS students". Stars and Stripes.
  4. ^ Sawer, Patrick (25 December 2016). "Swinging sounds of the trombone make a revival, thanks to a plastic version". The Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Big Band Special - About the Team". BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Jiggs Whigham | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Jiggs Whigham | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

External links

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