Jimmy Knepper

trombone, bass trombone, arranger

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Gary Burton
Gugum Gumbira
Clark Terry

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Herb Wong producer Awesome, Distress Dismay, Fallen Crest, Idol of the Flies, Leave of Absinth, When I See You
Bruce Forman guitar Awesome, Distress Dismay, Fallen Crest, Idol of the Flies, Leave of Absinth, When I See You
Billy Hart (US jazz drummer aka "Jabali" Billy Hart) drums Awesome, Distress Dismay, Fallen Crest, Idol of the Flies, Leave of Absinth, When I See You
Mike Richmond bass Awesome, Distress Dismay, Fallen Crest, Idol of the Flies, Leave of Absinth, When I See You
Rudy van Gelder recording Awesome, Distress Dismay, Fallen Crest, Idol of the Flies, Leave of Absinth, When I See You

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Charles Mingus bass trombone, trombone "Old" Blues for Walt's Torin, A Colloquial Dream (Scenes in the City), A Colloquial Dream (alternate take), Adagio ma non troppo, Bemoanable Lady, Better Git It in Your Soul, Blue Cee, Body and Soul, Body and Soul (alternate take), Celia, Conversation, Cryin' Blues, Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, Devil Woman, Diane, Dizzy Moods, Dizzy Moods (composite partial alternate take), Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too, E's Flat Ah's Flat Too, E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (alternate take), East Coasting, East Coasting (alternate take 3), Eat That Chicken, Ecclusiastics, Eclipse, Fables of Faubus, Far Wells, Mill Valley, Fifty-First Street Blues (take 4), Flamingo, Flamingo (alternate take), Gunslinging Bird, Haitian Fight Song, Half-Mast Inhibition, Hobo Ho, Hog Callin' Blues, Inspiration, Invisible Lady, Jelly Roll, Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians), Los Mariachis (composite partial alternate take), MDM, Memories of You, Memories of You (alternate take 3), Mingus Fingus No. 2, Moanin’, Mood Indigo, My Jelly Roll Soul, My Jelly Roll Soul (alternate take), New Now Know How, Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me, Passions of a Man, Passions of a Woman Loved, Pedal Point Blues, Peggy's Blue Skylight, Prayer for Passive Resistance, Pussy Cat Dues, Put Me in That Dungeon, R & R, Reincarnation of a Lovebird, Slop, Song With Orange, Strollin', Take the "A" Train, Tensions, Tensions (alternate take), The Chill of Death, The Clown, The I of Hurricane Sue, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, The Story of Love, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be, Tijuana Gift Shop, Tijuana Gift Shop (alternate take), Tonight at Noon, Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (alternate take), Weird Nightmare, West Coast Ghost, Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am, Ysabel's Table Dance (composite partial alternate take), [Mingus announces Ecclusiastics] / Ecclusiastics / [Pee Wee Marquette announcement], [Mingus announces next piece "has no title, but it's on BMI"] / Hog Callin' Blues (incomplete, fade-out), [Mingus announces title as Blue Cee] / [unknown title]
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra trombone A Child Is Born, A Child is Born, A-That's Freedom, Ahunk Ahunk, All My Yesterdays, Ambiance, Bible Story, Big Dipper, Blues in a Minute, Central Park North, Come Sunday, Consummation, Dedication, Don't Ever Leave Me, Don't Get Sassy, Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing, Fingers, For the Love of Money, Groove Merchant, It Only Happens Every Time, Jive Samba, Living for the City, Quiet Lady, Quietude, Second Race, The Groove Merchant, The Waltz You Swang for Me, Tiptoe, Tow Away Zone, Us, Yours and Mine
Gary Burton trombone Events Leading To The End, Part One: Death Rolls-Ancestors, Events Leading To The End, Part One: Interlude: Lament, Events Leading To The End, Part One: Morning-Part One, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Morning-Part Two, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Some Dirge-Hour Of The Wolf, Events Leading To The End, Part Three: The New Funeral March, Events Leading To The End, Part Two: Silent Spring, Fanfare; Mother of the Dead Man, The New National Anthem (from A Genuine Tong Funeral), The New National Anthem; The Survivors, The Opening; Interlude: Shovels; The Survivors; Grave Train
Gugum Gumbira trombone Be Anything (But Be Mine), Black Coffee, Bye, Bye Blackbird, Fine Brown Frame, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Sonny Boy, Trouble in Mind, Yes Sir, That's My Baby, You Won't Let Me Go
Clark Terry trombone Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue), Brother Terry, Chat Qui Pêche (A Cat That Fishes), Flutin' and Fluglin', La Rive Gauche, Nahstye Blues, No Problem
Jeriah Humphrey trombone At Home With the Blues, Blues for Three Horns, I Remember You, Lullaby of the Leaves, Portrait of Ravi, The Lady Is a Tramp
Dizzy Gillespie trombone Ballade, Blue Mist, Fantasia, Horn of Plenty, Jubelo, The Sword of Orion
Big Black Cloud trombone Adams in the Apple, All Too Soon, Beaubien, I Didn't Know, Minor Catastrophe, Riverside Drive
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra trombone Communications #10, Communications #11, Part 1, Communications #11, Part 2, Communications #8, Communications #9, Preview
Dau Unge trombone A Good Time Was Had by All, Meetin' Place, Only for Now, The Great One, The Summary, Toledo by Candlelight
Séverin trombone Eclipse, Mingus Medley "Boogie Stop Shuffle", "Jelly Roll", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", "Better Git Hit in Your Soul", Portrait, Pussy Cat Dues, Reincarnation of a Love Bird, Tonight at Noon
Lee Konitz Nonet trombone April, Matrix, Moon Dreams, Times Lie, Who You, Without a Song
Surma trombone All About Rosie, All Set, On Green Mountain, Revelations, Suspensions, Transformation
Gil Evans trombone Jelly Rolls, Love Your Love, Naña, Where Flamingos Fly
Samantha Nelson trombone '71, As The Time Flies, Shining in you
Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers trombone Gassin' the Wig, Little Wig, Sippin' With Cisco
Joe Henderson trombone A Shade of Jade, Chelsea Bridge, Without a song
Coleman Hawkins trombone Ornithology, Unlisted Blues
Bill Evans trombone All About Rosie (3rd Section)
Etta Zero arranger Consider Me
Eric Dolphy trombone Body and Soul
Embassy 516 trombone Mysterious Blues