Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
Latest Release
- Misty Noir, Vol. 17 - Late Night Jazz
- September 2025
- • 12 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | That's All [Remastered] | ||
| 2 | Bolo Blues (Out of the Forrest) [Remastered] | ||
| 3 | Annie Laurie [Remastered] | ||
| 4 | Night Train [Remastered] | ||
| 5 | Organ Grinder's Swing [Remastered] |
Albums
May 2025 • 10 songs
Aug 2021 • 46 songs
Jul 2017 • 6 songs
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Biography
A fine all-round tenor player, Jimmy Forrest is best-known for recording "Night Train," a song that he "borrowed" from the last part of Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local." While in high school in St. Louis, Forrest worked with pianist Eddie Johnson, the legendary Fate Marable, and the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. In 1938, he went on the road with Don Albert and then was with Jay McShann's Orchestra (1940-1942). In New York, Forrest played with Andy Kirk (1942-1948) and Duke Ellington (1949) before returning to St. Louis. After recording "Night Train," Forrest became a popular...