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Chubby Jackson

real name Greig Stewart Jackson

Chubby Jackson is credited on 544 releases across 180 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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544

Credits

180

Albums

7

Decades active

13

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Biography

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American jazz bassist and occassional singer.
Born October 25, 1918 in New York City, USA.
Died October 1, 2003 in Rancho Bernardo, California, USA.
Chubby played clarinet and bass as a teen. He played clarinet in his High School (in Freeport, New York) in 1935. In 1934 he had begun to play bass and then started playing professionally in 1936. with Mike Riley. He went on to play with swing orchestras Raymond Scott, Jan Savitt, Charlie Barnett and Woody Herman. he is famous for his use of the 5 string bass with the top string tuned to the middle C.

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Credited work

544 releases · 180 albums · active 1950–2018

  • Performance · 715
  • Other credits · 24

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Newport Jazz Festival · Basin Street West · CBS Studios, New York

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