Jimmy Watson (2)

Scottish jazz trumpeter, singer and arranger . Born : October 12, 1922 in Cowdenbeath, Scotland. For the English classical trumpeter (born in 1951), please use James Watson (2). Jimmy worked with : Herman Darewski, Bennie Loban, Lou Preager, Lew Stone, "Johnny Birks' Band", George Elrick, Harry Hayes, Teddy Foster, "The Squadronaries", Jack Parnell, Bert Ambrose, Malcom Mitchell, Ronnie Scott, Denny Boyce and others. Jimmy also gave up trumpet for a year "formed ,led and arranged and sang " for the vocal group Sapphires 1953-4 before returning to the trumpet.