# Dewey Jackson

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American jazz trumpeter and cornetist (1900–1994)

Dewey Jackson Born June 21, 1900 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Died January 1, 1994 (aged 93) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Genres Jazz Instruments Cornet, trumpet

Musical artist

**Dewey Jackson** (June 21, 1900 – January 1, 1994) was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) trumpeter and [cornetist](/source/Cornet).

## Early life

Jackson was a native of [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), [Missouri](/source/Missouri).[1]

## Career

Jackson began playing professionally at an early age, with the Odd Fellows Boys' Band (1912), Tommy Evans (1916–17), and [George Reynolds](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Reynolds_(musician)&action=edit&redlink=1)'s Keystone Band. He played with [Charlie Creath](/source/Charlie_Creath) on riverboats, then led his Golden Melody Band from 1920 to 1923. In 1926, he performed with his St. Louis Charleston Peacock Band on the Streckfus Steamboat Lines' steamer *Capitol*.[2]

He continued to be a regular performer on riverboats into the early 1940s, heading his groups and working as a sideman for Creath and [Fate Marable](/source/Fate_Marable). He was briefly away from boats in 1926 when he played for four months with [Andrew Preer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Preer&action=edit&redlink=1) at the [Cotton Club](/source/Cotton_Club) in New York City. From 1937 to 1941, Jackson led the Dewey Jackson's Musical Ambassadors on riverboats but also led bands on land.[3]

Jackson played little in the 1940s but returned to work in the 1950s with [Singleton Palmer](/source/Singleton_Palmer) and [Don Ewell](/source/Don_Ewell). He recorded four sides as a leader in 1926. The album *Live at the Barrel, 1952* with 10 tracks on the Delmark label was released in 2006. Among his sidemen were [Pops Foster](/source/Pops_Foster), [Willie Humphrey](/source/Willie_Humphrey), [Don Stovall](/source/Don_Stovall), [Morris White](/source/Morris_White), [Albert Snaer](/source/Albert_Snaer), [William Thornton Blue](/source/William_Thornton_Blue), and [Clark Terry](/source/Clark_Terry).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jazz, All About (26 July 2007). ["Dewey Jackson musician - All About Jazz"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/dewey-jackson). *All About Jazz Musicians*. Retrieved 2022-06-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "The Behrman Civic League invites you to attend Grand Moonlight River Ride and Dance DeLuxe." Ticket. February 25, 1926. Martin Shepard Office Records, [Southeastern Architectural Archive](http://seaa.tulane.edu), Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries; "Steamer Capitol", *The Times-Picayune* (April 2, 1926): pg. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Owsley, Dennis (2006). *City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973*. Terry, Clark., Sheldon Art Galleries. St. Louis, Mo.: Reedy Press. pp. 67–68. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1933370041](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1933370041). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [71122278](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/71122278).

- "Steamer Capitol." *The [Times-Picayune](/source/Times-Picayune)* (1 April 1926): p. 4.

- "The Behrman Civic League invites you to attend Grand Moonlight River Ride and Dance DeLuxe." Ticket. 25 February 1926. Martin Shepard Office Records, [Southeastern Architectural Archive](http://seaa.tulane.edu), Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries

## Sources

- [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow), [Dewey Jackson](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p358563/biography) at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)

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