Jimmy Joy

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} thumb|Jimmy Joy in 1944 advertisement '''James Monte Maloney''' (April 20, 1902 – March 7, 1962), known professionally as '''Jimmy Joy''', was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, singer, and big band leader.<ref name="Walker1978">{{cite book|author=Leo Walker|title=The big band almanac|url=https://archive.org/details/bigbandalmanac0000walk|url-access=registration|accessdate=July 12, 2012|year=1978|publisher=W. Ritchie Press|isbn=978-0-378-01991-0}}</ref> His claim to fame was his ability to play two clarinets at the same time.<ref name="Ward-Steinman2010">{{cite book|author=Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman|title=Madura's Danceland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bz7SQ5r00GIC&pg=PA69|accessdate=July 12, 2012|date=August 25, 2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-8426-3|pages=69–}}</ref>

==Recordings==

His recordings with his orchestra included "The Yale Blues", the Bing Crosby composition "From Monday On", "I Got Worry", "Today is Today", "Can't You Understand", "Harmonica Harry", "If It Wasn't For the Moon", "Chilly Pom-Pom Pee", "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells", and "You're the First Thing I think of in the Morning". He recorded for Brunswick Records and Varsity Records.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joy, Jimmy}} Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:American male saxophonists Category:American jazz clarinetists Category:American jazz singers Category:1902 births Category:1962 deaths Category:20th-century American singers Category:20th-century American saxophonists Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:American male jazz musicians