Jimmy Mundy

{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer (1907–1983)}} {{for|the footballer|Jimmy Mundy (footballer)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jimmy Mundy | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Mundy in 1914 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|6|28}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1983|4|24|1907|6|28}} | death_place = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}} | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician, composer, arranger | instrument = Saxophone | associated_acts = {{unbulleted list|Benny Goodman|Count Basie|Lionel Hampton}} }}

'''James Mundy''' (June 28, 1907 – April 24, 1983)<ref name="NYT"/> was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer, best known for his arrangements for Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Earl Hines.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1779}}</ref>

Mundy died of cancer in New York City at the age of 75.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/26/obituaries/jimmy-mundy-musician-75-arranger-for-leading-bands.html|title=Jimmy Mundy, Musician, 75; Arranger for Leading Bands|agency=United Press International|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 26, 1983}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Jimmy Mundy / Jimmy Mundy Orchestra=== *1937–1947: ''Jimmy Mundy 1937–1947'' (Classics 1200) *May 1946: "Bumble Boogie" / "One O'Clock Boogie" (Aladdin 131) *June 1946: "I Gotta Put You Down Pt 1" / "I Gotta Put You Down Pt 2" (Aladdin 132) *1958: ''On a Mundy Flight'' (Epic LN 3475) *2002: ''Fiesta in Brass'' (Golden Era LP-15060)

===As arranger=== ;With Chet Baker *''Baker's Holiday'' (Limelight, 1965) '''With Al Hibbler''' *''After the Lights Go Down Low'' (Atlantic 1957) '''With Illinois Jacquet''' *''The Soul Explosion'' (Prestige, 1969) '''With Harry James''' *''Harry James and His Orchestra 1948–49'' (Big Band Landmarks Vol. X & XI, 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/1948-1949-mw0000959970 |title=1948-1949 |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> '''With Sonny Stitt''' *''Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass'' (Atlantic, 1962) *''Little Green Apples'' (Solid State, 1969) *''Come Hither'' (Solid State, 1969) '''With Joe Williams''' *''A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry'' (Roulette, 1958)

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