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A fine all-round tenor player, Jimmy Forrest is best-known for recording "Night Train," a song that he "borrowed" from the last part of <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Duke Ellington</a>'s "Happy Go Lucky Local." While in high school in St. Louis, Forrest worked with pianist <a href="spotify:artist:1bSR3PXy4df8fK6mfDRPIa">Eddie Johnson</a>, the legendary Fate Marable, and the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. In 1938, he went on the road with Don Albert and then was with <a href="spotify:artist:1qZnWtvzKVV0lJQZBapchU">Jay McShann's Orchestra</a> (1940-1942). In New York, Forrest played with <a href="spotify:artist:6lDzuLTyt5ewY3FLfX1smg">Andy Kirk</a> (1942-1948) and <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Duke Ellington</a> (1949) before returning to St. Louis. After recording "Night Train," Forrest became a popular attraction and recorded a series of jazz-oriented R&B singles. Among his most important later associations were with <a href="spotify:artist:4rZoL92ShDgN9SLLg4OPPN">Harry "Sweets" Edison</a> (1958-1963), <a href="spotify:artist:2jFZlvIea42ZvcCw4OeEdA">Count Basie's Orchestra</a> (1972-1977), and <a href="spotify:artist:3hfKeuAGgYNHM7VdGEUhuv">Al Grey</a>, with whom he co-led a quintet until his death. Forrest recorded for United (reissued by Delmark), Prestige/New Jazz (1960-1962), and Palo Alto (1978). ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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