HIGGINBOTHAM, JACK

HIGGINBOTHAM, JACK (JAY C). Jazz trombonist (11 May 1906 in Social Circle, near Atlanta, Georgia; 26 May 1973 in New York, New York). He came from a musical family: two brothers played brass instruments, and a niece, Irene Higginbotham , was a songwriter. He began playing the bugle as a youth, then changed to trombone, which he played in local Atlanta groups. His professional career began in the mid-1920s when he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Thereafter he played with various groups,...