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American trumpeter, singer, and actor (1931–2019)
Jack Sheldon
Sheldon at the Palo Alto Jazz Festival, September 26, 1987
Birth name Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr.[1] Born (1931-11-30 ) November 30, 1931Jacksonville, Florida , U.S.Died December 27, 2019(2019-12-27) (aged 88 ) Genres Jazz Occupation(s ) Musician, actor Instrument(s ) Trumpet, vocals
Musical artist
Beryl Cyril "Jack " Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. He performed on The Merv Griffin Show Schoolhouse Rock!
Biography [ edit ]
Bubba Kolb , Jack Sheldon (center), and Ira Sullivan , Village Jazz Lounge, Walt Disney World , c. 1980s
Music and TV [ edit ]
Sheldon was born in Jacksonville, Florida .[2] West Coast jazz movement of the 1950s, performing and recording with such figures as Stan Kenton , Art Pepper , Gerry Mulligan , and Curtis Counce .[2] The Merv Griffin Show The Las Vegas Show
His voice is perhaps best known from the Schoolhouse Rock! I'm Just a Bill ". He appeared in two episodes of Johnny Bravo Schoolhouse Rock! style. Sheldon returned to the Schoolhouse Rock! series for a 2002 episode titled "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College", explaining the electoral college process, distributed on the series' DVD collection that same year. Sheldon sang and played trumpet for the new segment.
Sheldon voiced "Louie the Lightning Bug" in a series of animated musical public service announcements (animated by legend Bob Kurtz from his Kurtz & Friends studio) aimed at children across the United States and Canada, beginning in May 1984, promoting safety with electricity.[3] Ray Reach .
He sang the tune "King Putt" for The World According to Goofy Parade at Disneyland , which ran for five months in 1992. A trumpet solo of his is featured throughout the Francis Ford Coppola film One from the Heart Foreign Affairs
Sheldon starred with Cara Williams and Frank Aletter on the CBS situation comedy The Cara Williams Show Run, Buddy, Run accountant taking a steam bath who, overhearing a mobster 's plot to kill a colleague, then goes on the run to keep from being killed. Bruce Gordon , formerly of The Untouchables Dragnet John Davidson 's brother (and Sally Field 's brother-in-law) on The Girl with Something Extra ALF's Hit Talk Show
Sheldon appeared in an Oscar -nominated documentary film Let's Get Lost Chet Baker . He made an appearance in the 1994 film Radioland Murders
Jack's poignant trumpet solo on "The Shadow of Your Smile " which was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper Song of the Year at the 1966 Grammy Awards and Best Original Song at the 1965 Academy Awards.
Sheldon performed one of the many versions of the title song featured in Robert Altman 's 1973 film The Long Goodbye
Sheldon is the subject of a documentary, Trying to Get Good: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008). Produced by Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser , the film features interviews with Clint Eastwood , Billy Crystal , Merv Griffin, Chris Botti , Dave Frishberg , Johnny Mandel , Tierney Sutton , as well as never before seen concert footage of Sheldon playing, singing and joking. Trying to Get Good won Jury Prizes at the 2008 Kansas City Film Makers Jubilee and Newport Beach Film Festival , as well as Audience Prizes at Newport Beach and the Indianapolis International Film Festival .
Sheldon parodied his own performance in "I'm Just a Bill" in an episode of The Simpsons The Day the Violence Died ", where he is an "amendment to be". He reprised his roles as the Bill and the Conductor from "Conjunction Junction" in two episodes of Family Guy [4]
Sheldon died of natural causes on December 27, 2019, at the age of 88.[5]
Discography [ edit ]
As leader [ edit ]
Jack Sheldon Quintet (Jazz: West, 1955)
The Quartet and the Quintet (Jazz: West, 1956)
A Jazz Band Ball with Stu Williamson (Mode, 1959)
A Jazz Profile of Ray Charles (Reprise, 1961)
Jack's Groove (GNP, 1961)
Out! (Capitol , 1962)
Oooo, But it's Good (Capitol, 1963)
The Warm World of Jack Sheldon (Dot , 1968)
The Cool World of Jack Sheldon (Dot, 1969)
Singular (Beez, 1980)
Playin' It Straight (RealTime, 1981)
Stand By for Jack Sheldon (Concord Jazz, 1983)
Hollywood Heroes (Concord Jazz, 1988)
On My Own (Concord Jazz, 1992)
Jack Sheldon Sings (Butterfly , 1993)
Jack Sheldon Presents The Entertainers (V.S.O.P., 1994)
Jack is Back! (Butterfly, 1995)
Live at Don Mupo's Gold Nugget (V.S.O.P., 1997)
Playing for Change Uptown , 1997)
JSO Live! On the Pacific Ocean (Butterfly, 2001)
Sunday Afternoons at the Lighthouse (Woofy, 2005)
Listen Up (Butterfly, 2006)
It's What I Do (Butterfly, 2007)
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (Jazz Detective, 2024)[6]
As guest [ edit ]
With Curtis Counce
With Jimmy Giuffre
With Stan Kenton
With Tom Waits
With others
Johnny Mandel , I Want to Live
Herbie Mann , Great Ideas of Western Mann
Shelly Manne , My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast
Johnny Mandel "The Sandpiper" Musical score and soundtrack (Filmways, Mercury Records, 1965)
The Monkees , The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees
Frank Morgan , Frank Morgan
Anita O'Day , Cool Heat
Art Pepper , The Return of Art Pepper
Art Pepper, Smack Up
André Previn , The Subterraneans (Soundtrack)
Pete Rugolo , Behind Brigitte Bardot
Sonny Stitt , Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
Lena Horne , Lena...Lovely and Alive
Filmography [ edit ]
1962 : Music of the 60's : 3rd trumpet and featured soloist on several tunes
1964–65 : The Cara Williams Show TV ) : Fletcher Kincaid (15 episodes)
1965: "The Sandpiper" Music by Johnny Mandel: featured trumpet soloist
1966–1967 : Run, Buddy, Run TV ) : Buddy Overstreet (series star – all 13 episodes)
1967 : Dragnet TV ) : Various Characters (unknown episodes)
1969 : Under the Yum Yum Tree (TV ) : Charlie Prokter
1969–1970 : Petticoat Junction TV ) : Freddie Kirby, Ronald "Ronnie" Coleman (episodes: The Organ Fund, Selma Plout's Plot)
1973–2009 : Schoolhouse Rock!
1973–1974 : The Girl with Something Extra
1973 : The Long Goodbye (film)
1976 : Freaky Friday
1984 : Cassevetes Love Streams: Almost in Love with You : Vocal and Trumpet
1988 : Star Trek: The Next Generation TV ) : Holodeck Pianist (11001001)
1988 : Let's Get Lost
1991 : For the Boys
1993 : Lush Life (TV ) : Norman
1994 : Radioland Murders : Ruffles Reed
1996 : Dear God
1996 : The Simpsons The Day the Violence Died )
1997 : Johnny Bravo
1998 : Hard Time TV ) : Trumpet
1998 : Mike Hammer (TV ) episode(s ) "Songbird" parts 1-2 Co-starred w/Keach as "Des" Bandleader/Trumpet player/ Singer.
1999 : Hard Time: The Premonition (TV ) : Trumpet
1999 : Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (TV ) : Trumpet
2000–2001 : Family Guy Running Mates , Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington )
2004 : Teacher's Pet
2010 : A Girl's Life : Ford Mosquito (voice)
References [ edit ]
^ "Jack Sheldon" . Voicechasers.com . Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
^ Bebco, Joe. "Jack Sheldon West Coast Jazz Trumpeter and voice of School House Rock "Bill" has Died" . Syncopated Times . Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019 .
^ Barnes, Mike (December 31, 2019). "Jack Sheldon, Famed Trumpeter and Merv Griffin Sidekick, Dies at 88" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2022 .
^ Friedwald, Will. " . WSJ . Retrieved April 23, 2024 .
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