Jiggs Whigham (born Oliver Haydn Whigham III; August 20, 1943) is an American jazz trombonist.

Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., He left that band for Stan Kenton, where he played in the touring "mellophonium" band in 1963, He is featured on the Berlin Jazz Orchestra albums Update, You're Everything, Songs of Berlin, and music DVD (Polydor/Universal) Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert. He was visiting tutor and artist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and KUG in Graz, Austria.

With the Berlin Jazz Orchestra

  • 2004: Update
  • 2007: You're Everything
  • 2012: Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert (DVD)
  • 2021: Songs of Berlin
  • 2022: Crosscurrents

With the hr-Bigband

  • Strangers in the Night - The Music of Bert Kaempfert (Polydor, 2006)

As sideman

With Carl Fontana

  • 1999: Nice 'n' Easy
  • 2002: Keepin' up with the Boneses

With Peter Herbolzheimer

  • 1973: Wide Open
  • 2005: Toots Suite
  • 2006: Getting Down to Brass Tracks

With Stan Kenton

  • 1964: Artistry in Voices and Brass
  • 1964: Stan Kenton presents Jean Turner
  • 1998: Concert in England
  • 2000: Live at Newport: 1959, 1963, 1971
  • 2001: Back to Balboa: Tribute to Stan Keaton, Vol. 6
  • 2003: At Brant Inn 1963

With Kenton Alumni Band

  • 1992: 50th Anniversary Celebration: The Best of Back to Balboa
  • 1995: 50th Anniversary Celebration: Back to Balboa
  • 1995: 'Round Midnight Concert, Shades of Kenton Jazz Orchestra

With Paul Kuhn

  • 2008: As Time Goes By
  • 2013: Swing 85

With Bud Shank

  • 1992: The Awakening
  • 1995: Lost Cathedral

With others

  • 1969: Harpadelic, Johnny Teupen
  • 1970: Globe Unity 67 & 70, Globe Unity Orchestra
  • 1971: Homecoming, Art Farmer
  • 1972: ...Und..., Mladen Gutesha
  • 1976: Kaempfert '76, Bert Kaempfert
  • 1984: Lightnin, Klaus Weiss Big Band
  • 1988: Barlach Zyklus, Mikesch Van Grummer
  • 1992: Joe Pass in Hamburg, Joe Pass
  • 1998: Meets the RIAS Big Band, Allen Farnham
  • 2000: North Sea Jazz Sessions, Volume 2, Frank Rosolino
  • 2005: Mosaic Select: Johnny Richards, Johnny Richards
  • 2006: Tea Break/Back Again/Jazz from Two Sides, Vic Lewis
  • 2007: Evergreens, Kurt Edelhagen
  • 2007: Turnstile: The Music of the Trumpet Kings, Harry Allen

References

  • Jiggs Whigham at AllMusic
  • RIAS Tribute to Stan Kenton on Youtube from a broadcast in Germany