Yesterday I posted 10 audio clips by tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest. Among them was Night Train, a blues Forrest recorded in 1951 that became a big jukebox hit in '52 and beyond as others covered the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The 1962-63 world heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston often trained to the sound of saxophonist Jimmy ...

Jimmy remembered of his appearances on Night Train. "It just opened the doors ... You can reach me at [email protected]. On 150-year anniversary, YMCA of Middle Tennessee looks ...

Big-toned tenor saxophonists were nurtured, as a rule, in the big bands of the Thirties and Forties. Jimmy Forrest, known for his huge hit “Night Train,” was featured in the orchestras of Andy Kirk ...

At five seconds to 8 p.m. on a Sunday night, he cued the intro from a famous old Jimmy Forrest track ... "This is Night Train," the disc jockey said into the microphone. "Happy holiday, everybody.

Mrs. Forrest was married to tenor saxophonist Jimmy “Night Train” Forrest, a featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1970 to 1977, who died in 1980 in Grand Rapids, his adopted home.

Ellington had played his own tune "Happy Go Lucky Local" in 1947 when the tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest was briefly in his band. "Night Train", allegedly composed by Forrest, proved to be a note ...

Given the nickname by teammates who would see Lane dancing to Jimmy Forrest’s track ‘Night Train. Lane was uncomfortable with the nickname at first given the potential racial connotations ...