Biography.guide
Home β€Ί People β€Ί Conductor β€Ί Jiggs Whigham
Portrait of Jiggs Whigham

Jiggs Whigham

b. 1943

American jazz trombonist

Don't just read it β€” keep itBiographies to ownE-book Β· Audio Β· Video From $7 β†’

About Jiggs Whigham

Born 1943. Jiggs Whigham is an American conductor, bandleader, musicologist, jazz musician, university teacher and composer.

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

Biography shop

Don’t just read it β€”
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop β€” from $7

Instant download Β· yours to keep Β· every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Charles F. Brush High School
Employers
Hochschule fΓΌr Musik und Tanz KΓΆln, Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin

People in Jiggs Whigham's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jiggs Whigham's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jiggs Whigham?

American jazz trombonist

When was Jiggs Whigham born?

Jiggs Whigham was born on 20 August 1943 in Cleveland.

What is Jiggs Whigham's occupation?

Jiggs Whigham is a conductor, bandleader, musicologist, jazz musician, university teacher and composer.

What nationality is Jiggs Whigham?

Jiggs Whigham is American.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Jiggs Whigham

Β· Wikidata: Q468448

Β· DBpedia: Jiggs Whigham

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Jiggs Whigham. https://biography.guide/jiggs-whigham/

MLA: "Jiggs Whigham." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/jiggs-whigham/.

Chicago: "Jiggs Whigham." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/jiggs-whigham/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 Β· Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:31 UTC