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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>James Lawrence „Jimmy“ Buffington</b> (* <a href="15._Mai" title="15. Mai">15. Mai</a> <a href="1922" title="1922">1922</a> in Jersey Shore, <a href="Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>; † <a href="20._Juli" title="20. Juli">20. Juli</a> <a href="1981" title="1981">1981</a> in <a href="Englewood_(New_Jersey)" title="Englewood (New Jersey)">Englewood</a>, <a href="New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>) war ein amerikanischer Jazz-Waldhornist. Bekannt wurde er durch sein Spiel in den Bands von <a href="Gil_Evans" title="Gil Evans">Gil Evans</a>, <a href="Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> und <a href="Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Als Autodidakt spielte Buffington Flügelhorn schon seit seiner Schulzeit. 1954 begann er bei <a href="Mel_Powell" title="Mel Powell">Mel Powell</a>, 1956 im <a href="Teddy_Charles" title="Teddy Charles">Teddy Charles</a> Tentet. In dieser Zeit war er an den <a href="Third_Stream" title="Third Stream">Third-Stream</a>-Aufnahmen von <a href="Gunther_Schuller" title="Gunther Schuller">Gunther Schuller</a>, <a href="John_Lewis_(Pianist)" title="John Lewis (Pianist)">John Lewis</a>, <a href="George_Russell_(Musiker)" title="George Russell (Musiker)">George Russell</a> und <a href="Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a> (<i>Music for Brass</i>, 1956; <i>Modern Jazz Concert</i>, 1957) beteiligt. Er gehörte später zu dem Kreis von Musikern wie <a href="Urbie_Green" title="Urbie Green">Urbie Green</a>, <a href="Jimmy_Cleveland" title="Jimmy Cleveland">Jimmy Cleveland</a>, <a href="Ernie_Royal" title="Ernie Royal">Ernie Royal</a>, <a href="Britt_Woodman" title="Britt Woodman">Britt Woodman</a>, <a href="Don_Butterfield" title="Don Butterfield">Don Butterfield</a> und anderen, die in den 1960er und frühen 1970er Jahren in <a href="Big_Band" title="Big Band">Big-Band</a>-Formationen von <a href="Donald_Byrd" title="Donald Byrd">Donald Byrd</a>, <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, Gil Evans, <a href="Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, <a href="J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. Johnson">J. J. Johnson</a>, Quincy Jones, <a href="Michel_Legrand" title="Michel Legrand">Michel Legrand</a>, <a href="Lee_Morgan" title="Lee Morgan">Lee Morgan</a>, <a href="Paul_Desmond" title="Paul Desmond">Paul Desmond</a>, <a href="Eddie_Sauter" title="Eddie Sauter">Eddie Sauter</a> und Oliver Nelson sowie im <a href="Thad_Jones/Mel_Lewis_Orchestra" title="Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra">Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra</a> mitwirkten. So spielte er bei <a href="Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a> 1957, als dieser mit dem Gil-Evans-Orchester <i><a href="Miles_Ahead" title="Miles Ahead">Miles Ahead</a></i> aufnahm; auch an dem <i><a href="Sketches_of_Spain" title="Sketches of Spain">Sketches of Spain</a></i> wirkte Buffington mit. Beim Einspielen von Gil Evans legendärem Big-Band-Album <i><a href="The_Individualism_of_Gil_Evans" title="The Individualism of Gil Evans">The Individualism of Gil Evans</a></i> (1963/64) war er ebenfalls beteiligt. Außerdem spielte Buffington auf Platten von <a href="Wes_Montgomery" title="Wes Montgomery">Wes Montgomery</a>, <a href="Jimmy_Smith" title="Jimmy Smith">Jimmy Smith</a>, dem <a href="Modern_Jazz_Quartet" title="Modern Jazz Quartet">Modern Jazz Quartet</a> und <a href="Grover_Washington_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Grover Washington Jr.">Grover Washington Jr.</a> mit.
</p><p>In den 1970er Jahren entstanden noch Aufnahmen mit <a href="Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a> (<i>First Light</i>), <a href="Gato_Barbieri" title="Gato Barbieri">Gato Barbieri</a> und <a href="George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a>. 1980 wirkte er an <a href="Helen_Merrill" title="Helen Merrill">Helen Merrills</a> Album <i>Casa Forte</i> mit.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie_(Auswahl)"><span id="Diskografie_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Diskografie (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Mel_Powell" title="Mel Powell">Mel Powell</a>: Easy Swing (Vanguard, 1954) mit Mundell Lowe</li>
<li>John Coltrane: <i><a href="Africa/Brass" title="Africa/Brass">Africa/Brass</a></i> (<a href="Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse! Records</a>, 1961)</li>
<li>Dizzy Gillespie: <i>Carnegie Hall Concert</i> (<a href="Verve_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a>, 1961)</li>
<li>Gil Evans: <i><a href="The_Individualism_of_Gil_Evans" title="The Individualism of Gil Evans">The Individualism of Gil Evans</a></i> (Verve, 1964)</li>
<li><a href="Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>, Eddie Sauter: <i>Mickey One</i> (<a href="MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM Records</a>, 1965)</li>
<li>J. J. Johnson: <i>The Total J.J. Johnson</i> (<a href="RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Victor</a>, 1967)</li>
<li>Miles Davis & Gil Evans Orchestra:
<ul><li><i><a href="Miles_Ahead" title="Miles Ahead">Miles Ahead</a></i>, 1957</li>
<li><i><a href="Sketches_of_Spain" title="Sketches of Spain">Sketches of Spain</a></i>, 1960</li>
<li><i>Quiet Nights</i>, 1963 (alle bei <a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>)</li></ul></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Martin_Kunzler" title="Martin Kunzler">Martin Kunzler</a>: <i>Jazz-Lexikon</i>. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.</li>
<li><a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a>, <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a>: <i><a href="The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz">The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD</a>.</i> 6. Auflage. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6.</li>
<li>Bielefelder Katalog Jazz, 2001.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000157542">James Buffington</a> bei <a href="Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></li></ul>
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