John Anderson

American jazz trumpeter, composer born January 31, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, died August 18, 1974 in the same city. Anderson worked with Stan Kenton, Tiny Bradshaw, Jerry Fielding, Perez Prado, Earl Bostic, Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette, Curtis Counce, Britt Woodman, Count Basie and many others. Often confused with songwriter John W. Anderson because of several errors in the BMI database. Both worked with J. W. Alexander and Sam Cooke.