JACK SHELDON

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Jack Sheldon (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019) was an American bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. He was a trumpet player and the music director on The Merv Griffin Show, as well as the voice heard on several episodes of the educational music television series Schoolhouse Rock!

Sheldon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. He originally became known through his participation in the West Coast jazz movement of the 1950s, performing and recording with such figures as Stan Kenton, Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan, and Curtis Counce. Sheldon played the trumpet, sang, and performed on The Merv Griffin Show. He was Griffin's sidekick for many years. Prior to joining Griffin's show, he served as bandleader for the short-lived The Las Vegas Show.

His voice is perhaps best known from the Schoolhouse Rock! cartoons of the 1970s, such as "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill". He
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JACK SHELDON Get Out Of Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Get Out Of Town
Cool Jazz 1954
JACK SHELDON Jack Sheldon Quintet With Zoot Sims ‎ album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jack Sheldon Quintet With Zoot Sims ‎
Cool Jazz 1955
JACK SHELDON The Quartet & The Quintet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Quartet & The Quintet
Cool Jazz 1956
JACK SHELDON Jack's Groove (aka Jack Sheldon And His All Stars) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jack's Groove (aka Jack Sheldon And His All Stars)
Cool Jazz 1961
JACK SHELDON A Jazz Profile Of Ray Charles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Jazz Profile Of Ray Charles
Cool Jazz 1961
JACK SHELDON Out! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Out!
Cool Jazz 1962
JACK SHELDON Ooo But It's Good album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ooo But It's Good
Cool Jazz 1963
JACK SHELDON The Warm World Of Jack Sheldon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Warm World Of Jack Sheldon
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1968
JACK SHELDON The Cool World Of Jack Sheldon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Cool World Of Jack Sheldon
Cool Jazz 1969
JACK SHELDON Singular album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Singular
Cool Jazz 1980
JACK SHELDON Angel Wings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Angel Wings
Cool Jazz 1980
JACK SHELDON Playin' It Straight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Playin' It Straight
Cool Jazz 1981
JACK SHELDON Stand By For album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stand By For
Cool Jazz 1983
JACK SHELDON Hollywood Heroes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hollywood Heroes
Cool Jazz 1988
JACK SHELDON On My Own album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On My Own
Cool Jazz 1992
JACK SHELDON Sings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings
Vocal Jazz 1993
JACK SHELDON Jack Is Back album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jack Is Back
Big Band 1995
JACK SHELDON Playing For Change album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Playing For Change
Cool Jazz 1997
JACK SHELDON Class Act album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Class Act
Cool Jazz 1998
JACK SHELDON California Cool album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
California Cool
Cool Jazz 2004
JACK SHELDON Listen Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Listen Up
Cool Jazz 2006
JACK SHELDON It's What I Do album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's What I Do
Cool Jazz 2007

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JACK SHELDON Get Out Of Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Get Out Of Town
Cool Jazz 1955

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JACK SHELDON Jack Sheldon Presents The Entertainers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jack Sheldon Presents The Entertainers
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
JACK SHELDON Live At Don Mupo's Gold Nugget album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Don Mupo's Gold Nugget
Cool Jazz 1997
JACK SHELDON JSO Live! On The Pacific Ocean album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
JSO Live! On The Pacific Ocean
Big Band 2001
JACK SHELDON Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe
Cool Jazz 2005
JACK SHELDON Live In New Orleans album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In New Orleans
Cool Jazz 2016

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JACK SHELDON The Quintet and the Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Quintet and the Quartet
Cool Jazz 1998
JACK SHELDON Complete College Goes to Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete College Goes to Jazz
Cool Jazz 2004
JACK SHELDON Quartet & Quintet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Quartet & Quintet
Cool Jazz 2010

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