Calvin Jackson

Active - 1945 - 1965  |   Born - May 26, 1919   |   Died - Dec 9, 1985   |   Genres - Comedy, Drama, Culture & Society

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Composer and bandleader Calvin Jackson worked for MGM as an assistant musical director to George Stoll on such films as Meet Me in St. Louis and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. A native of Philadelphia, Jackson has studied music in New York and at Julliard. Just prior to hooking up with MGM, he had his own band. In the '50s, he founded a jazz band and began touring, recording, and composing.

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