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Jiver Hutchinson was born Leslie George Hutchinson on March 16, 1906 in Kingston, Jamaica. He played in Bertie King’s band in Jamaica in the 1930s, then moved to England, where he played with Happy Blake’s Cuba Club Band. By 1936 he was a part of Leslie Thompson’s Emperors of Jazz and two years later he was performing with Ken “Snakehips” Johnson, before joining Geraldo’s band in 1939.

He led his own ensemble from 1944 to 1950, featuring many of the musicians from Thompson’s band. His ensemble toured throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, and in 1945 played concerts in India.

Recording with his ensemble in 1947, he returned to play with Geraldo after the group’s dissolution, and recorded with Mary Lou Williams in 1952. During the Fifties he worked in television on the Benny Hill Show and Make Mine Music.

Trumpeter and bandleader Jiver Hutchinson was killed in a car crash in Weeting, England while on tour with his band on November 22, 1959.

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