[Calvin Jackson, biographical materials] 1897-

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[Calvin Jackson, biographical materials] 1897-

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Jackson, Calvin G., 1904-

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Calvin Jackson was born in Philadelphia in 1919 and studied piano for 17 years, four of those years at Julliard School of Music and New York University. He was a classical and jazz pianist, composer, conductor, and arranger. He began his popular career playing with Frankie Fairfax' band in the early 1940s and did arrangements for the Harry James Band. He then joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as assistant musical director under George Stoll. There he scored 14 musical pictures, including "The Unsinkabl...