Aton, Jim
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Birthname | James Gable Aton | ||||
born on | 26 April 1925 at 13:15 (= 1:15 PM ) | ||||
Place | Sioux City, Iowa, 42n30, 96w24 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist and composer, also known as Jimmy Aton. He worked with numerous notable artists including Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day and Bill Evans. He appeared in films such as Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957) with the Bobby Troup Trio, Roustabout (1964) with Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck, and in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) with Jane Fonda.
Jim Aton was the older brother of Richard "Dick" Aton (1927-2003), also an accomplished jazz pianist who performed over a long career with such West Coast recording artists as saxophonists Harold Land and Zoot Sims and trumpeter Jack Sheldon. Jim Aton died on 16 September 2008 at age 83.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Candoli, Conte (born 13 July 1927)
- associate relationship with Candoli, Pete (born 28 June 1923)
- associate relationship with Collette, Buddy (born 6 August 1921)
- associate relationship with Davis, Richard (born 15 April 1930)
- associate relationship with Evans, Bill (born 16 August 1929)
- associate relationship with Flory, Med (born 27 August 1926)
- associate relationship with Hamilton, Chico (born 20 September 1921)
- associate relationship with Holiday, Billie (born 7 April 1915)
- associate relationship with Land, Harold (born 18 February 1928)
- associate relationship with Miller, Glenn (born 1 March 1904)
- associate relationship with O'Day, Anita (born 18 October 1919)
- sibling relationship with Aton, Dick (born 4 January 1927)
Events
Source Notes
Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 83)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Double bass, piano)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Jazz
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
Categories:
- 1925 births
- Birthday 26 April
- Birthplace Sioux City, IA (US)
- Sun 6 Taurus
- Moon 18 Gemini
- Asc 26 Leo
- 2008 deaths
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Jazz
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.