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Biography
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Jimmy Skidmore
Real name: James Richard Skidmore
English jazz tenor saxophonist, born February 8, 1916 in London, died August 22, 1998.Perhaps best-known for his work with George Shearing from 1950-1952. Skidmore had worked with a variety of well-known jazz musicians, including Humphrey Lyttelton, Victor Feldman and Kenny Baker.
Father of saxophonist Alan Skidmore.