Jerome Richardson (December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician and woodwind player.
He is cited as playing one of the earliest jazz flute recordings with his work on the 1949 Quincy Jones arranged song "Kingfish".
[1] Starting from a young age, he first played alto saxophone, taking Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter as models.
He played with Quincy Jones, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine, Oscar Pettiford, Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (of which he was a founding member), and later with Earl Hines' small band.
[3] Richardson was born in Oakland, California, and died in Englewood, New Jersey, of heart failure at the age of 79.