professionals when playing jam sessions and casual gigs. Rowles's piano work was featured prominently on the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971). In 1986 the 14th of September was declared “Jimmie Rowles Day” in Los Angeles. Rowles died in 1996 of cardiac arrest in Burbank, California, aged 77. His daughter, Stacy (September 11, 1955 – October 30, 2009), was a jazz trumpeter, singer, and flugelhornist. His son Gary played guitar with Eric Burdon and Arthur Lee's band Love. Discography As leader/coleader 1954 Rare, But Well Done (Liberty) 1957 Bill Harris and Friends (Fantasy) 1958 Let's Get Acquainted with Jazz (for People Who Hate Jazz) (Tampa, reissued by VSOP) 1958 Weather in a Jazz Vane (Andex, reissued by VSOP) 1959 Upper Classmen (Interlude) 1960 Fiorello Uptown, Mary Sunshine Downtown (Signature) 1962 Kinda Groovy (Capitol) 1968 Our Delight (VSOP) 1972 Some Other Spring (Blue Angel) 1974 Jazz Is a Fleeting Moment (Jazzz) 1974 The Special Magic of Jimmy Rowles (Halcyon) 1975 The Peacocks (Columbia) with Stan Getz 1976 Grandpaws (Choice) (reissued in 2014 as Jam Face Choice CD) 1976 Paws That Refresh (Choice) (reissued in 2010 as The Chess Players, Choice CD) 1976 Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind (Audiophile) 1977 Heavy Love (Xanadu) with Al Cohn 1978 Isfahan (Sonet) 1978 Shade and Light (Ahead) 1978 Jimmy Rowles Trio on Tour (SIR) 1978 We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together (Xanadu) 1978 Nature Boy (Musica) 1978 Scarab (Musica) 1978 Red'n Me (Dreyfus) 1979 Duets (Cymbol) w Joe Newman 1979 Tasty! (Concord Jazz) 1979 My mother's love (PolJazz) 1979 Grandpa's Vibrato (Black & Blue 2002) 1979 Ellington by Rowles (Cymbol) 1980 Jimmy Rowles in Paris (Columbia) 1981 Plays Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Columbia) 1981 Profile/The music of Henri Renaud (Columbia) 1981 Checkmate (Pablo) with Joe Pass 1983 Peacocks (Stash) with Michael Hashim 1985 The Jimmy Rowles/Red Mitchell Trio (Contemporary) 1985 I'm Glad There Is You: Jimmy Rowles, Vol. 2 (Contemporary) 1988 Looking Back (Delos) 1988 Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue (Orange Blue) 1989 Plus 2, Plus 3, Plus 4 (JVC) 1989 Remember When (Master Mix) 1990 Trio (Capri) 1994 Lilac Time (Kokopelli) 1995 A Timeless Place (Justin Time) (w Jeri Brown) As sideman With Pepper Adams Critics' Choice (World Pacific, 1957) Urban Dreams (Palo Alto, 1981) With Louie Bellson Skin Deep (Norgran, 1953) Music, Romance and Especially Love (Verve, 1957) With Bob Brookmeyer Bob Brookmeyer Plays