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Apr 6, 2003 · Here are some more 50's sessions which benefit from Jo Jones' presence: Buck Clayton: The Essential Buck Clayton (Vanguard) Vic Dickenson: The Essential Vic Dickenson (Vanguard) Zoot Sims / Bob Brookmeyer: Morning Fun (Black Lion) Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz (Verve)
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Jul 16, 2011 · Jo Jones. In the Count Basie Orchestra from 1936-48, Jo Jones redefined jazz drumming. Percussionist Richard Pite joins Alyn Shipton to select Jones's finest recordings, and to demonstrate...
- Life and Career
- Style and Influence
- Discography
- Filmography
- Bibliography
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The early years
Born Jonathan Jones in Chicago, Illinois, he moved to Alabama where he learned to play several instruments, including trumpet, saxophone, piano, and drums. He worked as a drummer and tap-dancer at carnival shows until joining Walter Page’s band, the Blue Devils, in Oklahoma City in the late 1920s. The Blue Devil were a so-called “territory band” operating in regions remote from the East and West Coast.
The Basie years
After the Blue Devils disbanded, Jones was one of several alumni of that band, including Page himself, to join a new band working out of Kansas City, that soon to become famous Count BasieOrchestra. Jones joined Basie's band in 1934 and his appearance on the drums greatly contributed to Basie’s quick success. Together with Basie on piano, guitarist Freddie Green and bassist Walter Page, Jones became part of what would be the quintessential swing rhythm section and perhaps the top rhythm secti...
Freelance
Jones took a brief break for two years when he was in the military. After leaving Basie for good in 1948, he spent the remaining of his career working freelance, as the head or member of a variety of small bands, playing alongside some of his former colleagues, such as Buck Clayton and Lester Young, as well as many other jazz musicians. Beginning in 1947, Jones began to appear regularly in a concert series known as Jazz at the Philharmonic or JATP. Organized by Norman Granz, the JATP tours co...
Jones was one of the first drummers to promote the use of brushes on drums and shifting the role of timekeeping from the bass drum to the hi-hat cymbal. Jones is regarded as both one of the premier jazz drummer of the swingera and the transitional figure between classic and modern jazz drumming. In contrast to his contemporary, drummer Gene Krupa's...
The Drums; Jazz Odyssey JO-008/BX2 (France; 2-LP w/inner leaves; instructional, partly spoken)The Main Man(1976). ASIN: B000000Z1QOur Man, Papa Jo!(1985). ASIN: B0007XD3HCThe Essential Jo Jones(1995). ASIN: B000000ECGJammin’ the Blues(1944)Born to Swing(1973)The Last of the Blue Devils(1979)Basie, William (Count) as told to Albert Murray, Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0306811074Dance, Stanley. The World of Count Basie. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2001. ISBN 978-0306802454Gourse, Leslie. Time Keepers: The Great Jazz Drummers. Franklin Watts, 2000. ISBN 978-0531164051Spagnardi, Ronald. The Great Jazz Drummers (The Modern Drummer Library). Modern Drummer Publications, Pap/Com edition (1992). ISBN 978-0793515264All links retrieved August 1, 2022. 1. Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Jo Jones (II)– Film appearances and music used for films
Aug 16, 2019 · Avakian and John Hammond chose the musicians, and it turned out to be a subtle mix: big names like Coleman Hawkins, Joe Newman, Buck himself, and even Woody Herman, on equal terms with youngsters (youngsters!) like Ruby Braff and Al Cohn.
The Essential Buck Clayton. Compil. FR 1977 on Vanguard label Jazz (Swing) ... Jo Jones dr, 1911-1985 US drums: Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar: Steve Jordan g, 1919 ...
