Jo Jones
Jo Jones shifted the timekeeping role of the drums from the bass drum to the hi-hat cymbal, greatly influencing all swing and bop drummers. Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson were just two musicians who learned from his light but forceful playing, as Jones swung the Count Basie Orchestra with just the right accents and sounds. After growing up in Alabama, Jones worked as a drummer and tap dancer with carnival shows. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in Oklahoma City in the late '20s. After a period with Lloyd Hunter's band in Nebraska, Jones moved to Kansas City in 1933, joining Count Basie's band the following year. He went with Basie to New York in 1936 and with Basie, Freddie Green, and Walter Page, he formed one of the great rhythm sections. Jones was with the Basie band (other than 1944-1946 when he was in the military) until 1948, and in later years, he participated in many reunions with Basie alumni. He was on some Jazz at the Philharmonic tours and recorded in the '50s with Illinois Jacquet, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, Art Tatum, and Duke Ellington, among others; Jones appeared at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival with both Basie and the Coleman Hawkins-Roy Eldridge Sextet. He led sessions for Vanguard (1955 and 1959) and Everest (1959-1960), a date for Jazz Odyssey on which he reminisced and played drum solos (1970), and mid-'70s sessions for Pablo and Denon. In later years he was known as "Papa" Jo Jones, and thought of as a wise if brutally frank elder statesman.
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Smiles (1969-1975)
Jazz - Editado por Disques Black & Blue el 6 jul. 2004
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The Drums, Le cours démonstratif sur la batterie jazz (The Historic and Legendary Jazz Drumming Sessions)
Jazz - Editado por Frémeaux & associés el 1 ene. 1973
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The Essential
Jazz - Editado por Vanguard Records el 1 ene. 1977
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The Legendary 1986 Session
Art Tatum, Red Callender, Jo Jones
Jazz - Editado por Efor, S.L el 28 nov. 2011
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Nice Jazz (Live at Nice "Grande Parade Jazz", 1978)
Mary Lou Williams, Ronnie Boykins, Jo Jones
Jazz - Editado por Disques Black & Blue el 18 nov. 2016
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Jo Jones and His Orchestra
Be Bop - Editado por Everest Records el 28 jul. 1960
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Ze Best - Jo Jones
Jazz - Editado por Media Touch el 24 ene. 2011
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Vamp 'Til Ready
Jazz - Editado por Everest Records el 23 jul. 1960
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Good Morning Blues
Jo Jones, Lester Young, Buck Clayton
Jazz - Editado por Vanilla OMP el 30 nov. 2008
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Bag & Stones
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por MUZAI Records el 15 mar. 2024
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Dream Big - Or Even Bigger
Jazz - Editado por nagel heyer records el 12 dic. 2022
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They Can't Take That Away from Me
Jazz - Editado por nagel heyer records el 13 abr. 2018
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