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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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Smiles (1969-1975)
Jazz - Released by Disques Black & Blue on 6/07/2004
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The Drums, Le cours démonstratif sur la batterie jazz (The Historic and Legendary Jazz Drumming Sessions)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 1/01/1973
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The Legendary 1986 Session
Art Tatum, Red Callender, Jo Jones
Jazz - Released by Efor, S.L on 28/11/2011
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Nice Jazz (Live at Nice "Grande Parade Jazz", 1978)
Mary Lou Williams, Ronnie Boykins, Jo Jones
Jazz - Released by Disques Black & Blue on 18/11/2016
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The Jo Jones Special
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 4/02/2020
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Jo Jones Special Septet (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Efor, S.L on 25/09/2012
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Percussion and Bass
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 1/01/1959
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Jo Jones and His Orchestra
Bebop - Released by Everest Records on 28/07/1960
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Good Morning Blues
Jo Jones, Lester Young, Buck Clayton
Jazz - Released by Vanilla OMP on 30/11/2008
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Vamp 'Til Ready
Jazz - Released by Everest Records on 23/07/1960
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Jo Jones Sextet/Septet: Vamp Till Ready + Jo Jones Special
Jazz - Released by Lullaby in Rhythm on 1/06/2014
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Teddy Wilson - The Selection
Teddy Wilson, Milt Milton, Jo Jones
Jazz - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 12/06/2020
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Bag & Stones
Alternative & Indie - Released by MUZAI Records on 15/03/2024
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Dream Big - Or Even Bigger
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on 12/12/2022
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They Can't Take That Away from Me
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on 13/04/2018
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Milestones of a Jazz Legend: Sonny Stitt, Vol. 3
Sonny Stitt, Jimmy Jones, Ray Brown, Jo Jones
Jazz - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18/03/2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo