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Jo Jones

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Biography

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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.

Title: The Jo Jones Special

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Count On Me

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Essential

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Our Man, Papa Jo! +4

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Dream Big

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Essential Jo Jones

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Everest Years

Artist: Jo Jones

Genre: Jazz

Collections

Title: Billie & Lester

Genre: Jazz

Title: Classic Jazz Party

Genre: Jazz

Title: Pure Essential Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Discover Jazz Piano

Genre: Jazz

Title: Music For Cocktails

Genre: Jazz

Title: Everest Jazz Digest

Genre: Jazz

Title: Newport Rebels

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz For Autumn

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Instrumentals

Genre: Jazz

Title: Best of 50's Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Gold

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Royalty

Genre: Jazz

Title: I ♥ Jazz / I Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz In a Blue Mood

Genre: Jazz

Title: Just Soft Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Love Songs

Genre: Jazz

Title: 100 Gold Jazz Hits

Genre: Jazz, Pop

Title: Feeling Good

Genre: Jazz, Pop

Title: 50s Jazz Masters

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Max Roach: Candid Roach

Artist: Max Roach

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jo Jones Special

Artist: Jo Jones Septet

Genre: Jazz

Title: Mellow Swing

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz & Funk

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Love Is Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: 50 Bebop Classics

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

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