Connie Jones
Connie Jones | |
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New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Died | February 14, 2019 (aged 84) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz trumpeter |
| Instrument(s) | Cornet, trumpet, bugle |
Conrad Rodman "Connie" Jones III (March 22, 1934 – February 14, 2019
Jones started playing the bugle while in military school, and later changed to trumpet at age 10. His first professional band was the Basin Street Six, a traditional New Orleans jazz group led by him and Pete Fountain. Fountain became Jones' long-time friend and collaborator.[2]
Before starting his own group, Jones played in the bands of Billy Maxted and Santo Pecora.[2] He was also in Jack Teagarden's group when Teagarden died in 1964.[3] As a bandleader he played in the Blue Angel nightclub and later aboard the Mississippi steamboat Delta Queen.[2] In 2008, Jones recorded the album Creole Nocturne with pianist Tom McDermott.[4] and "If Dreams Come True" in 2011 with clarinetist Tim Laughlin.
Among his many television credits are
Connie Jones is renowned as one of the most talented musicians to emerge from New Orleans and received an honorary degree from Loyola University in May 2012.
He announced his retirement in April, 2016, and died in 2019.
Notes
- ^ GOIN’ TO TISHOMINGO: A FEW WORDS FOR CONNIE JONES
- ^ a b c "Guest Profile: Connie Jones". Riverwalk Jazz. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-3779-6.
- ^ a b c Abrams, Eve. "Connie Jones, Still Strong at 75". WWOZ.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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