Sam Jones (musician)
Sam Jones | |
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Background information | |
Born | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | November 12, 1924
Died | December 15, 1981 | (aged 57)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Double bass, cello |
Years active | 1955–1981 |
Samuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981)[1] was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.[2]
Background
Sam Jones was born in
He died of lung cancer in 1981 at the age of 57.[5]
Discography
As leader
- 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside)
- 1961: The Chant (Riverside)
- 1962: Down Home (Riverside)
- 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind)[6]
- 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu)
- 1976: Double Bass (SteepleChase) – with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- 1977: Changes & Things (Xanadu)
- 1977: Something in Common (Muse)
- 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase)
- 1979: Groovin' High (Muse)
- 1979: The Bassist! (Interplay) – with Keith Copeland, Kenny Barron
- 1979: Something New (Interplay)
- 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics) – compilation of Riverside recordings
As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley
- Sophisticated Swing (1957; EmArcy)
- Cannonball Enroute (1957; EmArcy)
- Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958; EmArcy)
- Somethin' Else (1958; Blue Note)
- Portrait of Cannonball by Cannonball Adderley (1959; Riverside)
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959; Riverside)
- Them Dirty Blues by Cannonball Adderley (1960; Riverside)
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (1960; Riverside)
- African Waltz (1961; Riverside)
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus(1961; Riverside)
- Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley(1961; Riverside)
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962; Riverside)
- Cannonball in Europe! (1962; Riverside)
- Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962; Riverside)
- Autumn Leaves (1963; Riverside [Japan])
- Nippon Soul (1963; Riverside)
- The Sextet (Milestone, 1962-63 [1982])
- Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
- Live Session! (1964)
- Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
- Domination (1965–70; Capitol)
- Phenix (1975, Fantasy)
With Nat Adderley
- To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy)
- Much Brass (1961; Riverside)
- Work Song(1960; Riverside)
- That's Right! (1960; Riverside)
- Naturally! (1961; Jazzland)
- In the Bag (1962; Jazzland)
- Autobiography (1964; Atlantic)
With Joe Alexander
- Blue Jubilee (Jazzland, 1960)
With Gene Ammons
- Jug & Dodo (Prestige, 1962 [1972]) – with Dodo Marmarosa
- God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) – with Sonny Stitt
- Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) – with Sonny Stitt
- Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, 1973 [1976]) – with Sonny Stitt
- Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)
With Chet Baker
- It Could Happen to You (Riverside, 1958)
With Walter Bishop Jr.
- Valley Land (Muse, 1974 [1976])
- Hot House (Muse, 1977/78 [1979])
With Tina Brooks
- True Blue (1960; Blue Note)
With Ray Brown
- Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)
With Ray Bryant
With Kenny Burrell
- Blue Lights Volume 1(1958; Blue Note)
- Blue Lights Volume 2(1958; Blue Note)
- Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])
With Donald Byrd
- Off to the Races (1958; Blue Note)
- Byrd in Hand (1959; Blue Note)
With James Clay
- The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960) – with David "Fathead" Newman
- A Double Dose of Soul (Riverside, 1960)
With Arnett Cobb
- More Party Time (Prestige, 1960)
- Movin' Right Along (Prestige, 1960)
With Al Cohn
- Al Cohn's America (Xanadu, 1976)
- True Blue (Xanadu, 1976) – with Dexter Gordon
- Silver Blue (Xanadu, 1976) – with Dexter Gordon
With George Coleman
- Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)
With Ronnie Cuber
- Cuber Libre (Xanadu, 1976)
With King Curtis
- Soul Meeting (Prestige, 1960)
With Walter Davis Jr.
- Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note)
With Lou Donaldson
- The Time Is Right (1959; Blue Note)
- Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note)
- Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet)
With Kenny Dorham
- 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note)
- And The Jazz Prophets, Vol. 1 (1956; ABC-Paramount)
- This Is the Moment! (1958; Riverside)
With Kenny Drew
- Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note)
With Ted Dunbar
- Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978)
With Bill Evans
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside)
With Art Farmer
- Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971)
- Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975)
- To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975)
- The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976)
- Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)
With Victor Feldman
- Merry Olde Soul (Riverside, 1961)
With Red Garland
- Red in Blues-ville (Prestige, 1959)
- The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959) – with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960)
- Soul Burnin' (Prestige, 1959–61)
- Bright and Breezy (Jazzland, 1961)
- Solar (Jazzland, 1962)
- Red's Good Groove (Jazzland, 1962)
- Auf Wiedersehen (MPS, 1971 [1975])
- Feelin' Red (Muse, 1978)
With Terry Gibbs
- Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)
- Bopstacle Course (Xanadu, 1974)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959)
- Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959)
With Paul Gonsalves
- Gettin' Together (1960; Jazzland)
With Dexter Gordon
- The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970)
- Biting the Apple (SteepleChase, 1977)
With Rein de Graaff
- New York Jazz (Timeless Records,1979) – with Louis Hayes
With Grant Green
- Gooden's Corner (Blue Note, 1961 [1980])
- Nigeria (Blue Note, 1962 [1980]
- Oleo (Blue Note, 1962 [1980])
- Born to Be Blue (Blue Note, 1962 [1985])
With Johnny Griffin
- The Little Giant (Riverside, 1959)
- Bush Dance (Galaxy, 1978)
With Barry Harris
- Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960)
- Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
With Louis Hayes
- Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960)
With Jimmy Heath
- The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 [1994])
- Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)
With Johnny Hodges
- Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve, 1959)
- Blue Hodge (Verve, 1961)
With John Lee Hooker
- That's My Story (Riverside, 1960)
With Freddie Hubbard
- Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960)
With Fred Jackson
- Hootin' 'n Tootin' (Blue Note, 1962)
With Milt Jackson
- Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside, 1961)
With Willis Jackson
- More Gravy (Prestige, 1963)
With Eddie Jefferson
- Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974)
With J. J. Johnson
- A Touch of Satin (Columbia, 1962)
With Etta Jones
- If You Could See Me Now (Muse, 1978)
With Hank Jones
- Groovin' High (Muse, 1978)
With Jo Jones
- The Main Man (Pablo, 1977)
With Philly Joe Jones
- Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
With Clifford Jordan
- Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974)
- Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985])
- Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975)
- On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1977])
- On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])
- On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
- Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975)
- The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)
With Duke Jordan
- Misty Thursday (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
- Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
- Lover Man (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
With Wynton Kelly
- Wynton Kelly! (Vee Jay, 1961)
With Harold Land
- West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960)
With Yusef Lateef
- The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971)
- Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
With Abbey Lincoln
- It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)
- Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959)
With Mike Longo
- Matrix (Mainstream, 1972)
With Johnny Lytle
- Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962)
With Chuck Mangione
- Recuerdo (Jazzland, 1962)
With Warne Marsh
- How Deep, How High (Interplay, 1976 [1980])
With Jack McDuff
- The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971)
With Ken McIntyre
- Looking Ahead (New Jazz, 1960) – with Eric Dolphy
With Charles McPherson
- Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (Mainstream, 1972)
- Beautiful! (Xanadu, 1975)
- Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
With Billy Mitchell
- The Colossus of Detroit (Xanadu, 1978)
With Blue Mitchell
- Out of the Blue (1959; Riverside)
- Blue Soul (1959; Riverside)
- Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside)
- A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside)
With Thelonious Monk
- At Town Hall (1959; Riverside)
- 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside)
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (1959 [2017]); Sam Records)
With Wes Montgomery
- Movin' Along (1960)
With Tete Montoliu
- Secret Love (Timeless, 1977)
With Phineas Newborn Jr.
- A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1962)
- The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (Contemporary, 1963)
With Sal Nistico
- Heavyweights (Jazzland, 1961)
- Neo/Nistico (Bee Hive, 1978)
With Horace Parlan
- Movin' & Groovin' (1960; Blue Note)
With Cecil Payne and Duke Jordan
- Brooklyn Brothers (Muse, 1973)
With Oscar Peterson
- Blues Etude (1966; Limelight)
- Soul Espanol(1966; Limelight)
- The Way I Really Play (1968; MPS)
- Mellow Mood (1968; MPS)
- Travelin' On (1968; MPS)
- Hello Herbie (1969; MPS)
- Tristeza on Piano (1970; MPS)
With Bud Powell
- Time Waits(1958; Blue Note)
With Julian Priester
- Keep Swingin' (Riverside, 1960)
- Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960)
With Ike Quebec
- The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (Blue Note, 1959–62)
- Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961)
With Jimmy Raney
- The Influence(Xanadu, 1975)
- Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
With Sonny Red
- Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note)
With Dizzy Reece
- Comin' On! (Blue Note, 1960)
- Blowin' Away (Interplay, 1978)
With Red Rodney
- Bird Lives! (Muse, 1973)
- The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975)
With Sal Salvador
- Starfingers (Bee Hive, 1978)
With Archie Shepp
- On Green Dolphin Street (Denon, 1978)
With Louis Smith
- Prancin' (SteepleChase, 1979)
With Les Spann
- Gemini (Jazzland, 1961)
With James Spaulding
- James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1977)
With Sonny Stitt
- Tune-Up! (Cobblestone, 1972)
- Constellation (Cobblestone, 1972)
- 12! (Muse, 1972)
- My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (Muse, 1975)
- Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 [1978])
With Idrees Sulieman
- Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)
With Art Taylor
- Taylor's Tenors (1959; Prestige)
With Clark Terry
- In Orbit (1958; Riverside)
- Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959)
With Lucky Thompson
- Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail(Groove Merchant, 1973)
- I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973)
With Teri Thornton
- Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
With Bobby Timmons
- This Here is Bobby Timmons(1960; Riverside)
- Soul Time (1960; Riverside)
- Easy Does It (1961; Riverside)
- Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962; Riverside)
- Born to Be Blue! (1963; Riverside)
- From the Bottom (1964; Riverside)
- Workin' Out! (1964; Riverside)
- Little Barefoot Soul (1964; Prestige)
With Stanley Turrentine
- Never Let Me Go (Blue Note, 1963)
With Harold Vick
- Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)
- Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962)
With Cedar Walton
- Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972)
- A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1(Muse, 1973)
- A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2(Muse, 1973)
- Firm Roots (Muse, 1974 [1976])
- Pit Inn (East Wind, 1974)
- Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) – with George Coleman & Billy Higgins
- The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)
- Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) – with Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
- First Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
- Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
- Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
- Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) – with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
With Roosevelt Wardell
- The Revelation (Prestige, 1960)
With Ben Webster
- Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) – with Joe Zawinul
With Don Wilkerson
- The Texas Twister (Riverside, 1960)
With Claude Williamson
- New Departure (Interplay, 1978)
With Joe Zawinul
- Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ "DownBeat Archives". Downbeat.com.
- ^ "Down Beat Profile". Downbeat.com. 2011-06-16. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ Hersch, F. (2017). Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life in and Out of Jazz. United States: Crown Archetype, p. 121
- ^ Dryden, Ken. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.