Sam Jones (muzyk)

Samuel Jones (ur. 12 listopada 1924 w Jacksonville w stanie Floryda, zm. 15 grudnia 1981 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański kontrabasista jazzowy.

Życiorys

Urodzony na Florydzie Jones od 1955 mieszkał i działał w Nowym Jorku. Współpracował z takimi muzykami, jak Bobby Timmons, Tiny Bradshaw, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie (1958–59) i Thelonious Monk. Był członkiem kwintetu Cannoballa Adderleya w latach 1959-1965, a także tria Oscara Petersona w latach 1966-1970 (zastąpił tam Raya Browna).

Skomponował takie utwory, jak Del Sasser i Unit 7.

Dyskografia

Jako leader

• 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside)
• 1961: The Chant (Riverside)
• 1962: Down Home (Riverside)
• 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind)^[1]
• 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu)
• 1977: Changes and Things (Xanadu)
• 1977: Something In Common (Muse)
• 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase)
• 1978: The Bassists (Discovery) – z Keithem Copelandem i Kennym Barronem
• 1978: Something New - 12 Piece Band (Interplay)
• 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics)

Jako sideman

z Cannonballem Adderleyem

• Somethin' Else (1958; Blue Note)
• Portrait of Cannonball (1959; Riverside)
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959; Riverside)
• Them Dirty Blues (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)
• Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
• Live Session! (1964)
• Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
• Phenix (1975, Fantasy)

z Natem Adderleyem

• To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy)
• Work Song (1960; Riverside)
• In the Bag (1962; Jazzland)

z Walterem Davisem Juniorem

• Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note)

z Lou Donaldsonem

• The Time is Right (1959; Blue Note)
• Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note)
• Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet)
• Lou Donaldson At His Best (1966; Cadet)

z Terrym Gibbsem

• Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)
• Bopstacle Course (1974; Xanadu Records)

z Dizzym Gillespie

• The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959)
• Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959)

z Yusefem Lateefem

• The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971)
• Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)

z Blue Mitchellem

• Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside)
• A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside)

z Bobbym Timmonsem

• 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)

z Oscarem Petersonem

• 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)

z innymi muzykami

• Kenny Dorham – 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note)
• Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958; Blue Note)
• Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958; Blue Note)
• Clark Terry – In Orbit (1958; Riverside Records)
• Bud Powell – Time Waits (1958; Blue Note)
• Bill Evans – Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside)
• Chet Baker – It Could Happen to You (1958)
• Donald Byrd – Off to the Races (1959; Blue Note)
• Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand (1959; Blue Note)
• Thelonious Monk – At Town Hall (1959; Riverside)
• Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside)
• Julian Priester – Spiritsville (1960)
• Sonny Red – Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note)
• Horace Parlan – Movin’ & Groovin’ (1960; Blue Note)
• Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame (1960; Blue Note)
• Tina Brooks – True Blue (1960; Blue Note)
• Barry Harris – Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960; Riverside)
• John Lee Hooker – That's My Story (1960; Riverside)
• Harold Land – West Coast Blues! (1960; Jazzland Records)
• Kenny Drew – Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note)
• Wes Montgomery – Movin' Along (1960)
• Paul Gonsalves – Gettin' Together (1960; Jazzland)
• Wynton Kelly – Wynton Kelly! (1961; Vee-Jay)
• Grant Green – Gooden's Corner (1961; Blue Note)
• Fred Jackson – Hootin' 'n Tootin' (1962; Blue Note)
• Jimmy Raney – The Influence (1975; Xanadu Records)
• Clifford Jordan – The Highest Mountain (1975; Inner City)
• Al Cohn – Al Cohn's America (1976; Xanadu Records)
• Cedar Walton – Firm Roots (1976; Muse)
• Al Cohn i Dexter Gordon – True Blue by (1976; Xanadu Records), Silver Blue (1976; Xanadu Records)
• Ted Dunbar – Opening Remarks (1978; Xanadu Records)
• Billy Mitchell – The Colossus Of Detroit (1978; Xanadu Records)

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

• Sam Jones, AllMusic [dostęp 2012-08-05]  (ang.).