Sam Jones (muzyk)

Sam Jones
Imię i nazwisko	Samuel Jones
Data i miejsce urodzenia	12 listopada 1924 Jacksonville
Pochodzenie	Amerykanin
Data i miejsce śmierci	15 grudnia 1981 Nowy Jork
Instrument	kontrabas
Gatunek	jazz (hard bop)
Zawód	muzyk
Wytwórnia płytowa	Verve, Xanadu, Blue Note
Powiązania	Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Bobby Timmons

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

Biografia

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)
• 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 Adderley'em

• 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 Adderley'em

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

z Walterem Davisem, Jrem

• 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 - 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)

Linki zewnętrzne

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