Claude Jones
Claude Jones (* 11. February 1901 in Boley, Oklahoma ; † 17th January 1962 on the passenger ship United States ) was an American jazz - trombone . He played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra .
Jones initially took trumpet and drum lessons and turned to the trombone at the age of 13. He studied at Wilberforce College and in 1923 first went to the Synco Jazz Band or McKinney's Cotton Pickers . He was a soloist on their recording of The Way I Feel Today . From 1929 he played alternately with Fletcher Henderson , Don Redman and Chick Webb . Between 1935 and 1940 he worked a. a. at Cab Calloway . He can be heard as a soloist in Don Redman's tracks Nagasaki (1932), Fletcher Henderson's Radio Rhythm , Just Blues (1931) and Chick Webb's Don't Be That Way (1934). Claude Jones also recorded records with Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet ( Perdido Street Blues , 1940), with Henry Red Allen , Chu Berry , Billy Eckstine , Coleman Hawkins , Louis Jordan , Rex Stewart and in 1939 with Jelly Roll Morton .
In 1944 he became a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra , where he succeeded Juan Tizol . He stayed with the band until 1948 and briefly returned in 1951. In 1950 he was a member of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, but was no longer musically active from 1952, but worked as a casino steward on the United States . He was Quentin Jackson's brother-in-law .
literature
- Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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| SURNAME | Jones, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boley, Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1962 |
| Place of death | United States (passenger ship) |