Clifford Jones (musician)
Clifford "Snags" Jones (* 1900 in New Orleans , † January 31, 1947 in Chicago ) was an American jazz musician. He worked as a drummer for Chicago jazz .
Live and act
Jones grew up in New Orleans; a friend from school was the trumpeter Buddy Petit . At the beginning of his career he played with Petit, Jack Carey , Papa Celestin and Armand Piron . After moving to Chicago in 1922, he worked a. a. with Tig Chambers, Al Simeons Hot Six , King Oliver and the studio bands Dixie Four, Midnight Rounders and State Street Ramblers around Jimmy Blythe and Bill Johnson . In 1929 he took with Arnett Nelson's band King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers and with the Kansas City Stompers. Further recordings were made with Junie Cobb , Jimmy Wade , Preston Jackson and Punch Miller . In the 1930s he lived near Milwaukee , where he a. a. played with Art Simms . For the following decade, Jones worked as a freelance musician in the Great Lakes area . 1946/47 he still played with Bunk Johnson and Darnell Howard ; shortly afterwards he died. Jones was the tutor of Lionel Hampton .
Web links
- Clifford Jones at Allmusic (English)
- Clifford "Snags" Jones at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sandor Demlinger, John Steiner: Destination Chicago Jazz . 2003, page 90
- ^ Scott Yanow : Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years . 2003, p. 64.
- ↑ with Lawrence "Cicero" Thomas (tp), Darnell Howard (cl) Ernie "Chester" Smith (bar, bassax), Jimmy Bertrand (xyl) and Frank Melrose (p).
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 16, 2015)
- ^ David Dicaire: Jazz Musicians of the Early Years. 2003, p. 215.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Clifford |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Snags (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1947 |
| Place of death | Chicago |