Herbie Jones

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Herbert "Herbie" Jones (* 1926 in Miami ; † March 19, 2001 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger .

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Jones began to work as a musician at the age of 14; he left college early, moved to New York and played with Lucky Millinder , then with Andy Kirk , Buddy Johnson and Cab Calloway . He also took lessons in arrangement and composition from Eddie Barefield . The first recordings were made in 1956 with André Persiany ( Swinging Here and There ). From 1963 he worked at Duke Ellington ; In his orchestra he mainly played the melody lines, but only rarely solos. He was involved in Ellington's Sacred Concerts and arranged songs such as El Busto, Cootie's Caravan, The Prowling Cat and The Opener for him . Shortly after the Duke Ellington Orchestra's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival and a South American tour in 1968, he left the band. In the field of jazz he was involved in 110 recording sessions between 1956 and 1968, in addition to the aforementioned with Johnny Hodges . In later years he taught in the free school Arts and Culture Inc. and directed the Bugle Corps of the Police Athletic League in Harlem. He died of complications from diabetes in 2001 at the age of 74.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c William H. Homan: Herbie Jones, 74, Jazz Trumpeter Who Worked Alongside 2 Giants. The New York Times , March 20, 2001, accessed May 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 12, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Herbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 2001