Philly Joe Jones
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (* 15. July 1923 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; † the thirtieth August 1985 ) was an American jazz - drummer . The nickname Philly Joe refers to his hometown, Philadelphia called "Philly" in American vernacular, and is intended to distinguish the drummer from his equally famous older colleague "Papa" Jo Jones from Count Basie's band .
Live and act
Philly Joe Jones emerged from the rhythm and blues tradition of the late 1940s, before he began working as a drummer in modern jazz - although it should be noted that the two styles of music were not as clearly separated from each other then as they were later. While still in Philadelphia he accompanied John Coltrane and Benny Golson . In 1947 he settled in New York City, where he played as the house drummer for Cafe Society with Charlie Parker , Fats Navarro and Dizzy Gillespie . He then worked at Ben Webster , Joe Morris , Tiny Grimes , Lionel Hampton , with mentor Tadd Dameron and Tony Scott .
Between 1955 and 1958 he was a defining part of the rhythm section of the Miles Davis quintet and later sextet. Davis broke up with Jones not for musical reasons (on the contrary, he called him, like Bill Evans later , his preferred drummer), but solely because of the unreliability that the drummer's serious drug problems brought to the professional work of the band. Nevertheless, Jones was involved in countless recordings ( Blue Note , Riverside, Prestige) because his sense of drive , dynamism and taste were in great demand. Under the sensitive swing of his cymbal work , he set highly complex accents on the snare drum and its rim, which expanded the playing concept on the instrument.
Jones' contributions to the development of drumming are numerous and in turn formed the basis for further innovations, as they were initiated in the free jazz environment of the 1960s by musicians such as Tony Williams and (not related to "Philly Joe") Elvin Jones . Particularly well-known is the characteristic two beat feel with which the drummer, in interaction with the double bass player Paul Chambers, often underlined the introduction of the theme of the wind instruments. He also led his own groups. After playing briefly with Davis again in 1962, he went to the West Coast in 1964 before living in Europe between 1967 and 1972, where he directed several drum schools, but also played and recorded with traveling musicians such as Archie Shepp . Back in the USA, he founded the jazz rock group Le Grand Prix to then accompany Bill Evans and Red Garland . With the group Dameronia he recalled the music of Tadd Dameron.
Discographic notes
- Blues for Dracula (OJC, 1958) with Nat Adderley , Julian Priester , Johnny Griffin , Tommy Flanagan , Jimmy Garrison
- Cool Struttin ' (Blue Note, 1958) with Sonny Clark , Art Farmer , Jackie McLean , Paul Chambers
- Drums Around the World (OJC, 1959) with Blue Mitchell , Curtis Fuller , Cannonball Adderley , Benny Golson , Sahib Shihab
- Showcase (OJC, 1959) with Bill Barron , Julian Priester, Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams , Charles Coker , Jimmy Garrison
- No Room for Squares (Blue Note, 1963) with Hank Mobley , Lee Morgan , Donald Byrd , Herbie Hancock , Andrew Hill
- Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones : Together! (Atlantic, 1961)
- The turnaround! (Blue Note, 1963; 1965) with Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock
- Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1963; 1985) with Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill
- M'Joe (OJC, 1968) with Kenny Wheeler , Chris Pyne , Peter King
- Philly Mignon (OJC, 1977) with Nat Adderley, Ira Sullivan , Dexter Gordon , George Cables , Ron Carter
- Drum Song ( Sonet Records , ca.1980 ) with Tommy Turrentine , Charles Brown , Mickey Tucker , Mickey Bass
literature
- Joerg Eckel The Philly Joe Jones Solo Book 2014
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Directmedia, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-018-3 (1 CD-ROM).
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
Web links
- Works by and about Philly Joe Jones in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait (Drummersworld)
- Philly Joe Jones at Allmusic (English)
- Philly Joe Jones at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jones, Philly Joe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Joseph Rudolph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1985 |
Place of death | Philadelphia |