Ralph Jones (jazz musician)
Ralph Miles "Buzzy" Jones III (born before 1993) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( saxophone , flutes , nay , hulusi , Umtshingo , bass clarinet , piano ), composer and university teacher .
Life
Jones grew up in Detroit ; in 1993 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in ethnomusicology and in 2008 a Masters in African American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles . During his career he worked a. a. with Wadada Leo Smith , Charles Moore , Kenny Cox , MC5 , Norman Connors and Pharoah Sanders , the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln and Yusef Lateef ( African American Epic Suite 1994), in California with the improvisation ensemble Build An Ark . In the 2010s he formed a duo with Adam Rudolph and also played in his big band Go: Organic Orchestra . Jones teaches in the African American Studies Department at Oberlin College and is Associate Director of the California State Summer School for the Arts . In 2018 he plays with Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph in the Trio Karuna .
Discographic notes
- Norman Connors - Take It to the Limit (Arista, 1980)
- Pharoah Sanders & Norman Connors - Beyond a Dream (Novus, 1981)
- Yusef Lateef: Beyond the Sky (YAL, 2000)
- Adam Rudolph / Ralph Jones - Yèyí: A Wordless Psalm of Prototypical Vibrations (Meta Records, 2010)
- Adam Rudolph / Ralph Jones: Merely a Traveler on the Cosmic Path (Meta Records, 2012)
Web links
- Web presence at Oberlin College
- Portrait at University of California, Los Angeles
- Ralph Jones at Allmusic (English)
- Ralph Jones at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacob Baeckgaard: Adam Rudolph and Ralph Jones: Sound Travelers on the Cosmic Path . All About Jazz , 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Buzzy (nickname); Jones, Ralph Miles III. (Full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician, composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1993 |