Rufus Jones (musician)

Rufus "Speedy" Jones (* 27 May 1936 in Charleston (South Carolina) ; † 25. April 1990 in Las Vegas ) was an American jazz - drummer .

Live and act

Jones first learned the trumpet before switching to drums at the age of 13. As a teenager he played in the Jenkins Orphanage Band , Lionel Hampton (1954), Henry Red Allen and Maynard Ferguson from 1959 to 1963 . He then worked with his own band (1963/64), with which he presented an album on which u. a. Major Holley , Gene Bertoncini , Jaki Byard , Joe Farrell , Seldon Powell, and Tommy Turrentine performed . Then Jones was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra (1964–1966) and the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1966–1970), whose Far East Suite shows his dynamic drumming. In 1967 he recorded with Johnny Hodges ( Triple Play ); Duke Ellington also appeared in a trio with Jones and Joe Benjamin (bass) in 1972 ( Live at the Whitney , released on Impulse! Records ).

Five on Eight (cameo, 1964)
Maynard Ferguson / Teddy Wilson / Clark Terry / Rufus Jones - Jazz Festival (Wyncote)
Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert (1970)

Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Jones, Rufus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jones, Rufus Speedy; Jones, Speedy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charleston, South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1990
Place of death	Las Vegas