Willie Jones (drummer, 1929)
William "Willie" Jones (* 20th October 1929 in New York City ; † 9. April 1993 ) was a drummer of modern jazz that was active mainly in the 1950s.
Live and act
As an autodidact, Jones essentially taught himself to play the drums. He started in Thelonious Monk's band in 1953 and then played with Cecil Payne , Joe Holiday, Charlie Parker , Kenny Dorham , Elmo Hope (1955) and JJ Johnson . He also stepped in for Max Roach in his quintet with Clifford Brown . In 1955 and early 1956 it was part of the first edition of Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop (until it was replaced by Dannie Richmond because he allegedly played inadequately in an up tempo interpretation of Cherokee ). After that, Jones was employed by Randy Weston . From 1956 to 1959 he was Lester Youngs' drummer . In 1961 he played in the Arkestra of Sun Ra . In the later years of his life he was mainly occupied with anchoring a jazz education in the schools of his hometown.
Discographic notes
- Champion Jack Dupree : Blues from the Gutter ( Atlantic , 1958)
- Elmo Hope: Meditations ( OJC , 1958)
- Thelonious Monk: MONK ( Prestige / OJC, 1953/54)
- Charles Mingus: Mingus at the Bohemia ( Debut , 1955)
- Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956)
- Sun Ra: The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra ( Savoy , 1961)
- Randy Weston: The Modern Art of Jazz ( Dawn / Fresh Sound , 1956)
Lexigraphic references
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Works by Willie Jones in the catalog of the German National Library
- Willie Jones at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jones, Willie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1993 |
Place of death | New York City |