Search - Artist/Band: Sam Jones

• Name: Sam Jones
• Birthday: 11/12/1924
• Birth Place: Jacksonville, FL
• Died: 12/15/1981
• Decades Active: 1950,1960,1970,1980
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Confident, Dramatic, Earnest, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Literate, Lively, Passionate, Playful, Precious, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Rousing, Searching, Sophisticated, Stately, Street-Smart, Stylish, Uplifting, Warm, Witty, Wry

Title	Release
Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection	1988
Something New	06/04/1979
The Bassist	01/03/1979
Visitation	03/1978
Something in Common W	09/13/1977
Seven Minds	1975
Down Home W	1962
The Chant WA	1961
The Soul Society WA	1960

Sam Jones, a greatly in-demand bassist who often teamed up with drummer Louis Hayes, was also a talented jazz cello soloist. He always took advantage of the fairly rare opportunities he had to lead sessions to create memorable music. He played with Tiny Bradshaw (1953-1955), moved to New York in 1955 and worked with the groups of Kenny Dorham, Cannonball Adderley (1957), Dizzy Gillespie (1958-1959), and Thelonious Monk, among others. While a member of Cannonball Adderley's very successful quintet (1959-1965), Jones wrote such originals as "Unit 7" and "Del Sasser" and led three highly recommended albums for Riverside during 1960-1962 (all have been reissued in the OJC series) that featured some of his finest cello playing. Sam Jones was with the Oscar Peterson Trio (as Ray Brown's first replacement) during 1966-1970 and then freelanced for the remainder of his life, making many recordings, including albums of his own for East Wind (1974), Xanadu, Muse, Inner City, SteepleChase, Interplay, and SeaBreeze. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide