Jonah Jones

Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 30, 2000) An early music instructor stuttered when stating Jones' surname, and so Jones became known as 'Jonah'. He attended Central High School.

Career Jones began his career playing on a river boat named Island Queen, which traveled between Kentucky and Ohio. He began in the 1920s playing on Mississippi riverboats and then, in 1928, he joined with Horace Henderson.

Jones performed in the orchestra pit under the direction of Alexander Smallens and briefly in an onstage musical sequence of Porgy and Bess, starring Cab Calloway.

He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999 and died the following year in New York City, at the age of 90. sister of Russell Bowles. They had four children.

Discography As leader Jonah Jones at the Embers (RCA, 1956) Muted Jazz (Capitol, 1957) Jazz Kaleidoscope (Bethlehem, 1957) Jumpin' with Jonah (Capitol, 1958) Swingin' at the Cinema (Capitol, 1958) Swingin' on Broadway (Capitol, 1958) Jonah Jumps Again (Capitol, 1959) I Dig Chicks (Capitol, 1959) Swingin' Around the World (Capitol, 1959) Hit Me Again! (Capitol, 1960) The Greatest Dixieland Ever (Guest Star, 1960) A Touch of Blue (Capitol, 1960), production by Dave Cavanaugh The Unsinkable Jonah Jones Swings the Unsinkable Molly Brown (Capitol, 1961) Jumpin' with a Shuffle (Capitol, 1961) Great Instrumental Hits Styled by Jonah Jones (Capitol, 1961) Broadway Swings Again (Capitol, 1961) Jonah Jones Quartet/Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra (Capitol, 1962) Jazz Bonus (Capitol, 1962) Trumpet On Tour (Baronet, 1962) And Now in Person Jonah Jones (Capitol, 1963) That Righteous Feelin' (Capitol, 1963) Jonah Jones Swings Etta Jones Sings (Crown, 1964) Blowin' Up a Storm (Capitol, 1964) Hello Broadway (Decca, 1965) Double Exposure (Ember, 1965) On the Sunny Side of the Street (Decca, 1965) Sweet with a Beat (Decca, 1966) Tijuana Taxi (Decca, 1966) Good Time Medleys (Decca, 1967) Squeeze Me and Other Favorites (Brunswick, 1968) Along Came Jonah (Motown, 1968) A Little Dis, a Little Dat (Motown, 1969) Back On the Street with Earl Hines, Buddy Tate, Cozy Cole (Chiaroscuro, 1972) Confessin' (Black and Blue, 1978)

As sideman Sidney Bechet, The Fabulous Sidney Bechet (Blue Note, 1984) Sam Price, Barrelhouse and Blues (Jazztone, 1955) Dakota Staton, The Late Late Show (Capitol, 1957)