Sam Jones

Samuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.

Background Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, In 1955, he moved to New York City and began his recording career with Tiny Bradshaw, before working with Bill Evans, Bobby Timmons, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie (1958–59), and Thelonious Monk. He is probably best known for his work with Cannonball Adderley, performing in his quintet from 1955 to 1956 and then again from 1959 to 1964, Jones wrote the jazz standards "Del Sasser" and "Unit 7" while working with Adderley. Other compositions include "Blue Funk", "O.P.", "Bittersweet", and "Seven Minds".

He died of lung cancer in 1981 at the age of 57.

Discography As leader 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside) 1961: The Chant (Riverside) 1962: Down Home (Riverside) 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind) 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu) 1976: Double Bass (SteepleChase) – with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1977: Changes & Things (Xanadu) 1977: Something in Common (Muse) 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase) 1979: Groovin' High (Muse) 1979: The Bassist! (Interplay) – with Keith Copeland, Kenny Barron 1979: Something New (Interplay) 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics) – compilation of Riverside recordings

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley Sophisticated Swing (1957; EmArcy) Cannonball Enroute (1957; EmArcy) Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958; EmArcy) Somethin' Else (1958; Blue Note) Portrait of Cannonball by Cannonball Adderley (1959; Riverside) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959; Riverside) Them Dirty Blues by Cannonball Adderley (1960; Riverside) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (1960; Riverside) African Waltz (1961; Riverside) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus (1961; Riverside) Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (1961; Riverside) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962; Riverside) Cannonball in Europe! (1962; Riverside) Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962; Riverside) Autumn Leaves (1963; Riverside [Japan]) Nippon Soul (1963; Riverside) The Sextet (Milestone, 1962-63 ) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Live Session! (1964) Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Domination (1965–70; Capitol) Phenix (1975, Fantasy)

With Nat Adderley To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy) Much Brass (1961; Riverside) Work Song (1960; Riverside) That's Right! (1960; Riverside) Naturally! (1961; Jazzland) In the Bag (1962; Jazzland) Autobiography (1964; Atlantic) With Joe Alexander Blue Jubilee (Jazzland, 1960)

With Gene Ammons Jug & Dodo (Prestige, 1962 ) – with Dodo Marmarosa God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 ) – with Sonny Stitt Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 ) – with Sonny Stitt Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, 1973 ) – with Sonny Stitt Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)

With Chet Baker It Could Happen to You (Riverside, 1958)

With Walter Bishop Jr. Valley Land (Muse, 1974 ) Hot House (Muse, 1977/78 )

With Tina Brooks True Blue (1960; Blue Note)

With Ray Brown Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)

With Ray Bryant All Blues (Pablo, 1978)

With Kenny Burrell Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958; Blue Note) Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958; Blue Note) Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980]) With Donald Byrd Off to the Races (1958; Blue Note) Byrd in Hand (1959; Blue Note) With James Clay The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960) – with David "Fathead" Newman A Double Dose of Soul (Riverside, 1960) With Arnett Cobb More Party Time (Prestige, 1960) Movin' Right Along (Prestige, 1960) With Al Cohn Al Cohn's America (Xanadu, 1976) True Blue (Xanadu, 1976) – with Dexter Gordon Silver Blue (Xanadu, 1976) – with Dexter Gordon With George Coleman Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979) With Ronnie Cuber Cuber Libre (Xanadu, 1976) With King Curtis Soul Meeting (Prestige, 1960) With Walter Davis Jr. Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note) With Lou Donaldson The Time Is Right (1959; Blue Note) Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note) Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet) With Kenny Dorham 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note) And The Jazz Prophets, Vol. 1 (1956; ABC-Paramount) This Is the Moment! (1958; Riverside) With Kenny Drew Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note) With Ted Dunbar Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978) With Bill Evans Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside) With Art Farmer Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975) To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975) The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976) With Victor Feldman Merry Olde Soul (Riverside, 1961) With Red Garland Red in Blues-ville (Prestige, 1959) The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959) – with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960) Soul Burnin' (Prestige, 1959–61) Bright and Breezy (Jazzland, 1961) Solar (Jazzland, 1962) Red's Good Groove (Jazzland, 1962) Auf Wiedersehen (MPS, 1971 ) Feelin' Red (Muse, 1978) With Terry Gibbs Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964) Bopstacle Course (Xanadu, 1974) With Dizzy Gillespie The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959) With Paul Gonsalves Gettin' Together (1960; Jazzland) With Dexter Gordon The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970) Biting the Apple (SteepleChase, 1977) With Rein de Graaff New York Jazz (Timeless Records,1979) – with Louis Hayes With Grant Green Gooden's Corner (Blue Note, 1961 ) Nigeria (Blue Note, 1962 Oleo (Blue Note, 1962 ) Born to Be Blue (Blue Note, 1962 ) With Johnny Griffin The Little Giant (Riverside, 1959) Bush Dance (Galaxy, 1978) With Barry Harris Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960) Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976) With Louis Hayes Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960) With Jimmy Heath The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 ) Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975) With Johnny Hodges Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve, 1959) Blue Hodge (Verve, 1961) With John Lee Hooker That's My Story (Riverside, 1960) With Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960) With Fred Jackson Hootin' 'n Tootin' (Blue Note, 1962) With Milt Jackson Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside, 1961) With Willis Jackson More Gravy (Prestige, 1963) With Eddie Jefferson Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974) With J. J. Johnson A Touch of Satin (Columbia, 1962) With Etta Jones If You Could See Me Now (Muse, 1978) With Hank Jones Groovin' High (Muse, 1978) With Jo Jones The Main Man (Pablo, 1977) With Philly Joe Jones Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959) With Clifford Jordan Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974) Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 ) Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 ) On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 ) On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 ) Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975) The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975) With Duke Jordan Misty Thursday (SteepleChase, 1975 ) Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975 ) Lover Man (SteepleChase, 1975 ) With Wynton Kelly Wynton Kelly! (Vee Jay, 1961) With Harold Land West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960) With Yusef Lateef The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971) Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973) With Abbey Lincoln It's Magic (Riverside, 1958) Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959) With Mike Longo Matrix (Mainstream, 1972) With Johnny Lytle Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962) With Chuck Mangione Recuerdo (Jazzland, 1962) With Warne Marsh How Deep, How High (Interplay, 1976 ) With Jack McDuff The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971) With Ken McIntyre Looking Ahead (New Jazz, 1960) – with Eric Dolphy With Charles McPherson Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (Mainstream, 1972) Beautiful! (Xanadu, 1975) Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976) With Billy Mitchell The Colossus of Detroit (Xanadu, 1978) With Blue Mitchell Out of the Blue (1959; Riverside) Blue Soul (1959; Riverside) Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside) A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside) With Thelonious Monk At Town Hall (1959; Riverside) 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside) Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (1959 ; Sam Records) With Wes Montgomery Movin' Along (1960) With Tete Montoliu Secret Love (Timeless, 1977) With Phineas Newborn Jr. A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1962) The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (Contemporary, 1963) With Sal Nistico Heavyweights (Jazzland, 1961) Neo/Nistico (Bee Hive, 1978) With Horace Parlan Movin' & Groovin' (1960; Blue Note) With Cecil Payne and Duke Jordan Brooklyn Brothers (Muse, 1973) With Oscar Peterson Blues Etude (1966; Limelight) Soul Espanol (1966; Limelight) The Way I Really Play (1968; MPS) Mellow Mood (1968; MPS) Travelin' On (1968; MPS) Hello Herbie (1969; MPS) Tristeza on Piano (1970; MPS) With Bud Powell Time Waits (1958; Blue Note) With Julian Priester Keep Swingin' (Riverside, 1960) Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960) With Ike Quebec The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (Blue Note, 1959–62) Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961) With Jimmy Raney The Influence (Xanadu, 1975) Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976) With Sonny Red Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note) With Dizzy Reece Comin' On! (Blue Note, 1960) Blowin' Away (Interplay, 1978) With Red Rodney Bird Lives! (Muse, 1973) The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975) With Sal Salvador Starfingers (Bee Hive, 1978) With Archie Shepp On Green Dolphin Street (Denon, 1978) With Louis Smith Prancin (SteepleChase, 1979) With Les Spann Gemini (Jazzland, 1961) With James Spaulding James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1977) With Sonny Stitt Tune-Up! (Cobblestone, 1972) Constellation (Cobblestone, 1972) 12! (Muse, 1972) My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (Muse, 1975) Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 ) With Idrees Sulieman Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976) With Art Taylor Taylor's Tenors (1959; Prestige) With Clark Terry In Orbit (1958; Riverside) Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959) With Lucky Thompson Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail (Groove Merchant, 1973) I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973) With Teri Thornton Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961) With Bobby Timmons This Here is Bobby Timmons (1960; Riverside) Soul Time (1960; Riverside) Easy Does It (1961; Riverside) Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962; Riverside) Born to Be Blue! (1963; Riverside) From the Bottom (1964; Riverside) Workin' Out! (1964; Riverside) Little Barefoot Soul (1964; Prestige) With Stanley Turrentine Never Let Me Go (Blue Note, 1963) With Harold Vick Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974) With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962) With Cedar Walton Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972) A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1 (Muse, 1973) A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse, 1973) Firm Roots (Muse, 1974 ) Pit Inn (East Wind, 1974) Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) – with George Coleman & Billy Higgins The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) – with Bob Berg & Billy Higgins First Set (SteepleChase, 1977) Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977) Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977) Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) – with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins With Roosevelt Wardell The Revelation (Prestige, 1960) With Ben Webster Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) – with Joe Zawinul With Don Wilkerson The Texas Twister (Riverside, 1960) With Claude Williamson New Departure (Interplay, 1978) With Joe Zawinul Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)