Claude Jones
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Claude Jones | |
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![]() Claude Jones (right) and Wilbur De Paris at the Aquarium in New York in 1946 | |
Background information | |
Born | Boley, Oklahoma, United States | February 11, 1901
Died | January 17, 1962 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 60)
Genres | Swing jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, sailor |
Instrument | Trombone |
Years active | 1922–62 |
Claude Jones (February 11, 1901 – January 17, 1962)[1] was an American jazz trombonist.
Biography
Born in Boley, Oklahoma, United States,[1] Jones began playing trombone at the age of 13, and studied at Wilberforce College before dropping out in 1922 to join the Synco Jazz Band.[1] This group eventually evolved into McKinney's Cotton Pickers, where he would play intermittently until 1929.[1]
From there, Jones played in a variety of noted swing jazz ensembles, including those of Fletcher Henderson (1929–31, 1933–34, 1941–42, 1950), Don Redman (1931–33, 1943), Alex Hill, Chick Webb, and Cab Calloway (1934–40, 1943).[1] He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in 1939 and Louis Armstrong/Sidney Bechet in 1940.[1] In the 1940s, he also played with Coleman Hawkins, Zutty Singleton, Joe Sullivan, Benny Carter, and Duke Ellington (1944–48, 1951).[1]
After completing his second stint with Ellington, Jones became a mess steward on the ship SS United States, and he died at sea in 1962.[1]
References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. xx. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- General references
- 1901 births
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- Musicians from Oklahoma
- People who died at sea
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