Brad Jones (bassist)

Brad Jones
Brad Jones
Background information
Birth name	Bradley Christopher Jones
Born	May 20, 1963 (age 61); New York City, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician; educator;
Instruments	Double bass; electric bass;
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Knitting Factory; Ropeadope;

Bradley Christopher Jones (born May 20, 1963, in New York City) is an American jazz bassist who performs on both bass guitar and double-bass.^[1]

Jones started on drums as a child and first began playing bass guitar at age 12. At age 18 he added double bass, studying under Lisle Atkinson, and he took a bachelor's degree in music education at Jersey City State College in 1986. In the late 1980s he worked regularly with Dave Tronzo and Jim Nolet, and played in the Jazz Passengers and in groups led by Marc Ribot.^[2]

In the 1990s he worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Elvin Jones, Ornette Coleman, Carlos Garnett, Mark Taylor, Kazutoki Umezu, Misha Mengelberg, and Han Bennink.^[1]

He has led the groups AKA Alias featuring Curtis Fowlkes and David Gilmore, the Brad Jones Quartet with Greg Tardy and more recently Avant Lounge with Bruce Williams, Barney McAll, Bill Ware and Nate Smith.^[3]^[1]

Discography

Uncivilized Poise (Knitting Factory Works, 1999) with AKA Alias
Pouring My Heart In (Brad Jones Quartet, 2003) with the Brad Jones Quartet
The Embodiment (Senoj, 2009) with AKA Alias
Avant Lounge (Ropeadope, 2012) with Avant Lounge^[4]

As sideman

With Muhal Richard Abrams

Blu Blu Blu (Black Saint, 1991)
Family Talk (Black Saint, 1993)
Think All, Focus One (Black Saint, 1995)
Song for All (Black Saint, 1995 [1997])

with Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich

Hear You Say (Intuition, 2010)

With Noël Akchoté

Toi-Même (Winter & Winter, 2008)

With Lucian Ban

Playground (Jazzaway, 2006)

With Don Byron

Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker (Blue Note, 2006)
Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy, 2011)

With George Cartwright

Dot (Cuneiform, 1994)

With Ornette Coleman

Tone Dialing (Harmolodic, 1995)

With Elvis Costello

North (Deutsche Grammophon, 2003)

With Dave Douglas

Freak In (RCA Bluebird, 2003)
Keystone (Greenleaf, 2005)
Moonshine (Greenleaf, 2007)
Spark of Being (Greenleaf, 2010)

With Francis Dunnery

Tall Blonde Helicopter (Atlantic, 1995)

With Carlos Garnett

Resurgence (Muse, 1996)
Fuego en Mi Alma (HighNote, 1997)
Under Nubian Skies (HighNote, 1999)

With The Jazz Passengers

Broken Night Red Light (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1987)
Deranged & Decomposed (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1988)
Implement Yourself (New World, 1990)
Live at the Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory, 1990)
Plain Old Joe (Knitting Factory Works, 1993)
In Love (High Street, 1994)
Individually Twisted (32 Jazz, 1996)
"Live" in Spain (32 Jazz, 1998)
Reunited (Justin Time, 2010)
Still Life with Trouble (Enja, 2017)

With Elvin Jones

Going Home (Enja, 1992)

With Sean Lennon

Into the Sun (Grand Royal, 1998)

With Dave Liebman

Surreality (Enja, 2012)

With David Mead

Indiana (Nettwork, 2004)

With Misha Mengelberg

Who's Bridge (Avant, 1994)
Four in One (Songlines, 2001)

With Allison Moorer

Down to Believing (eOne, 2016)

With Max Nagl

Big Four (HatOLOGY, 2002) with Steven Bernstein and Noël Akchoté
Flamingos (HatOLOGY, 2004) with Otto Lechner
Big Four Live (HatOLOGY, 2007) with Steven Bernstein and Noël Akchoté
Big Four/Sortilèges (Extraplatte, 2010) with Steven Bernstein and Noël Akchoté

With Roy Nathanson