Sam Jones (musician)


Samuel Jones was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.

Background

Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, to a musical family. His father played piano and drums and his aunt played organ in church. 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, 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, and recording extensively for Riverside Records as both a leader and sideman. He later spent several years working with Oscar Peterson and Cedar Walton. In the 1970s, Jones recorded several albums as a bandleader for the Xanadu and SteepleChase labels. 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

As sideman

With Cannonball AdderleySophisticated Swing Cannonball Enroute Cannonball's Sharpshooters Somethin' Else Portrait of Cannonball by Cannonball Adderley The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco Them Dirty Blues by Cannonball Adderley The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse African Waltz The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Jazz Workshop Revisited Autumn Leaves Nippon Soul The Sextet Cannonball Adderley Live! Live Session! Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Domination Phenix
With Nat Adderley
With Joe Alexander
With Gene Ammons
With Chet Baker
With Walter Bishop Jr.
With Tina Brooks
With Ray Brown
With Ray Bryant
With Kenny Burrell
With Donald Byrd
With James Clay
With Arnett Cobb
With Al Cohn
With George Coleman
With Ronnie Cuber
  • Cuber Libre
With King Curtis
With Walter Davis Jr.
With Lou DonaldsonThe Time Is Right Sunny Side Up Blowing in the Wind
With Kenny Dorham
With Kenny Drew
With Ted Dunbar
With Bill Evans
With Art Farmer
With Victor Feldman
With Red Garland
With Terry Gibbs
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Paul Gonsalves
With Dexter Gordon
With Rein de Graaff
With Grant Green
With Johnny Griffin
With Barry Harris
With Louis Hayes
With Jimmy Heath
With Johnny Hodges
With John Lee Hooker
With Freddie Hubbard
With Fred Jackson
With Milt Jackson
With Willis Jackson
With Eddie Jefferson
With J. J. Johnson
With Etta Jones
With Hank Jones
With Jo Jones
With Philly Joe Jones
With Clifford Jordan
With Duke Jordan
With Wynton Kelly
With Harold Land
With Yusef Lateef
With Abbey Lincoln
With Mike Longo
  • Matrix
With Johnny Lytle
With Chuck Mangione
  • Recuerdo
With Warne MarshHow Deep, How High
With Jack McDuff
With Ken McIntyre
With Charles McPherson
With Billy Mitchell
With Blue Mitchell
With Thelonious Monk
With Wes Montgomery
With Tete Montoliu
With Phineas Newborn Jr.
With Sal Nistico
With Horace Parlan
With Cecil Payne and Duke Jordan
With Oscar PetersonBlues Etude Soul Espanol The Way I Really Play Mellow Mood Travelin' On Hello Herbie Tristeza on Piano
With Bud Powell
With Julian Priester
With Ike Quebec
With Jimmy Raney
With Sonny Red
With Dizzy Reece
With Red Rodney
With Sal Salvador
With Archie Shepp
With Louis Smith
  • Prancin
With Les Spann
With James Spaulding
With Sonny Stitt
With Idrees Sulieman
With Art Taylor
With Clark Terry
With Lucky Thompson
With Teri Thornton
With Bobby TimmonsThis Here is Bobby Timmons Soul Time Easy Does It
With Stanley Turrentine
With Harold Vick
With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
With Cedar Walton
With Roosevelt Wardell
  • The Revelation
With Ben Webster
With Don Wilkerson
With Claude Williamson
  • New Departure
With Joe Zawinul