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Jonah Jones: Columbia studio, New York, about March 1947

trumpet · 1909–2000

Jonah Jones

Louisville trumpeter: riverboats, Stuff Smith's band, most of a decade with Cab Calloway, then a hit-making quartet in the late fifties. They called him King Louis II.

Sessions
7
Records
15
First date
July 2, 1935; October 25, 1935; July 10, 1936; January 25, 1937; June 1, 1937; June 15, 1937; June 30, 1936
Latest
December 9, 1954

On the records

Various Artists – Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood (Blue Note BLP 5001)BLP 5001 · 1952Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow MoodVarious ArtistsJonah Jones Sextet – Jonah Jones Sextet (Bethlehem BCP-1014)BCP-1014 · 1955Jonah Jones SextetJonah Jones SextetVarious Artists – Trumpet Interlude (EmArcy MG-36017)MG-36017 · 1955Trumpet InterludeVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Battle Of The Saxes (EmArcy MG-36023)MG-36023 · 1955Battle Of The SaxesVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Boning Up The 'Bones (EmArcy MG-36038)MG-36038 · 1955Boning Up The 'BonesVarious ArtistsPete Brown/Jonah Jones – Jazz Kaleidoscope (Bethlehem BCP-4)BCP-4 · 1957Jazz KaleidoscopePete Brown/Jonah JonesVarious Artists – Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It? (Bethlehem BCP-85)BCP-85 · 1959Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?Various ArtistsVarious Artists – Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money (Bethlehem BCP-88)BCP-88 · 1959Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About MoneyVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz (Bethlehem BCP-92)BCP-92 · 1959No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure JazzVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – A Handful Of Cool Jazz (Bethlehem BCP-90)BCP-90 · 1960A Handful Of Cool JazzVarious ArtistsA LOT OFYARN BUT AWELLKNITTEDJAZZ ALBUMBETHLEHEM BCP-91BCP-91 · 1960A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz AlbumVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Smart.. Luscious.. Beautiful - Sounds Of The Trumpets (Bethlehem BCP-6034)BCP-6034 · 1960Smart.. Luscious.. Beautiful - Sounds Of The TrumpetsVarious ArtistsJonah Jones, Jack Teagarden – Dixieland (Bethlehem BCP-6042)BCP-6042 · 1960DixielandJonah Jones, Jack TeagardenBillie Holiday – Lady Day (Columbia CL 637)CL 637 · 1961Lady DayBillie HolidayWalter "Foots" Thomas And His Jump Cats – The Walter "Foots" Thomas All Stars (Prestige PR 7584)PR 7584 · 1968The Walter "Foots" Thomas All StarsWalter "Foots" Thomas And His Jump Cats

Every date, in order

1935

1944

1945

1954