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Jonah Jones Quartet: Jumpin with Jonah

Read "Jumpin with Jonah" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Jazz gurus (self appointed or otherwise) typically dismiss Jonah Jones as a piece of fluff, more interested in dispensing sterilized jazz pablum to the public rather than being creative and innovative. Jones decided not to climb on the Be Bop train of the 1940's and 1950's, pretty much ignoring the new paths being struck by fellow trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. I always suspected that Jones' choice to stick with swing and traditional jazz rankled those same gurus who felt that his ...


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