Results for "Jonah Jones"

Peter Nero: The Laughter and The Challenges

by Victor L. Schermer
February 3, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 In July 2009, All About Jazz published an interview with legendary pianist and Philly Pops maestro Peter Nero. That interview jumped between his early musical development and his current 30-year tenure as founder and music director of the Philly Pops. There wasn't time then to ask him about what ...

Photostory14: Jonah Jones

January 24, 2010

Trumpeter Jonah Jones began recording in 1936 and worked steadily in Cab Calloway's band between 1941 and 1950. In the 1950s, Jones recorded mostly for Capitol, churning out themed albums with crisp jazz renditions of standards. I love this photo of Jones by Hank O'Neal because it captured a certain melancholy in Jones' eyes while the ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jonah Jones

December 31, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jonah Jones' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jonah JonesA talented and flashy trumpeter, Jonah Jones hit upon a formula in 1955 that made him a major attraction for a decade; playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes muted with ...

Baubles, Bangles and Beads & Mack The Knife

Featuring the music of Jonah Jones
Duration: 4:18
August 26, 2007

Jumpin' With Jonah

By Jonah Jones

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. No Moon at All 2. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 3. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 4. Blues Don't Care Who's Get 'Em 5. Jumpin' With Jonah 6. Just a Gigolo 7. It's a Good Day 8. Dance Only With Me 9. Lots of Luck Charley 10. Kiss to Build a Dream On 11. That's A-Plenty 12. Moten Swing 13. Slowly But Surely 14. Night Train 15. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 16. Ballin' the Jack

Jonah Jones Quartet: Jumpin' With Jonah

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Hey, who’s that swingin’ that horn? That sounds like Pops! Well, though Jonah Jones and Louis "Pops" Armstrong were contemporaries, the comparisons stop there. Actually, Jonah and Louis do sound alike. And on this album (which takes its title from Jones’s third LP, but which is here reissued with some additional tracks), Jones puts his bell ...

Jonah Jones

By Jumpin' with Jonah Jones

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: No Moon at All; Baby, Won

I Dig Jonah: The Jonah Jones Capitol Collection

By Jonah Jones

Label: Collector's Choice Music
Released: 2000

Jumpin' With Jonah Jones: Jonah Jones

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2000

Swing trumpeter Jonah Jones was quite popular in the late 1950s when this recording was made. He had begun his professional career performing on Mississippi riverboats in the 1920s with smaller trad jazz ensembles and had moved into the big band arena early. From 1941 to 1952 Jones performed with the Cab Calloway orchestra. That exciting ...

Volume One

By Jonah Jones

Label: RCA
Released: 1985