Jan 31 2024 62 mins 4
“Jimmy Jones is a close member of our musical family. Outside of our original version, he and Toby Hardwick were the first to do “Come Sunday.” I have had many different associations with him, the most notable being when we did My People in Chicago in 1963. I could not be there during the entire run, and he took over many of my responsibilities, played the piano and directed the orchestra. Then, when we were touring with Ella Fitzgerald, he was acting as her pianist, conductor, and orchestrator.”
Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress
Jimmy Jones
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
(CD: “Jimmy Jones 1946-1947,” Classics 1301)
Old Juice on the Loose/A Woman’s Got a Right to Change her Mind
Recorded 10 January 1946, New York City
Joe Thomas – trumpet; Lawrence Brown – trombone; Otto Hardwick – alto sax; Ted Nash – tenor sax; Harry Carney – baritone sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; Billy Taylor – bass; Shelly Manne – drums.
Come Sunday
Recorded 4 March 1947, New York City
Otto Hardwick – alto sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Casey – guitar; Al Hall – bass.
New World A’ Coming
Recorded 4 March 1947, New York City
Jimmy Jones – piano; John Levy – bass; Denzil Best – drums.
New York City Blues/On a Turquoise Cloud/Bakiff
Recorded 1947, New York City
Jimmy Jones – piano
Hello Little Girl (CD: “Jazz Party” Columbia CK-40712)
Recorded 19 February 1959, New York City
Dizzy Gillespie, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker, Clark Terry, Ray Nance – trumpet; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Jimmy Jones – piano; Jimmy Woode – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums, Jimmy Rushing – vocal.
Satin Doll/The Old Circus Train (CD: “The Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Cote d’Azur Concerts on Verve,” Verve 314 539 033-2 QS01)
Recorded 28 July 1966, Cote d’Azur, France
Ella Fitzgerald – vocal; Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jones – piano; John Lamb – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums. Jimmy Jones – piano; Joe Comfort – bass; Gus Johnson – drums.
I Like the Sunrise (CD: “Francis A. & Edward K.” Reprise Records 1024-2)
Recorded 11/12 December 1967, Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra – vocal; Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Jimmy Jones – piano; Jeff Castleman – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums.
Orson (LP: “Ellington is Forever, Volume 2” Fantasy F-79008)
Recorded November/December 1975, Berkeley, California
Jimmy Jones – piano.
In a Mellotone (LP: “Ellington is Forever, Volume 2” Fantasy F-79008)
Recorded July/August 1976, Berkeley, California
Nat Adderley – cornet; Quentin Jackson – trombone; Gary Bartz – soprano sax; Jimmy Jones – piano; Kenny Burrell – guitar; Monk Montgomery – bass; Philly Joe Jones – drums.
— Our closing music—-
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.
