Philly Joe Jones

...the first complete LP recorded by the band with John Coltrane (tenor), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums), though by the time it was recorded in November 1955, the group had already done its first...

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''For other persons named Joey Jones, see Joey Jones '' For other persons named Joe Jones, see Joe Jones Joseph Rudolph (Philly Joe) Jones (July 15, 1923 - August 30, 1985) was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer , known as...

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He introduced me to jazz and soon I discovered Elvin Jones which completely blew me off. Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones came right after in my new journey into jazz and I consider all of them important influences on...

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...1956 - with Tadd Dameron for Mating Call, an album released the following year. Coltrane joins bassist John Simmons and drummer Philly Joe Jones behind Dameron in the making of an album that was the first to feature Coltrane's name on the...

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...McLean, Sahib Shihab and Pepper Adams, trumpeters Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman, flautist Jerome Richardson, and drummers Philly Joe Jones and Art Taylor. Greats all of them, here in hard bop's first flush of glory. The material used...

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...Williams enjoyed classical training at the Peabody Institute but forewent any additional academics for a stint in drummer Philly Joe Jones' band. Still, Williams' classical experience deeply colors her jazz performance. She opens the disc...

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...the door to go down the stairs at Birdland and the drums just came up and hit me in the face - you know, the sound. It was Philly Joe Jones, one of my favorite drummers of all time. For a young musician it was so inspiring to go from buying...

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...jazz drumming are beyond dispute. A gaggle of great drummers were effective tap dancers, including Papa Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Philly Joe Jones, and the late Detroiter J.C. Heard. The Detroit-bred Allen and Chestnut are not the first to bring...

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Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones is an album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and drummer Philly Joe Jones recorded in Europe in 1969 for the America label. The album was also issued by the Fantasy label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow...

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...band in the late '50s, and Cannon got hired by Miles. And Cannon used to tell Miles about me. Because at the time (drummer) Philly Joe Jones was about ready to quit. ... A lot of times he'd be late for the gig or wouldn't show up at all. So...

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