- Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones Sr. (
December 22 ,1910 -February 26 ,1989 ), was a jazz trumpeter who worked both in big bands and as a studio musician.Jones was born in
Indianapolis . He studied at theMichigan Conservatory , and then played withterritory band s such as that ofSpeed Webb . In the 1930s and 1940s Joes worked with musicians such as Charlie Johnson, theSavoy Bearcats ,Fess Williams ,Chick Webb (1933-34),Sam Wooding ,Claude Hopkins ,Willie Bryant ,Teddy Hill ,Don Redman (1936-38),Erskine Hawkins ,Duke Ellington (1946),Jimmie Lunceford ,Lucky Millinder andSy Oliver . He soloed sparingly after his time with Chick Webb.He played lead trumpet with the
Count Basie Orchestra (1952-57), which gave him some fame due to his "one-handed" solo style of playing, but Jones was rarely featured.However, Jones was featured as a member of the
Quincy Jones group, "The Jones Boys" (56-58), a session conceived byLeonard Feather featuring a number of musicians named "Jones," though none of them were related.From the 1940s Jones did extensive work as a studio musician. He toured with
Woody Herman (1959),George Shearing 's big band (ca. 1960) and with an orchestra accompanyingNat King Cole (1961-64). He played less from the 1970s. His son, Reunald Jones Jr, played lead trumpet many years forSammy Davis Jr &James Brown , and his grandson,Renny Jones , is an accomplished bass guitar player.References
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