Claude Jones

Claude Jones ( born February 11, 1901 in Boley, Oklahoma, † January 17, 1962 on the passenger ship United States ) was an American jazz trombonist. He played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Jones had first trumpet and drum lessons and turned 13 years old the trombone. He studied at Wilberforce College in 1923 and went first to the Synco Jazz Band and McKinney 's Cotton Pickers. He was a soloist in the recording of " The Way I Feel Today". From 1929 he played alternately with Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman and Chick Webb. Between 1935-1940 he worked with Cab Calloway. As a soloist, he can be heard in Don Redman titled " Nagasaki " (1932 ), Fletcher Henderson's "Radio Rhythm " and " Just Blues" (1931 ) and Chick Webb's " Do not Be That Way " (1934 ). Claude Jones also took up records with Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet ( Perdido Street Blues, 1940), with Henry Red Allen, Chu Berry, Billy Eckstine, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Rex Stewart and 1939 with Jelly Roll Morton.

In 1944 he joined the orchestra of Duke Ellington, where he became the successor of Juan Tizol. He remained until 1948 in the band and returned briefly in 1951. In 1950 he was a member of Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, but was in 1952 no longer active musically, but worked as a casino - steward on the United States. He was the brother of Quentin Jackson.

Secondary literature

• Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001
• Richard Cook & Morton, Brian: The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD, 6th Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 ISBN 0-14-017949-6.