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Sam Jones

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Aliases
Sam Jones 12 Piece Band
Sam Jones & Co.
Sam Jones Orchestra
Sam Jones Plus 10
Sam Jones Quintet
Real name
Samuel Jones
Born
November 12, 1924
Died
December 15, 1981
Country
United States
IPI
00015493688 5 works
00015493786 10 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz double bass player, cellist, and composer. He had the nickname "Home", which was acquired through his habit of calling others "Home".
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Originals

Covers by Sam Jones

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1977 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i   1978 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1977 (unknown)
i 1976 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i 1976 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i 1978 Fats Domino
i 1961 Charlie Parker Quintette
i 1978 The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet
i 1978 Eastern Rebellion
i 1972 Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra
i 1978 Bud Powell
i   November 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1972 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i 1978 Cannonball Adderley Quintet
i   1960 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i 1960 Billie Holiday
i 1978 Bud Powell
i   1976 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i 1976 Muriel Angelus
i November 1962 Muriel Angelus
i 1978 The Horace Silver Quintet
i   1978 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i 1961 Miles Davis Quartet
i 1972 Bing Crosby
i 1976 John Coltrane
i   1978 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1975 David Newman [US1]
i   1978 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
i   1975 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   1976 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Frank Sinatra BRD
i   1978 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i   1978 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i 1960 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i 1979 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i   1972 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
i Jean Marie Sam Jones Quintet 1978 Unverified
i 1960 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1960 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1960 Charlie Parker Quintet
i   1978 Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford REC, Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups REL
i 1975 Cedar Walton
i 1979 Stan Getz Quartet
i 1976 Sam Jones
i 1978 Charlie Parker Septet
i 1960 Charlie Parker Septet
i   1978 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1977 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i   1977 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1976 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
i 1978 The Clifford Jordan Quartet
i 1961 Judy Garland
i 1978 Joe Henderson [US1]
i 1980 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i November 1962 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1977 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i 1979 Art Farmer
i 1978 Ray Brown, Cedar Walton, Elvin Jones
i   1961 Al Jolson REC,BRD
i 1978 Hampton Hawes
i 1978 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i   1960 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1978 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i   1979 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1979 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i November 1962 The Horace Silver Quintet
i   1978 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
i 1961 Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, featuring Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery
i 1960 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i November 1962 Ray Brown and the All-Stars guest artist Cannonball Adderley
i 1972 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i November 1962 The Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Quintet
i 1979 The Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Quintet
i 1978 Paul Chambers Quartet
i 1978 Miles Davis All Star Sextet
i 1972 The Be Bop Boys
i 1960 Wes Montgomery
i 1977 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i 1960 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1976 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Al Cohn's America Al Cohn, Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Leroy Williams 1977 Xanadu Records
Barry Harris at The Jazz Workshop Barry Harris with Sam Jones, Louis Hayes 1960 Riverside [US]
Blowin' Away Dizzy Reece & Ted Curson with Claude Williamson, Sam Jones & Roy Haynes 1978 Interplay Records
Cello Again Sam Jones 1976 Xanadu Records
Changes & Things Sam Jones, Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Bob Berg, Barry Harris, Louis Hayes 1978 Xanadu Records
Constellation Sonny Stitt - Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Roy Brooks 1972 Cobblestone
Double Bass Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Sam Jones 1976 SteepleChase
Down Home Sam Jones & Co. November 1962 Riverside [US]
I Thought About You Louis Stewart with John Taylor, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins 1979 Lee Lambert Records
Keep Swingin' Julian Priester with Jimmy Heath, Tommy Flanagan, Sam Jones, Elvin Jones 1960 Riverside [US]
New Departure Claude Williamson with Sam Jones and Roy Haynes 1978 Interplay Records
Seven Minds Sam Jones 1975 East Wind
Sherman Shuffle Buddy Tate, Bob Wilber, Sam Jones, Leroy Williams 1978 Sackville
Silver Blue Cohn, Gordon, Harris, Hayes, Jones, Mitchell, Noto 1977 Xanadu Records
Something in Common Sam Jones 1978 Muse Records
Something New Sam Jones 12 Piece Band 1979 Interplay Records
The Bassist Sam Jones 1980 Interplay Records
The Chant Sam Jones Plus 10 1961 Riverside [US]
The Colossus of Detroit Billy Mitchell - Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Walter Bolden 1978 Xanadu Records
The Soul Society Sam Jones 1960 Riverside [US]
Visitation Sam Jones Quintet 1978 SteepleChase
West Coast Blues! Harold Land with Wes Montgomery, Joe Gordon, Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes 1960 Jazzland

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