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Jonah Jones

Louisville, United States • 1909-12-31 – 2000-04-29

Jonah Jones is credited on 696 releases across 211 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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696

Pressings credited

211

Albums

8

Decades active

69

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Biography

Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 30, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter who created concise versions of jazz and swing and jazz standards that appealed to a mass audience. In the jazz community, he is known for his work with Stuff Smith. He was sometimes referred to as "King Louis II", a reference to Louis Armstrong. Jones started playing alto saxophone at the age of 12 in the Booker T. Washington Community Center band in Louisville, Kentucky, before quickly transitioning to trumpet, where he excelled.

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696 releases · 211 albums · active 1951–2021

  • Performance · 1,209
  • Other credits · 34

Studios: WOR Studios · The Embers (2) · Reeves Sound Studios · Savoy Ballroom

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