The Jonah Jones Story, 1936-1945

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Personnel: Jonah Jones (vocals, trumpet); Stuff Smith (vocals, violin); Tyree Glenn (vocals, trombone, vibraphone); Cab Calloway (vocals); Danny Barker , Herb Thomas, Lawrence Lucie, Tiny Grimes, Bobby Bennett (guitar); Eddie Barefield, Jerry Blake (clarinet, alto saxophone); Fess Williams, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Andrew Brown (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Don Stovall, Bill White, Hilton Jefferson, Johnny Hodges, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Russell Jones, Fred Mitchell, George Irish, Ike Quebec, Teddy McRae, Walter Thomas (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Russell Smith, Lamar Wright, Shad Collins, Sidney DeParis (trumpet); Joe Britton, Jimmy Archey, Keg Johnson, Quentin Jackson, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Clyde Hart, Jimmy Sherman, Lil Armstrong, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Sonny White, Teddy Wilson, Benny Payne, Dave Rivera , Buster Harding (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, drums); Cozy Cole, J.C. Heard , Manzie Johnson, Big Sid Catlett, Walter Martin (drums). Liner Note Author: Jacques Morgantini. Recording information: Hollywood, CA (03/13/1936-10/11/1944); New York, NY (03/13/1936-10/11/1944). Unknown Contributor Role: Don Waterhouse. Arrangers: Andy Gibson ; Benny Carter ; Buster Harding. Long before his name was introduced to mainstream audiences through a series of Capitol LPs decorated with pictures of buxom, full-bottomed females, Jonah Jones made a name for himself as a versatile swing trumpeter whose best work put him in league with Herman Autrey, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Emmett Berry, and Buck Clayton. Story, EPM's Jazz Archives salute, takes on a nine-year stretch from 1936 to 1945, during which he collaborated with an impressive range of big bands, small groups, and blues singers. As a member of violinist Stuff Smith's Onyx Club Boys, Jones delivered some of his most expressive playing on "Old Joe's Hittin' the Jug," a frantically paced celebration of excess and sloth that is the logical counterpart to "You'se a Viper." Jones is heard with bands under the leadership of pianists Teddy Wilson and Lil Armstrong; hyperkinetic multi-instrumentalist Lionel Hampton; trumpeter/saxophonist Benny Carter, and the extroverted vocalist Cab Calloway, who reluctantly maintained silence during several instrumentals, including the feature spotlight number "Jonah Joins the Cab." If Calloway's handling of "Hey Doc!" is entertaining, the best version in the world is still probably the famous, perfectly executed rendition by the Ink Spots. Jones was very adept at stepping back and providing thoughtful accompaniments for vocalists, and the examples provided in this package (a warm reading of Richard M. Jones' "Jazzin' Babies Blues" by Georgia White and a completely disarming "Suicide Blues" sung by Peetie Wheatstraw) demonstrate the trumpeter's obligato technique beautifully. "Lust for Licks," based on the chord progressions of "Exactly Like You," was recorded in September 1944 for Harry Lim's Keynote label with arranger Buster Harding at the piano and four of Jones' bandmates from the Calloway band who also participated in a Commodore session about nine months later. On "Rose of the Rio Grande," "Hubba Hubba Hop," and "Stompin' at the Savoy," the Jonah Jones Orchestra consisted of trombonist/vibraphonist Tyree Glenn, clarinetist Buster Bailey, saxophonists Hilton Jefferson, and Ike Quebec, bassist Milt Hinton, guitarist Danny Barker, and drummer J.C. Heard. Quebec in turn invited Jones to participate in a Blue Note date that yielded "Hard Tack," after which the trumpeter sat in with Walter Foots Thomas & His Jump Cats, the unit responsible for "Every Man for Himself" and "Look Out Jack!" While several of his contemporaries (Roy Eldridge in particular) opted for direct involvement in the bebop revolution, Jones was always a straightforward swing player. This excellent collection illustrates the broad foundation of his involvement in tha