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Sam Jones

Real Name:
Samuel Jones
Profile:
Born on November 12, 1924, in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Died 15.12.1981 in New York City.
Joined Oscar Peterson in 1966. Since the mid 1950s he was regarded without reservation as the masters of his instrument: the Bass. Sam Jones worked with Kenny Dorham, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and many others.
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Discography

Releases:
Somethin' Else (LP, RE)   Blue Note 1973
Double Bass (Album) (2 versions)   SteepleChase 1976
Eastern Rebellion (LP, Album)   Timeless Records (3) 1976
Appears On:
Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) (7", Single)   Blue Note 1958
Somethin' Else (Album) (11 versions)   Blue Note 1958
At Town Hall (Album) (3 versions)   Riverside Records 1959
Byrd In Hand (Album) (3 versions)   Blue Note 1959
Davis Cup (LP, Mono, Mic)   Blue Note 1959
In San Francisco (Album) (4 versions)   Riverside Records 1959
Off To The Races (Album) (3 versions)   Blue Note ... 1959
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Reel, 4 T)   Verve Records 1959
A Double Dose Of Soul (LP, Album, Mono)   Riverside Records 1960
At The Lighthouse (LP, Album)   Riverside Records 1960
Back To Back (Album) (4 versions)   Verve Records ... 1960
Movin' & Groovin' (LP, Mono, Mic)   Blue Note 1960
Them Dirty Blues (Album) (3 versions) Del Sasser Riverside Records ... 1960
Gettin' Together (3 versions)   JAZZLAND 1961
Looking Ahead (Album) (2 versions)   New Jazz Records Inc. 1961
Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (2 versions)   Capitol Records 1961
Naturally! (LP)   JAZZLAND, JAZZLAND 1961
Plus (Vinyl, Album)   Riverside 1961
Bags Meets Wes! (Album) (2 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1962
In New York (Album) (3 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1962
The Jive Samba / Lillie (7", Single)   Riverside Records 1962
Jazz Workshop Revisited (LP, Album)   Riverside Records 1963
Cannonball Adderley-Live! (LP, Album)   Capitol Records 1964
Fiddler On The Roof (LP)   Capitol Records 1964
Take It From Me (LP, Mono)   Impulse! 1964
The Best Of (LP)   Vee Jay Records 1964
The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1 (Comp) (2 versions) Tippie Impulse! 1964
Soul Español (2 versions)   Limelight ... 1966
Soulville Samba (LP)   Philips 1966
Money In The Pocket (LP, Mono) If, Midnight Mood, Som... Atlantic, Atlantic 1968
Motions & Emotions (Album) (5 versions)   MPS Records 1969
Hello Herbie (Album) (3 versions)   MPS Records ... 1970
Oscar's Choice (LP)   MPS Records 1970
Exclusively For My Friends (2xLP) I’m In The Mood For ... MPS Records 1972
Jug & Dodo (LP)   Prestige 1972
Matrix (LP)   Mainstream Records 1972
Mellow Mood (LP)   MPS Records 1972
The Heatin´ System (2xLP, Album)   Chess, Cadet Records 1972
Tune-Up! (LP)   Cobblestone 1972
A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1 (LP)   Muse 1973
Brooklyn Brothers (LP, Album)   Muse Records, Muse Records 1973
Friday The 13th. Cook County Jail. (LP)   Groove Merchant 1973
Glass Bead Games (Album) (2 versions)   Strata-East ... 1973
Don't Look Back (LP, Album) Don't Look Back, Melod... Strata-East 1974
A World Of Piano ! (LP)   Contemporary Records 1975
Brilliance (2xLP)   Milestone Records 1975
Freddie Hubbard (2xLP, RE, Comp, Gat)   Blue Note 1975
Goodbye (Album) (2 versions)   Prestige ... 1975
Night Of The Mark VII (LP)   Muse Records 1975
Phenix (Album) (2 versions)   Fantasy 1975
Brilliance (2xLP, RE)   Milestone Records 1976
Concerto Retitled (LP)   Atlantic 1976
Firm Roots (LP, Album)   Muse Records 1976
In Concert (Album) (2 versions) Unit Seven CBS 1976
In Person (2xLP)   Milestone Records 1976
Our Delight (LP, Album)   Vedette Records 1976
Together Again For The Last Time (LP, Album)   Prestige 1976
Breakthrough (LP, Album, RE)   Muse Records 1977
Jazz Brother (2xLP, Comp)   Milestone Records 1977
Fire Waltz (2xLP, RE, Gat)   Prestige 1978
The Dedication Series Vol.1 - The Bopmasters (2xLP, Comp)   Impulse!, ABC Records 1978
Bush Dance (LP)   Galaxy 1979
I Grandi Del Jazz (LP, Comp)   Fabbri Editori 1979
Nigeria (LP)   Blue Note 1980
The New York Bass Violin Choir (LP, Album)   Strata-East 1980
The Alternative Wes Montgomery (2xLP, Comp) Stairway To The Stars ... Milestone Records 1982
Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Album) (4 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1983
Evidence (LP, Album)   Milestone Records 1983
History Of An Artist Vol. 2 (2 versions)   Pablo Records 1983
The Sextet (Vinyl)   Milestone Records 1983
Open Sesame (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1984
The Little Giant (LP)   Riverside Records 1984
It Could Happen To You (LP, RE)   Victor Musical Industries 1985
Round Midnight (LP, Album) Rhythm-A-Ning Lotus Records 1986
The Sound Of The Wide Open Spaces !!!! (LP)   Riverside Records, Riverside Records 1986
A Sample Of Blue Notes (LP, Comp, Smplr) Love For Sale EMI Records 1987
Freedom At Midnight (Album) (2 versions) Del Sasser GRP 1987
It Could Happen To You (3 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1987
Red In Bluesville (LP, RE, RM)   Original Jazz Classics, Prestige 1987
Blue & Sentimental (CD, Album) Count Every Star Blue Note 1988
Blue & Sentimental (CD, Album) Count Every Star Blue Note, Blue Note 1988
Moodsville Volume 1 (CD, Album, RM)   Prestige, Moodsville Records (2) 1989
The Best Of Bud Powell (CD)   Blue Note 1989
Work Song (CD, Album, RE) Scrambled Eggs Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records 1989
Jazz 'Round Midnight - Piano (CD) Auf Wiedersehen Verve Records 1990
Nippon Soul (CD)   Riverside Records 1990
A World Of Piano (CD, Album)   Contemporary Records 1991
The Best Of Cannonball Adderley - The Capitol Years (CD)   Capitol Jazz 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) Wrap Your Troubles In ... Verve Records 1991
Anything Goes: The Cole Porter Songbook - Instrumentals (CD) My Heart Belongs To Daddy Verve Records 1992
This Here - 1955-1959 (CD, Comp) This Here, What's New,... Giants Of Jazz 1992
This Here Is Bobby Timmons (Album) (2 versions)   Original Jazz Classics ... 1992
Blue Moon (CD, Comp) Moon River Blue Note 1993
Blue N' Groovy (CD) True Blue Blue Note, EMI 1993
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Masters 10 (CD, Comp) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac Verve Records 1993
Little Barefoot Soul (CD, Album)   Victor Entertainment Japan 1993
Duke Ellington - Jazz Masters 4 (CD) Loveless Love, St. Lou... Verve Records 1994
The Prestige Soul/Jazz Encyclopedia Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Soul Meeting Prestige 1994
The Rise & Fall Of The Third Stream / Money In The Pocket (CD, Album, Comp, RM)   Rhino Records (2) 1994
Verve Jazz Masters 31 (CD, Comp)   Polygram Records 1994
The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (CD, Comp) Wave Verve Records 1995
Trees - Yellow Eye Jazz Sampler (CD, Smplr)   Yellow Eye Music 1995
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) There Is No Greater Love Verve Records 1996
Blue Notables Vol.3 : Blue Note's Blue Blood - Modern Jazz Aristocrats (CD, Smplr) Somethin' Else Blue Note 1996
Coolin' - A Soul Jazz Journey (CD) Fau Lu pHo Records 1996
Kenny Burrell (CD) Mexiko City Toshiba EMI Ltd 1996
Midnight Blue - The (Be)Witching Hour (CD, Comp) Nancy (With The Smilin... Blue Note 1996
Out Of The Blue (CD)   Blue Note 1996
Takin' Charge (CD)   Charly Records Ltd. 1996
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic: Paris, 1960 (CD, Album)   Pablo Records 1997
Strata-2-East (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Senor Zamora Universal Sound 1997
The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (2xCD)   Blue Note 1997
Legends Of Acid Jazz - Hammond Heroes (CD, Comp) Pool Shark Prestige 1998
Jazz For When You're Alone (CD) The Second Time Around... 32 Jazz 1999
Night Of The Mark VII (CD, Album, RE) One For Amos 32 Jazz 1999
Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 1999
Ultimate Cannonball Adderley (CD)   Verve Records 1999
Ultimate Ray Brown Selected By Christian McBride (CD)   Verve Records 1999
Warner Jazz: Les Incontournables (CD) The More I See You WEA Records (France) 1999
Ken Burns Jazz (CD, Album) Off Minor Columbia 2000
The Blossom Filled Streets (CD, Album)   Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2000
The Verve Album (2xCD, Comp) Royal Garden Blues Verve Records 2000
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (CD, RM, dig)   Verve Records 2001
Out Of This World (CD, RE)   Milestone Records 2001
Wilberforce (CD, MiniAlbum) Intro (To Wilberforce) Dainty Deathy 2001
Jazzland Original Jazz Classics Sampler (CD, Smplr, RM) Recuerdo, Yesterdays, ... JAZZLAND 2002
The Sand And The Stars (CD, Album) Ocean Song, In Mexico,... Drag City 2003
Vol. 1 (CD, Album, RE)   Universal Music K.K. 2003
The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (2xCD, RE)   Blue Note 2005
Tristeza On Piano (2 versions)   MPS Records 2005
True Blue (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 2005
Bossa Nova (CD, Comp, RM) Triste Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
El Momento (CD, RE, Ltd, Boo)   Universal Music (Spain), Diario El País S.L. 2006
First Class Jazz - Miles Davis (CD)   EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Jazz For Dining (CD, Comp, RM) Exactly Like You Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz For Lovers (CD, Comp, RM) Dreamsville Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz Swings Pop (CD, Comp, RM) Ode To Billy Joe Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Return Visit! (LP)   Universal Music (Japan) 2006
Swinging Jazz Piano (CD, Comp, RM) Daahoud Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The Greatest Jazz Hits (CD, Comp, RM) A Night In Tunisia Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Undercurrent (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 2006
Back To Mine (CD) 3:Am (12" Version) DMC Publishing 2007
Great Vibes! (CD, Comp, RM) Oge Verve Records 2007
Sadao Watanabe (CD, Album, RE, RM) Del Sasser Think! (2) 2007
Long Way From Home (CD, Album, Sup)   Baroque Records 2008
Sweet And Soulful Sounds (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Universal Music (Japan), Riverside Records 2008
Bags' Groove (7", Single)   Blue Note  
Blues Etude (2 versions)   Limelight  
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (LP)   Verve Records  
In Orbit / Argentina (7")   Riverside Records  
Jazz' Best (LP)   Verve Records  
Return Visit! (LP)   Fontana  
Sophisticated Swing (LP, Mono)   EmArcy  
That's My Story (LP, Album, RE)   Ace Records (UK)  
The Best Of Cannonball Adderley (LP) Work Song, Dat Dere, T... Capitol Records  
The Summer Knows (CD, Album)   East Wind  
The Swinging's Mutual (LP)   World Record Club  
This Here (Single) (2 versions)   Riverside Records  
Vol. 2 - Girl Talk (LP)   MPS Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Greatest Jamaican Beat (Vinyl, Smplr, RP) Hey Leroy Treasure Isle  
The Compositions Of Miles Davis (7") Four Riverside  
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