Sam Jones (músico)

Sam Jones nació en Jacksonville, FL y se trasladó en 1955 a Nueva York. Allí toca con Bobby Timmons, Tiny Bradshaw, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie (1958–59) y Thelonious Monk. Es probablemente más conocido por su trabajo con Cannonball Adderley (1959–65). También trabajó varios años con Oscar Peterson (1966-1970) y con Cedar Walton y graba con Bill Evans en los años 50. Su carrera trascurre principalmente alrededor de la escena de jazz de Nueva York.^[2]​ Jones escribió los estándares de jazz "Del Sasser" y "Unidad 7" mientras trabajaba con Adderley. Otras de sus composiciones conocidas son: "Blue Funk", "O.P." y "Seven Minds".

Como líder

• 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside)
• 1961: The Chant (Riverside)
• 1962: Down Home (Riverside)
• 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind)^[3]​
• 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu)
• 1976: Double Bass (SteepleChase) with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• 1977: Changes & Things (Xanadu)
• 1977: Something In Common (Muse)
• 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase)
• 1978: The Bassists (Discovery) - with Keith Copeland, Kenny Barron
• 1978: Something New - 12 Piece Band (Interplay)
• 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics)

Como músico de sesión

Con Cannonball Adderley

• Somethin' Else (1958; Blue Note)
• Portrait of Cannonball by Cannonball Adderley (1959; Riverside)
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959; Riverside)
• Them Dirty Blues by Cannonball Adderley (1960; Riverside)
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (1960; Riverside)
• African Waltz (1961; Riverside)
• The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus (1961; Riverside)
• Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (1961; Riverside)
• The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962; Riverside)
• Cannonball in Europe! (1962; Riverside)
• Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962; Riverside)
• Autumn Leaves (1963; Riverside [Japan])
• Nippon Soul (1963; Riverside)
• Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
• Live Session! (1964)
• Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
• Phenix (1975, Fantasy)

Con Nat Adderley

• To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy)
• Work Song (1960; Riverside)
• In the Bag (1962; Jazzland)

Con Gene Ammons

• Jug & Dodo (Prestige, 1962 [1972]) - with Dodo Marmarosa
• God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) - with Sonny Stitt
• Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) - with Sonny Stitt
• Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, 1973 [1976]) - with Sonny Stitt
• Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)

Con Chet Baker

• It Could Happen to You (1958)

Con Tina Brooks

• True Blue (1960; Blue Note)

Con Kenny Burrell

• Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958; Blue Note)
• Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958; Blue Note)

Con Donald Byrd

• Byrd in Hand (1959; Blue Note)

Con James Clay

• The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960) - with David "Fathead" Newman
• A Double Dose of Soul (Riverside, 1960)

Con Arnett Cobb

• More Party Time (Prestige, 1960)
• Movin' Right Along (Prestige, 1960)

Con Al Cohn

• Al Cohn's America (Xanadu, 1976)
• True Blue (Xanadu, 1976) - with Dexter Gordon
• Silver Blue (Xanadu, 1976) - with Dexter Gordon

Con George Coleman

• Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)

Con Walter Davis Jr.

• Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note)

Con Lou Donaldson

• The Time is Right (1959; Blue Note)
• Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note)
• Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet)
• Lou Donaldson At His Best (1966; Cadet)

Con Kenny Dorham

• 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note)

Con Kenny Drew

• Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note)

Con Ted Dunbar

• Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978)

Con Bill Evans

• Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside)

Con Art Farmer

• Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971)
• Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975)
• To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975)
• The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976)
• Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)

Con Red Garland

• The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960)
• Red's Good Groove (Jazzland, 1962)

Con Terry Gibbs

• Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)
• Bopstacle Course (Xanadu, 1974)

Con Dizzy Gillespie

• The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959)
• Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959)

Con Paul Gonsalves

• Gettin' Together (1960; Jazzland)

Con Dexter Gordon

• The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970)
• Biting the Apple (SteepleChase, 1977)

Con Grant Green

• Gooden's Corner (1961; Blue Note)

Con Barry Harris

• Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960)
• Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)

Con Louis Hayes

• Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960)

Con Jimmy Heath

• The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 [1994])
• Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)

Con Johnny Hodges

• Blue Hodge (Verve, 1961)

Con John Lee Hooker

• That's My Story (Riverside, 1960)

Con Freddie Hubbard

• Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960)

Con Fred Jackson

• Hootin' 'n Tootin' (Blue Note, 1962)

Con Willis Jackson

• More Gravy (Prestige, 1963)

Con Hank Jones

• Groovin' High (Muse, 1978)

Con Philly Joe Jones

• Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)

Con Clifford Jordan

• Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974)
• Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985])
• Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975)
• On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1977])
• On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])
• On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
• Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975)
• The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)

Con Duke Jordan

• Misty Thursday (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
• Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
• Lover Man (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])

Con Wynton Kelly

• Wynton Kelly! (Vee Jay, 1961)

With Harold Land

• West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960)

Con Yusef Lateef

• The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971)
• Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)

Con Abbey Lincoln

• It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)
• Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959)

Con Johnny Lytle

• Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962)

Con Warne Marsh

• How Deep, How High

Con Jack McDuff

• The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971)

Con Ken McIntyre

• Looking Ahead (New Jazz, 1960) with Eric Dolphy

Con Charles McPherson

• Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (Mainstream, 1972)
• Beautiful! (Xanadu, 1975)
• Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)

Con Billy Mitchell

• The Colossus Of Detroit (Xanadu, 1978)

Con Blue Mitchell

• Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside)
• A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside)

Con Thelonious Monk

• At Town Hall (1959; Riverside)
• 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside)

Con Wes Montgomery

• Movin' Along (1960)
• Bags Meets Wes! (1962; Riverside) - with Milt Jackson

Con Phineas Newborn, Jr.

• A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1962)
• The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (Contemporary, 1963)

Con Horace Parlan

• Movin' & Groovin' (1960; Blue Note)

Con Cecil Payne y Duke Jordan

• Brooklyn Brothers (Muse, 1973)

Con Oscar Peterson

• Blues Etude (1966; Limelight)
• Soul Espanol (1966; Limelight)
• The Way I Really Play (1968; MPS)
• Mellow Mood (1968; MPS)
• Travelin' On (1968; MPS)
• Hello Herbie (1969; MPS)
• Tristeza on Piano (1970; MPS)

Con Bud Powell

• Time Waits (1958; Blue Note)

Con Julian Priester

• Keep Swingin' (Riverside, 1960)
• Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960)

Con Jimmy Raney

• The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)
• Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)

Con Sonny Red

• Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note)

Con Dizzy Reece y Ted Curson

• Blowin' Away (Interplay, 1978)

Con Sonny Stitt

• Tune-Up! (Cobblestone, 1972)
• Constellation (Cobblestone, 1972)
• 12! (Muse, 1972)

Con Idrees Sulieman

• Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)

Con Clark Terry

• In Orbit (1958; Riverside)
• Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959)

Con Teri Thornton

• Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)

Con Bobby Timmons

• This Here is Bobby Timmons (1960; Riverside)
• Soul Time (1960; Riverside)
• Easy Does It (1961; Riverside)
• Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962; Riverside)
• Born to Be Blue! (1963; Riverside)
• From the Bottom (1964; Riverside)
• Workin' Out! (1964; Riverside)

Con Harold Vick

• Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)

Con Cedar Walton

• A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1 (Muse, 1973)
• A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse, 1973)
• Firm Roots (Muse, 1974 [1976])
• Pit Inn (East Wind, 1974)
• Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) with George Coleman & Billy Higgins
• The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)
• Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) with Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
• First Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
• Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
• Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
• Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins

Con Roosevelt Wardell

• The Revelation (Prestige, 1960)

Con Ben Webster

• Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) - with Joe Zawinul

Con Joe Zawinul

• Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)

Con Rein de Graaff

• New York Jazz (Timeless Records,1979) - with Louis Hayes