Brad Jones (bassist)

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Background information
Birth nameBradley Christopher Jones
Born (1963-05-20) May 20, 1963 (age 60)
New York City, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • educator
Instrument(s)
Years active1987–present
Labels

Bradley Christopher Jones (born May 20, 1963, in New York City) is an American jazz bassist who performs on both bass guitar and double-bass. [1]

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Jones started on drums as a child and first began playing bass guitar at age 12. At age 18 he added double bass, studying under Lisle Atkinson, and he took a bachelor's degree in music education at Jersey City State College in 1986. In the late 1980s he worked regularly with Dave Tronzo and Jim Nolet, and played in the Jazz Passengers and in groups led by Marc Ribot. [2]

In the 1990s he worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Elvin Jones, Ornette Coleman, Carlos Garnett, Mark Taylor, Kazutoki Umezu, Misha Mengelberg, and Han Bennink. [1]

He has led the groups AKA Alias featuring Curtis Fowlkes and David Gilmore, the Brad Jones Quartet with Greg Tardy and more recently Avant Lounge with Bruce Williams, Barney McAll, Bill Ware and Nate Smith. [3] [1]

Discography

As sideman

With Muhal Richard Abrams

with Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich

With Noël Akchoté

With Lucian Ban

With Don Byron

With George Cartwright

With Ornette Coleman

With Elvis Costello

With Dave Douglas

With Francis Dunnery

With Carlos Garnett

With The Jazz Passengers

With Elvin Jones

With Sean Lennon

With Dave Liebman

With David Mead

With Misha Mengelberg

With Allison Moorer

With Max Nagl

With Roy Nathanson

With Jim Nolet

With Bobby Previte

With Chuck Prophet

With Marc Ribot

With Roswell Rudd

With Jamie Saft

With Elliott Sharp

With Vibes: Bill Ware and E.J. Rodriguez

With Bill Ware

With John Zorn

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brad Jones website Archived 2020-08-15 at the Wayback Machine , accessed December 10, 2019
  2. ↑ Jazz Passengers: Bradley Jones, accessed December 10, 2019
  3. ↑ Smalls Live: Brad Jones - bass, accessed December 10, 2019
  4. ↑ AllMusic: Brad Jones - credits, accessed December 10, 2019
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