Rodney Jones (guitarist)

Rodney Jones
Jones in 1977
Background information
Born	(1956-08-30) August 30, 1956 (age 68) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, teacher
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1970s–present
Labels	Strata-East, Timeless, Musicmasters, Blue Note, Savant

Rodney Jones (born August 30, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist who worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader. ^[1] He is cited as a jazz guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. ^[2] Jones is a faculty member at Juilliard. ^[3]

Discography

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Bandcamp. ^{[4] [5]}

As leader

• The Liberation of Contemporary Jazz Guitar (Strata-East, 1977)
• Articulation (Timeless, 1978)
• When You Feel the Love (Timeless, 1981)
• Friends (1981)
• My Funny Valentine (Timeless, 1983)
• The Unspoken Heart (Minor Music, 1992)
• The "X" Field (MusicMasters, 1996)
• Right Now (Minor Music, 1996)
• The Undiscovered Few (Blue Note, 1999)
• Soul Manifesto (Blue Note, 2001)
• Soul Manifesto Live! (Savant, 2003)
• Dreams and Stories (Savant, 2005)
• A Thousand Small Things (18th & Vine, 2009)

As sideman

With Ruth Brown

• Blues On Broadway (Fantasy, 1989)
• Fine and Mellow (Fantasy, 1992)
• The Songs of My Life (Victor, 1993)
• R+B=Ruth Brown (Bullseye Blues, 1997)

With Lena Horne

• We'll Be Together Again (Blue Note, 1994)
• An Evening with (Blue Note, 1995)
• Being Myself (Blue Note, 1998)

With Jimmy McGriff

• You Ought to Think About Me (Headfirst, 1990)
• Right Turn On Blue (Telarc, 1994)
• McGriff's Blues (K-Tel, 1994)
• Straight Up (Milestone, 1998)
• McGriff's House Party (Milestone, 2000)
• McGriff Avenue (Milestone, 2002)

With Maceo Parker

• Roots Revisited (Minor Music, 1990)
• Mo' Roots (Verve, 1991)
• Life on Planet Groove (Minor Music, 1992)
• Southern Exposure (Minor Music, 1993)
• Roots Revisited: The Bremen Concert (Minor Music, 2015)

With Lucky Peterson

• Organ Soul Sessions: Brother Where Are You? (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
• Organ Soul Sessions: Mercy (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
• Organ Soul Sessions: The Music Is the Magic (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
• Organ Soul Sessions (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)

With others

• Brian Culbertson, 20 Anniversary Tour (Oakland, 2015)
• Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Get Ready (Mack Avenue, 2007)
• Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Work to Do (Mack Avenue, 2009)
• Ernestine Anderson, Love Makes the Changes (HighNote, 2003)
• Victor Bailey, Bottom's Up (Atlantic, 1989)
• Hamiet Bluiett, Makin' Whoopee (Mapleshade, 1997)
• Ray Brown, Blues for Jazzo (Prevue, 1998)
• Ray Brown, Moonlight in Vermont (Prevue, 1998)
• Kenny Burrell, Generation (Blue Note, 1987)
• Kenny Burrell, Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1988)
• Ann Hampton Callaway, Signature (N-Coded Music, 2002)
• James Carter, Present Tense (EmArcy, 2008)
• Regina Carter, Rhythms of the Heart (Verve, 1999)
• Keyshia Cole, 11:11 Reset (Epic, 2017)
• Larry Coryell, Sketches of Coryell (Shanachie, 1996)
• Noah Creshevsky, The Twilight of the Gods (Tzadik, 2010)
• Noah Creshevsky, The Four Seasons (Tzadik, 2013)
• Charles Earland, Coming to You Live (Columbia, 1980)
• Eliane Elias, Everything I Love (Blue Note, 1999)
• Pee Wee Ellis, Sepia Tonality (Minor Music, 1994)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy's Party (Pablo, 1976)
• Chico Hamilton, Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976)
• Donald Harrison, Free to Be (Impulse!, 1999)
• Vincent Herring, American Experience (MusicMasters, 1990)
• Jennifer Holliday, The Song Is You (Shanachie, 2013)
• Dave Koz, At the Movies (Capitol, 2007)
• Carmen Lundy, Night and Day (CBS/Sony, 1987)
• Gloria Lynne, This One's On Me (HighNote, 1998)
• Christian McBride, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue, 2017)
• Houston Person, The Opening Round (Savant, 1997)
• Houston Person, I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote, 2019)
• Irene Reid, Movin' Out (Savant, 2003)
• Irene Reid, Thanks to You (Savant, 2004)
• Hilton Ruiz, El Camino (Novus, 1988)
• Hilton Ruiz, Strut (Novus, 1989)
• Lonnie Smith, Too Damn Hot (Palmetto, 2004)
• Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life (Blue Note, 2007)
• Akira Tana, Secret Agent Men (Sons of Sound, 2002)
• Frankie Valli, Romancing the '60s (Universal Motown, 2007)
• Fred Wesley, Comme Ci Comme Ca (Minor Music, 1991)
• Reuben Wilson, Azure Te (18th & Vine, 2009)

Further reading

• "Rodney Jones biography". Manhattan School of Music. Archived

References

1. Scott Yanow. "Allmusic: Rodney Jones – biography". AllMusic . Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
2. Tom Floyd (2004). Quartal Harmony & Voicings for Guitar. Mel Bay Publications. p. 4. ISBN   0786668113 . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
3. "Juilliard: Rodney Jones – faculty". Juilliard.edu. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
4. "Allmusic: Rodney Jones – discography". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
5. "Bandcamp: Rodney Jones". bandcamp.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

External links

• Official website