Rodney Jones (guitarist)

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Rodney Jones
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Jones in 1977
Background information
Born (1956-08-30) August 30, 1956 (age 69)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, teacher
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1970s–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]

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Discography

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Bandcamp. [4] [5]

As leader

Year releasedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes
1977The Liberation Of Contemporary Jazz Guitar Strata-East With Bruce Johnson (guitar)
1978Articulation Muse With Bemshi Jones (voice), Bernadine Davis (flute), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Arthur Blythe and Bob Mintzer, Kenny Kirkland (piano), Benjamin Brown (bass), Kenwood Denard (drums)
1980When You Feel Love Timeless With Fred Lipsius (reeds), Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marcus Miller (bass), Buddy Williams (drums)
1981FriendsRodney JonesWith Fred Lipsius (keyboards, woodwinds), Jeff Pope (drums)
1983My Funny Valentine Timeless With Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley (bass), Jesse Hameen (drums)
1992The Unspoken Heart Minor Music With Mark Sherman (piano, keyboards, percussion), Mark Egan (bass), Peter Grant (drums)
1996The "X" Field Transparent Music With Greg Osby (sax), Kevin Hays (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Eric Harland (drums)
1996Right Now Minor Music With George Coleman (sax), Will Boulware (organ, piano), Benjamin Brown (bass), Eric Harland (drums)
1999The Undiscovered Few Blue Note With Earl Gardner and Tim Hagans (trumpet), Greg Osby and Morris Goldberg(alto sax), Donald Harrison and Tim Ries (tenor sax), Charles Gordon (trombone), Shedrick Mitchell (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Eric Harland (drums)
2001Soul Manifesto Blue Note With Arthur Blythe and Maceo Parker (alto sax), Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass, Idris Muhammad (drums)
2003Soul Manifesto Live! Savant Records With Teodross Avery (tenor sax), Will Boulware (electric piano, organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Kenwood Dennard (drums)
2005Dreams And Stories Savant Records With Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marc Johnson (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)
2009A Thousand Small Things 18th & Vine With Donald Harrison (alto sax), Michael Kanan (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass) and Carl Allen (drums)

As sideman

With Ruth Brown

With Lena Horne

With Jimmy McGriff

With Maceo Parker

With Lucky Peterson

With others

Further reading

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.


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