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September 1946<br /> Photograph by <a href="/wiki/William_P._Gottlieb" title="William P. Gottlieb">William P. Gottlieb</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>James Henry Jones</b> (December 30, 1918, Memphis, Tennessee – April 29, 1982, <a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank, California</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> pianist and arranger. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was born in Memphis but raised in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a child, he learned guitar and piano.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones notes that playing guitar "influenced my piano harmonically ... in thinking in terms of groups of notes rather than single lines .... [W]hen I played guitar it was more or less in a chord style like <a href="/wiki/Wes_Montgomery" title="Wes Montgomery">Wes Montgomery</a>'s."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones worked in Chicago orchestras from 1936 and played in a trio with <a href="/wiki/Stuff_Smith" title="Stuff Smith">Stuff Smith</a> from 1943 to 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his first recordings, under Smith's leadership, in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, he played with <a href="/wiki/Don_Byas" title="Don Byas">Don Byas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> (1945), <a href="/wiki/J.C._Heard" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Heard">J.C. Heard</a> (1945–47), <a href="/wiki/Buck_Clayton" title="Buck Clayton">Buck Clayton</a> (1946) and <a href="/wiki/Etta_Jones" title="Etta Jones">Etta Jones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also recorded a series of piano solos in 1947, including <a href="/wiki/Debussy" class="mw-redirect" title="Debussy">Debussy</a>'s Clair de lune and works by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Tizol" title="Juan Tizol">Juan Tizol</a>. Jazz critic <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Dance" title="Stanley Dance">Stanley Dance</a> notes, "From the very beginning, Jones insisted, his greatest inspiration was Duke Ellington, and he had been encouraged in this by his parents, who took him to hear Ellington whenever he played in Chicago."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones also particularly admired <a href="/wiki/Art_Tatum" title="Art Tatum">Art Tatum</a> and considered him to be "the quintessential pianist."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anatol Schenker called Jones' 1947 solo recordings "extraordinary," noting his "delicate and highly personal use of block chords .... His playing on these solos makes one ponder whether Jimmy Jones played on a fragile keyboard made of glass."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones accompanied <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a> from 1947 to 1952 and then again from 1954 to 1958 after a long illness,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming her musical director.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, he made a trio recording, played on a classic album with Vaughan and <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Brown" title="Clifford Brown">Clifford Brown</a>, and accompanied the latter on his European tour. Just a week after the Vaughan/Brown album, he recorded another classic album with Brown and <a href="/wiki/Helen_Merrill" title="Helen Merrill">Helen Merrill</a>. In 1958, he accompanied <a href="/wiki/Anita_O%27Day" title="Anita O'Day">Anita O'Day</a> in her celebrated appearance at the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Jazz_Festival" title="Newport Jazz Festival">Newport Jazz Festival</a>, documented in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_on_a_Summer%27s_Day" title="Jazz on a Summer's Day">Jazz on a Summer's Day</a></i>, and worked with other singers such as <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Staton" title="Dakota Staton">Dakota Staton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Suzuki" title="Pat Suzuki">Pat Suzuki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morgana_King" title="Morgana King">Morgana King</a> around this time. Jones enjoyed the challenge of being an accompanist and said, "You always have to be musically aware. Listen to the great accompanists—<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tucker" title="Bobby Tucker">Bobby Tucker</a> with <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a> with Ella, <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Larkins" title="Ellis Larkins">Ellis Larkins</a>. They illustrate what I mean."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a pianist and arranger in New York City,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he worked in the 1960s with <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodges" title="Johnny Hodges">Johnny Hodges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budd_Johnson" title="Budd Johnson">Budd Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_Gonella" title="Nat Gonella">Nat Gonella</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a>, among others. He accompanied <a href="/wiki/Chris_Connor" title="Chris Connor">Chris Connor</a> on her version of "Where Flamingoes Fly" and played with Ellington's orchestra on recordings with <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> for the album <i><a href="/wiki/Ella_at_Duke%27s_Place" title="Ella at Duke's Place">Ella at Duke's Place</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones also "occasionally sat in for [Ellington] and rehearsed with the orchestra" and became Fitzgerald's musical director.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He enjoyed "a very long and close musical relationship with Ellington and [Billy] Strayhorn."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones did a set with his trio (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Hughart" title="Jim Hughart">Jimmy Hughart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grady_Tate" title="Grady Tate">Grady Tate</a>) at the Antibes Jazz Festival in 1966 and the following year toured with <a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic" title="Jazz at the Philharmonic">Jazz at the Philharmonic</a>. In the 1970s, he worked with <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cannonball_Adderley" title="Cannonball Adderley">Cannonball Adderley</a>. Although "gravely ill," Jones participated in Burrell's <i>Ellington Is Forever</i> tribute recordings,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> contributing a brief solo version of Strayhorn's "<a href="/wiki/Take_the_%22A%22_Train" title="Take the "A" Train">Take the "A" Train</a>" as the first volume's closer. "As Jimmy sounded the final note ... <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Richardson" title="Jerome Richardson">Jerome Richardson</a> murmured with awe, 'He got everything there was to get out of that. He has just put it in requiem status.'"<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, lack of interest led Jones to return to his hometown of Memphis "[c]ompletely disillusioned."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the course of his career, Jones played piano on recordings by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Sweets_Edison" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Sweets Edison">Harry Sweets Edison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner" title="Big Joe Turner">Big Joe Turner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wess" title="Frank Wess">Frank Wess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Bechet" title="Sidney Bechet">Sidney Bechet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>, among others, and worked as an arranger for Wes Montgomery, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" title="Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)">Nancy Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandler_and_Young" title="Sandler and Young">Sandler and Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Horn" title="Shirley Horn">Shirley Horn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)" title="Joe Williams (jazz singer)">Joe Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a>, and Chris Connor, becoming "[o]ne of the most sought after arrangers in New York."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schenker called Jones "a very competent occasionally dazzling pianist with an extremely elaborate technique and technical skills. His modern way of arranging is well recognized, too."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordi Pujol notes that Jones possessed "an uncanny ability to strike a delicate balance of restraint and richness" in his playing.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a> cited Jones as an influence and said of him: "He didn't like to solo. Harmonically, though, he was one of the greatest players I ever heard."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_leader">As leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Jimmy Jones' Big Eight": <i><a href="/wiki/Rex_Stewart" title="Rex Stewart">Rex Stewart</a> And the Ellingtonians</i> (Riverside, OJC, 1946) <small>with <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carney" title="Harry Carney">Harry Carney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Brown_(jazz_trombonist)" title="Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist)">Lawrence Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otto_Hardwick" title="Otto Hardwick">Otto Hardwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Nash_(saxophonist,_born_1922)" title="Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1922)">Ted Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelly_Manne" title="Shelly Manne">Shelly Manne</a></small></li> <li>"Jimmy Jones' Big Four": <i>Giants of Small Band Swing, Vol. 1 & 2</i> (Riverside, OJC, 1946) <small>with <a href="/wiki/Budd_Johnson" title="Budd Johnson">Budd Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Hall_(musician)" title="Al Hall (musician)">Al Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denzil_Best" title="Denzil Best">Denzil Best</a></small></li> <li><i>Jimmy Jones Trio</i> with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Benjamin" title="Joe Benjamin">Joe Benjamin</a>, bass, and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a>, drums (Vogue, 1954, 10" LP, mono, recorded in Paris; reissued by Fresh Sound Records in 2023 as part of <i>The Splendid Mr. Jones</i>, along with recordings from 1947 and 1952)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_sideman">As sideman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As sideman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_Is_Forever" title="Ellington Is Forever">Ellington Is Forever</a></i> (Fantasy, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_Is_Forever_Volume_Two" title="Ellington Is Forever Volume Two">Ellington Is Forever Volume Two</a></i> (Fantasy, 1975)</li></ul> <dl><dt>With <a href="/wiki/Buck_Clayton" title="Buck Clayton">Buck Clayton</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/How_Hi_the_Fi" title="How Hi the Fi">How Hi the Fi</a></i> (Columbia, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Meets_Ruby" title="Buck Meets Ruby">Buck Meets Ruby</a></i> (Vanguard, 1954) with <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Braff" title="Ruby Braff">Ruby Braff</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jumpin%27_at_the_Woodside_(album)" title="Jumpin' at the Woodside (album)">Jumpin' at the Woodside</a></i> (Columbia, 1955)</li></ul> <dl><dt>With <a href="/wiki/Harry_Edison" title="Harry Edison">Harry Edison</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Swinger_(album)" title="The Swinger (album)">The Swinger</a></i> (Verve, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Swing_(album)" title="Mr. Swing (album)">Mr. Swing</a></i> (Verve, 1958 [1960])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Edison_Swings_Buck_Clayton" title="Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton">Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton</a></i> (Verve, 1958) with <a href="/wiki/Buck_Clayton" title="Buck Clayton">Buck Clayton</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>With <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_at_Duke%27s_Place" title="Ella at Duke's Place">Ella at Duke's Place</a></i> (Verve, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/30_by_Ella" title="30 by Ella">30 by Ella</a></i> (Verve, 1968) with <a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a></li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Griffin" title="Johnny Griffin">Johnny Griffin</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/White_Gardenia" title="White Gardenia">White Gardenia</a></i> (Riverside, 1961)</li></ul> <dl><dt>With <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodges" title="Johnny Hodges">Johnny Hodges</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodges_with_Billy_Strayhorn_and_the_Orchestra" title="Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra">Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra</a></i> (Verve, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody_Knows_Johnny_Hodges" title="Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges">Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges</a></i> (Impulse!, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Pyramid_(Johnny_Hodges_and_Wild_Bill_Davis_album)" title="Blue Pyramid (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)">Blue Pyramid</a></i> (Verve, 1966) with <a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis" title="Wild Bill Davis">Wild Bill Davis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Notes_(album)" title="Blue Notes (album)">Blue Notes</a></i> (Verve, 1966) as arranger and conductor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Triple_Play_(Johnny_Hodges_album)" title="Triple Play (Johnny Hodges album)">Triple Play</a></i> (RCA Victor, 1967) as performer and arranger</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Swing%27s_the_Thing_(Illinois_Jacquet_album)" title="Swing's the Thing (Illinois Jacquet album)">Swing's the Thing</a></i> (Clef, 1956)</li></ul> <dl><dt>With <a href="/wiki/Budd_Johnson" title="Budd Johnson">Budd Johnson</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Budd_Johnson_and_the_Four_Brass_Giants" title="Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants">Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants</a></i> (Riverside, 1960)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Thad" title="Mad Thad">Mad Thad</a></i> (Period Records, 1957; Jimmy Jones plays on 3 tracks)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jones_Boys" title="The Jones Boys">The Jones Boys</a></i> (Period Records, 1957) with <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jones_(jazz_musician)" title="Eddie Jones (jazz musician)">Eddie Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jones" title="Jo Jones">Jo Jones</a></li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Kenney" title="Beverly Kenney">Beverly Kenney</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Sings with Jimmy Jones and 'The Basie-Ites'</i> (Roost, 1957)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Helen_Merrill" title="Helen Merrill">Helen Merrill</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Helen_Merrill_(album)" title="Helen Merrill (album)">Helen Merrill</a></i> (Em Arcy, 1955) Produced by <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Date_with_the_Blues" title="You've Got a Date with the Blues">You've Got a Date with the Blues</a></i> (MetroJazz, 1959), as performer and arranger</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Joe_Newman_(trumpeter)" title="Joe Newman (trumpeter)">Joe Newman</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe_Newman_with_Woodwinds" title="Joe Newman with Woodwinds">Joe Newman with Woodwinds</a></i> (Roulette, 1958)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Paul_Quinichette" title="Paul Quinichette">Paul Quinichette</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Moods_(Paul_Quinichette_album)" title="Moods (Paul Quinichette album)">Moods</a></i> (EmArcy, 1954)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Jazz_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Jazz (album)">New York Jazz</a></i> (Verve, 1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saxophones_of_Sonny_Stitt" title="The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt">The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt</a></i> (Roost, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Bit_of_Stitt" title="A Little Bit of Stitt">A Little Bit of Stitt</a></i> (Roost, 1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sonny_Side_of_Stitt" title="The Sonny Side of Stitt">The Sonny Side of Stitt</a></i> (Roost, 1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stittsville_(album)" title="Stittsville (album)">Stittsville</a></i> (Roost, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Side_Up_(Roost_album)" title="Sonny Side Up (Roost album)">Sonny Side Up</a></i> (Roost, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stitt_in_Orbit" title="Stitt in Orbit">Stitt in Orbit</a></i> (Roost, 1960 [1963])</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_and_Bottom_Brass" title="Top and Bottom Brass">Top and Bottom Brass</a></i> (Riverside, 1959)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_of_Ben_Webster" title="The Soul of Ben Webster">The Soul of Ben Webster</a></i> (Verve, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster_and_Associates" title="Ben Webster and Associates">Ben Webster and Associates</a></i> (Verve, 1959)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan_with_Clifford_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown">Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown</a></i> (Em Arcy, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Land_of_Hi-Fi_(Sarah_Vaughan_album)" title="In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)">In the Land of Hi-Fi</a></i> (EmArcy, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swingin%27_Easy" title="Swingin' Easy">Swingin' Easy</a></i> (EmArcy, 1957, tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, and 13)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Mister_Kelly%27s" title="At Mister Kelly's">At Mister Kelly's</a></i> (EmArcy, 1957)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" title="Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)">Nancy Wilson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Nancy_Wilson" title="The Sound of Nancy Wilson">The Sound of Nancy Wilson</a></i> (Capitol, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hurt_So_Bad_(Nancy_Wilson_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurt So Bad (Nancy Wilson album)">Hurt So Bad</a></i> (Capitol, 1969)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Monica_Zetterlund" title="Monica Zetterlund">Monica Zetterlund</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>The Lost Tapes at Bell Sound Studios</i> (BMG Sweden, recorded 1960, released 1996)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_arranger">As arranger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: As arranger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hodges" title="Johnny Hodges">Johnny Hodges</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway_(album)" title="Don't Sleep in the Subway (album)">Don't Sleep in the Subway</a></i> (Verve, 1967)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_Artistry_of_Milt_Jackson" title="The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson">The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson</a></i> (Atlantic, 1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Someone_I_Love" title="For Someone I Love">For Someone I Love</a></i> (Riverside, 1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feelings_(Milt_Jackson_album)" title="Feelings (Milt Jackson album)">Feelings</a></i> (Pablo, 1976)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kwamina_(album)" title="Kwamina (album)">Kwamina</a></i> (Mercury, 1961)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" title="Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)">Nancy Wilson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Easy_(Nancy_Wilson_album)" title="Easy (Nancy Wilson album)">Easy</a></i> (Capitol, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nancy_(Nancy_Wilson_album)" title="Nancy (Nancy Wilson album)">Nancy</a></i> (Capitol, 1969)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Sandler_and_Young" title="Sandler and Young">Sandler and Young</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pretty_Things_Come_in_Twos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pretty Things Come in Twos (page does not exist)">Pretty Things Come in Twos</a></i> (Capitol)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honey_Come_Back_(Sandler_and_Young_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honey Come Back (Sandler and Young album) (page does not exist)">Honey Come Back</a></i> (Capitol)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odds_and_Ends_(Sandler_and_Young_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Odds and Ends (Sandler and Young album) (page does not exist)">Odds and Ends</a></i> (Capitol)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Jones_(pianist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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