Eddie Jones

Jones taught music in South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, and became a member of Count Basie's orchestra in 1953, remaining there until 1962. He recorded frequently with this ensemble, and also played with Basie in smaller ensembles; these featured both Basie sidemen (Joe Newman, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Thad Jones, Ernie Wilkins) and others (Milt Jackson, Coleman Hawkins, Putte Wickman). Jones quit music in 1962 and took a job with IBM; he later became vice president of an insurance company. In the 1980s he returned to jazz and played on and off in swing jazz ensembles.

With Dorothy Ashby • The Jazz Harpist (Regent, 1957) With Count Basie • Dance Session (Clef, 1953) • Dance Session Album #2 (Clef, 1954) • Basie (Clef, 1954) • Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Clef, 1955) with Joe Williams • April in Paris (Verve, 1956) • The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards with Joe Williams • Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams • Hall of Fame (Verve, 1956 [1959]) • Basie in London (Verve, 1956) • One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1957) with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald • Count Basie at Newport (Verve, 1957) • The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette, 1957) Basie and E=MC 2 • Basie Plays Hefti (Roulette, 1958) • Sing Along with Basie (Roulette, 1958) with Joe Williams and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross • Basie One More Time (Roulette, 1959) • Everyday I Have the Blues (Roulette, 1959) with Joe Williams • Dance Along with Basie (Roulette, 1959) • Not Now, I'll Tell You When (Roulette, 1960) • The Count Basie Story (Roulette, 1960) • Kansas City Suite (Roulette, 1960) • The Legend (Roulette, 1961) • Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962) With Bob Brookmeyer • Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) With Kenny Clarke • Telefunken Blues (Savoy, 1955) With Jimmy Cleveland • Cleveland Style (EmArcy, 1958) With Frank Foster • No 'Count (Savoy, 1956) With Al Grey • The Last of the Big Plungers (Argo, 1959) • The Thinking Man’s Trombone (Argo, 1960) With Coleman Hawkins • The Saxophone Section (World Wide, 1958) With Milt Jackson • Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1955) • Opus de Jazz (Savoy, 1955) • Bean Bags with Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1958) With Hank Jones • Quartet-Quintet (Savoy, 1955) • Bluebird (Savoy, 1955) With Thad Jones • The Jones Boys (Period, 1957) with Jimmy Jones, Quincy Jones and Jo Jones With The Jones Brothers: Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Elvin Jones • Keepin' Up with the Joneses (MetroJazz, 1958) With Joe Newman • The Count's Men (Jazztone, 1955) • I'm Still Swinging (RCA Victor, 1955) • Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956) • I Feel Like a Newman (Storyville, 1956) • The Midgets (Vik, 1956) • The Happy Cats (Coral, 1957) • Soft Swingin' Jazz (Coral, 1958) with Shirley Scott • Joe Newman with Woodwinds (Roulette, 1958) • Counting Five in Sweden (Metronome, 1958) • Jive at Five (Swingville, 1960) • Good 'n' Groovy (Swingville, 1961) With Paul Quinichette • Basie Reunion (Prestige, 1958) With Zoot Sims • Stretching Out (United Artists, 1959) • With Buddy Tate • Unbroken (MPS, 1970) With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson • Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957) With Frank Wess • North, South, East....Wess (Savoy 1956) • Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956) • Opus de Blues (Savoy, 1959 [1984]) • The Frank Wess Quartet (Prestige, 1960) With Ernie Wilkins • Flutes & Reeds (Savoy, 1955) with Frank Wess With Lem Winchester • Another Opus (New Jazz, 1960)