Rodney Jones

• Name — Rodney Jones • Born — 30 August 1956 • Birthplace — New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, teacher • Instrument — Guitar • Years Active — 1970s–present • Label — Strata-East, Timeless, Musicmasters, Blue Note, Savant

• Year released — Title — Label — Personnel/Notes • 1977 — The Liberation Of Contemporary Jazz Guitar — Strata-East — With Bruce Johnson (guitar) • 1978 — Articulation — 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) • 1980 — When You Feel Love — Timeless — With Fred Lipsius (reeds), Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marcus Miller (bass), Buddy Williams (drums) • 1981 — Friends — Rodney Jones — With Fred Lipsius (keyboards, woodwinds), Jeff Pope (drums) • 1983 — My Funny Valentine — Timeless — With Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley (bass), Jesse Hameen (drums) • 1992 — The Unspoken Heart — Minor Music — With Mark Sherman (piano, keyboards, percussion), Mark Egan (bass), Peter Grant (drums) • 1996 — The "X" Field — Transparent Music — With Greg Osby (sax), Kevin Hays (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Eric Harland (drums) • 1996 — Right Now — Minor Music — With George Coleman (sax), Will Boulware (organ, piano), Benjamin Brown (bass), Eric Harland (drums) • 1999 — The 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) • 2001 — Soul Manifesto — Blue Note — |With Arthur Blythe and Maceo Parker (alto sax), Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass, Idris Muhammad (drums) • 2003 — Soul Manifesto Live! — Savant Records — |With Teodross Avery (tenor sax), Will Boulware (electric piano, organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Kenwood Dennard (drums) • 2005 — Dreams And Stories — Savant Records — |With Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marc Johnson (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) • 2009 — A Thousand Small Things — 18th & Vine — |With Donald Harrison (alto sax), Michael Kanan (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass) and Carl Allen (drums)

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; Verve, 1990) • Mo' Roots (Minor Music; Verve, 1991) • Life on Planet Groove (Minor Music; Verve, 1992) • Southern Exposure (Minor Music; RCA Novus, 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) 3-CD set 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) • Christian McBride, Without Further Ado, Vol 1 (Mack Avenue, 2025) • 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)