Samuel Jones

Samuel Jones (12 November 1924 – 15 December 1981) was a jazz double bassist, cellist and composer.

Background
Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, FL and moved to New York city in 1955. There, Jones played with Bobby Timmons, Tiny Bradshaw, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie (1958–59) and Thelonious Monk. He is likely best known for his work with Cannonball Adderley (1959–65). He also spent several years working with Oscar Peterson) (1966-1970) and Cedar Walton and recorded with Bill Evans in the 1950s. His career primarily revolved around the New York City jazz scene. Jones wrote the jazz standards "Del Sasser" and "Unit 7" while working with Adderley. Other compositions include "Blue Funk", "O.P.", and "Cannon's Theme".

As leader

 * 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside)
 * 1961: The Chant (Riverside)
 * 1962: Down Home (Riverside)
 * 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind)
 * 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu)
 * 1977: Changes and Things (Xanadu)
 * 1977: Something In Common (Muse)
 * 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase)
 * 1978: The Bassists (Discovery) - with Keith Copeland, Kenny Barron
 * 1978: Something New - 12 Piece Band (Interplay)
 * 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics)

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley With Gene Ammons With Chet Baker With Tina Brooks With Kenny Burrell With Donald Byrd With James Clay With Arnett Cobb With Al Cohn With Walter Davis Jr. With Lou Donaldson With Kenny Dorham With Kenny Drew With Ted Dunbar With Bill Evans With Red Garland With Terry Gibbs With Dizzy Gillespie With Paul Gonsalves With Dexter Gordon With Grant Green With Barry Harris With John Lee Hooker With Freddie Hubbard With Fred Jackson With Willis Jackson With Philly Joe Jones With Clifford Jordan With Wynton Kelly With Harold Land With Yusef Lateef With Abbey Lincoln With Johnny Lytle With Jack McDuff With Billy Mitchell With Blue Mitchell With Thelonious Monk With Wes Montgomery With Horace Parlan With Oscar Peterson With Bud Powell With Julian Priester With Jimmy Raney With Sonny Red With Sonny Stitt With Clark Terry With Teri Thornton With Bobby Timmons With Cedar Walton With Ben Webster
 * Somethin' Else (1958; Blue Note)
 * Portrait of Cannonball by Cannonball Adderley (1959; Riverside)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959; Riverside)
 * Them Dirty Blues by Cannonball Adderley (1960; Riverside)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse (1960; Riverside)
 * African Waltz (1961; Riverside)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus (1961; Riverside)
 * Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley (1961; Riverside)
 * The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962; Riverside)
 * Cannonball in Europe! (1962; Riverside)
 * Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962; Riverside)
 * Autumn Leaves (1963; Riverside [Japan])
 * Nippon Soul (1963; Riverside)
 * Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
 * Live Session! (1964)
 * Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
 * Phenix (1975, Fantasy)
 * To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy)
 * Work Song (1960; Riverside)
 * In the Bag (1962; Jazzland)
 * Jug & Dodo (Prestige, 1962 [1972]) - with Dodo Marmarosa
 * God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) - with Sonny Stitt
 * Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) - with Sonny Stitt
 * Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, 1973 [1976]) - with Sonny Stitt
 * Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)
 * It Could Happen to You (1958)
 * True Blue (1960; Blue Note)
 * Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958; Blue Note)
 * Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958; Blue Note)
 * Byrd in Hand (1959; Blue Note)
 * The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960) - with David "Fathead" Newman
 * A Double Dose of Soul (Riverside, 1960)
 * More Party Time (Prestige, 1960)
 * Movin' Right Along (Prestige, 1960)
 * Al Cohn's America (Xanadu, 1976)
 * True Blue (Xanadu, 1976) - with Dexter Gordon
 * Silver Blue (Xanadu, 1976) - with Dexter Gordon
 * Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note)
 * The Time is Right (1959; Blue Note)
 * Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note)
 * Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet)
 * Lou Donaldson At His Best (1966; Cadet)
 * 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note)
 * Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note)
 * Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978)
 * Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside)
 * The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
 * Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960)
 * Red's Good Groove (Jazzland, 1962)
 * Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)
 * Bopstacle Course (Xanadu, 1974)
 * The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959)
 * Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve, 1959)
 * Gettin' Together (1960; Jazzland)
 * The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970)
 * Gooden's Corner (1961; Blue Note)
 * Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960)
 * That's My Story (1960; Riverside)
 * Open Sesame (1960; Blue Note)
 * Hootin' 'n Tootin' (1962; Blue Note)
 * More Gravy (Prestige, 1963)
 * Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
 * The Highest Mountain (Inner City, 1975)
 * Wynton Kelly! (Vee Jay, 1961)
 * West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960)
 * The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971)
 * Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
 * It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)
 * Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959)
 * Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962)
 * The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971)
 * The Colossus Of Detroit (Xanadu, 1978)
 * Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside)
 * A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside)
 * At Town Hall (1959; Riverside)
 * 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside)
 * Movin' Along (1960)
 * Bags Meets Wes! (1962; Riverside) - with Milt Jackson
 * Movin' & Groovin' (1960; Blue Note)
 * Blues Etude (1966; Limelight)
 * Soul Espanol (1966; Limelight)
 * The Way I Really Play (1968; MPS)
 * Mellow Mood (1968; MPS)
 * Travelin' On (1968; MPS)
 * Hello Herbie (1969; MPS)
 * Tristeza on Piano (1970; MPS)
 * Time Waits (1958; Blue Note)
 * Keep Swingin' (Riverside, 1960)
 * Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960)
 * The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)
 * Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note)
 * Tune-Up! (Cobblestone, 1972)
 * Constellation (Cobblestone, 1972)
 * 12! (Muse, 1972)
 * In Orbit (1958; Riverside)
 * Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959)
 * Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)
 * This Here is Bobby Timmons (1960; Riverside)
 * Soul Time (1960; Riverside)
 * Easy Does It (1961; Riverside)
 * Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962; Riverside)
 * Born to Be Blue! (1963; Riverside)
 * From the Bottom (1964; Riverside)
 * Workin' Out! (1964; Riverside)
 * Firm Roots (Muse, 1976)
 * Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) - with Joe Zawinul