Eddie Jones (jazz musician)

Eddie Jones (March 1, 1929, Greenwood, Mississippi – May 31, 1997, West Hartford, Connecticut) was an American jazz double bassist.

Jones grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. He graduated from Red Bank High School in 1946 and graduated in 1951 from Howard University, where he majored in music.

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.

Discography
With Dorothy Ashby With Count Basie With Bob Brookmeyer With Kenny Clarke With Jimmy Cleveland With Frank Foster With Al Grey With Coleman Hawkins With Milt Jackson With Hank Jones With Thad Jones With The Jones Brothers: Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Elvin Jones With Joe Newman With Paul Quinichette With Zoot Sims With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Frank Wess With Ernie Wilkins With Lem Winchester
 * The Jazz Harpist (Regent, 1957)
 * 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) aka Basie and E=MC2
 * 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)
 * Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
 * Telefunken Blues (Savoy, 1955)
 * Cleveland Style (EmArcy, 1958)
 * No 'Count (Savoy, 1956)
 * The Last of the Big Plungers (Argo, 1959)
 * The Thinking Man’s Trombone (Argo, 1960)
 * The Saxophone Section (World Wide, 1958)
 * Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1955)
 * Opus de Jazz (Savoy, 1955)
 * Bean Bags with Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1958)
 * Quartet-Quintet (Savoy, 1955)
 * Bluebird (Savoy, 1955)
 * The Jones Boys (Period, 1957) with Jimmy Jones, Quincy Jones and Jo Jones
 * Keepin' Up with the Joneses (MetroJazz, 1958)
 * 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)
 * Basie Reunion (Prestige, 1958)
 * Stretching Out (United Artists, 1959)
 * With Buddy Tate
 * Unbroken (MPS, 1970)
 * Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957)
 * North, South, East....Wess (Savoy 1956)
 * Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956)
 * Opus de Blues (Savoy, 1959 [1984])
 * The Frank Wess Quartet (Prestige, 1960)
 * Flutes & Reeds (Savoy, 1955) with Frank Wess
 * Another Opus (New Jazz, 1960)