Rodney Jones (guitarist)

Rodney Jones (born August 30, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist who worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader. He is cited as a jazz guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. Jones is a faculty member at Juilliard.

Discography
Credits adapted from AllMusic and Bandcamp.

As leader

 * The Liberation of Contemporary Jazz Guitar (Strata-East, 1977)
 * Articulation (Timeless, 1978)
 * When You Feel the Love (Timeless, 1981)
 * Friends (1981)
 * My Funny Valentine (Timeless, 1983)
 * The Unspoken Heart (Minor Music, 1992)
 * The "X" Field (MusicMasters, 1996)
 * Right Now (Minor Music, 1996)
 * The Undiscovered Few (Blue Note, 1999)
 * Soul Manifesto (Blue Note, 2001)
 * Soul Manifesto Live! (Savant, 2003)
 * Dreams and Stories (Savant, 2005)
 * A Thousand Small Things (18th & Vine, 2009)

As sideman
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, 1990)
 * Mo' Roots (Verve, 1991)
 * Life on Planet Groove (Minor Music, 1992)
 * Southern Exposure (Minor Music, 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)

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)
 * 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)