Sam Jones (musician)

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

Background
Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, to a musical family. His father played piano and drums and his aunt played organ in church. In 1955, he moved to New York City and began his recording career with Tiny Bradshaw, before working with Bill Evans, Bobby Timmons, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie (1958–59), and Thelonious Monk. He is probably best known for his work with Cannonball Adderley, performing in his quintet from 1955 to 1956 and then again from 1959 to 1964, and recording extensively for Riverside Records as both a leader and sideman. He later spent several years working with Oscar Peterson (1966-1970) and Cedar Walton (1972-1977). In the 1970s, Jones recorded several albums as a bandleader for the Xanadu and SteepleChase labels. Jones wrote the jazz standards "Del Sasser" and "Unit 7" while working with Adderley. Other compositions include "Blue Funk", "O.P.", "Bittersweet", and "Seven Minds".

He died of lung cancer in 1981 at the age of 57.

As leader

 * 1960: The Soul Society (Riverside)
 * 1961: The Chant (Riverside)
 * 1962: Down Home (Riverside)
 * 1974: Seven Minds (East Wind)
 * 1976: Cello Again (Xanadu)
 * 1976: Double Bass (SteepleChase) – with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
 * 1977: Changes & Things (Xanadu)
 * 1977: Something in Common (Muse)
 * 1978: Visitation (SteepleChase)
 * 1979: Groovin' High (Muse)
 * 1979: The Bassist! (Interplay) – with Keith Copeland, Kenny Barron
 * 1979: Something New (Interplay)
 * 1988: Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection (Original Jazz Classics) – compilation of Riverside recordings

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley
 * Sophisticated Swing (1957; EmArcy)
 * Cannonball Enroute (1957; EmArcy)
 * Cannonball's Sharpshooters (1958; EmArcy)
 * 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)
 * The Sextet (Milestone, 1962-63 [1982])
 * Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
 * Live Session! (1964)
 * Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
 * Domination (1965–70; Capitol)
 * Phenix (1975, Fantasy)

With Nat Adderley With Joe Alexander
 * To the Ivy League from Nat (1956; EmArcy)
 * Much Brass (1961; Riverside)
 * Work Song (1960; Riverside)
 * That's Right! (1960; Riverside)
 * Naturally! (1961; Jazzland)
 * In the Bag (1962; Jazzland)
 * Autobiography (1964; Atlantic)
 * Blue Jubilee (Jazzland, 1960)

With Gene Ammons
 * 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)

With Chet Baker
 * It Could Happen to You (Riverside, 1958)

With Walter Bishop Jr.
 * Valley Land (Muse, 1974 [1976])
 * Hot House (Muse, 1977/78 [1979])

With Tina Brooks
 * True Blue (1960; Blue Note)

With Ray Brown
 * Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)

With Ray Bryant
 * All Blues (Pablo, 1978)

With Kenny Burrell With Donald Byrd With James Clay With Arnett Cobb With Al Cohn With George Coleman With Ronnie Cuber With King Curtis With Walter Davis Jr. With Lou Donaldson With Kenny Dorham With Kenny Drew With Ted Dunbar With Bill Evans With Art Farmer With Victor Feldman With Red Garland With Terry Gibbs With Dizzy Gillespie With Paul Gonsalves With Dexter Gordon With Rein de Graaff With Grant Green With Johnny Griffin With Barry Harris With Louis Hayes With Jimmy Heath With Johnny Hodges With John Lee Hooker With Freddie Hubbard With Fred Jackson '''With Milt Jackson With Willis Jackson With Eddie Jefferson With J. J. Johnson With Etta Jones With Hank Jones With Jo Jones With Philly Joe Jones With Clifford Jordan With Duke Jordan With Wynton Kelly With Harold Land With Yusef Lateef With Abbey Lincoln With Mike Longo With Johnny Lytle With Chuck Mangione With Warne Marsh With Jack McDuff With Ken McIntyre With Charles McPherson With Billy Mitchell With Blue Mitchell With Thelonious Monk With Wes Montgomery With Tete Montoliu With Phineas Newborn Jr. With Sal Nistico With Horace Parlan With Cecil Payne and Duke Jordan With Oscar Peterson With Bud Powell With Julian Priester With Ike Quebec With Jimmy Raney With Sonny Red '''With Dizzy Reece With Red Rodney With Sal Salvador With Archie Shepp With Louis Smith With Les Spann With James Spaulding With Sonny Stitt With Idrees Sulieman With Art Taylor With Clark Terry With Lucky Thompson With Teri Thornton With Bobby Timmons With Stanley Turrentine With Harold Vick With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Cedar Walton With Roosevelt Wardell With Ben Webster With Don Wilkerson With Claude Williamson With Joe Zawinul
 * Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958; Blue Note)
 * Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958; Blue Note)
 * Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])
 * Off to the Races (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
 * Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)
 * Cuber Libre (Xanadu, 1976)
 * Soul Meeting (Prestige, 1960)
 * Davis Cup (1959; Blue Note)
 * The Time Is Right (1959; Blue Note)
 * Sunny Side Up (1960; Blue Note)
 * Blowing in the Wind (1966; Cadet)
 * 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956; Blue Note)
 * And The Jazz Prophets, Vol. 1 (1956; ABC-Paramount)
 * This Is the Moment! (1958; Riverside)
 * Undercurrent (1960; Blue Note)
 * Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978)
 * Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside)
 * Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971)
 * Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975)
 * To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975)
 * The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976)
 * Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)
 * Merry Olde Soul (Riverside, 1961)
 * Red in Blues-ville (Prestige, 1959)
 * The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959) – with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
 * Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960)
 * Soul Burnin' (Prestige, 1959–61)
 * Bright and Breezy (Jazzland, 1961)
 * Solar (Jazzland, 1962)
 * Red's Good Groove (Jazzland, 1962)
 * Auf Wiedersehen (MPS, 1971 [1975])
 * Feelin' Red (Muse, 1978)
 * 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)
 * Biting the Apple (SteepleChase, 1977)
 * New York Jazz (Timeless Records,1979) – with Louis Hayes
 * Gooden's Corner (Blue Note, 1961 [1980])
 * Nigeria (Blue Note, 1962 [1980]
 * Oleo (Blue Note, 1962 [1980])
 * Born to Be Blue (Blue Note, 1962 [1985])
 * The Little Giant (Riverside, 1959)
 * Bush Dance (Galaxy, 1978)
 * Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside, 1960)
 * Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
 * Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 * The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 [1994])
 * Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)
 * Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve, 1959)
 * Blue Hodge (Verve, 1961)
 * That's My Story (Riverside, 1960)
 * Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Hootin' 'n Tootin' (Blue Note, 1962)
 * Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside, 1961)
 * More Gravy (Prestige, 1963)
 * Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974)
 * A Touch of Satin (Columbia, 1962)
 * If You Could See Me Now (Muse, 1978)
 * Groovin' High (Muse, 1978)
 * The Main Man (Pablo, 1977)
 * Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
 * Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974)
 * Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985])
 * Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975)
 * On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1977])
 * On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])
 * On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
 * Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975)
 * The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)
 * Misty Thursday (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
 * Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
 * Lover Man (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
 * 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)
 * Matrix (Mainstream, 1972)
 * Nice and Easy (Jazzland, 1962)
 * Recuerdo (Jazzland, 1962)
 * How Deep, How High (Interplay, 1976 [1980])
 * The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971)
 * Looking Ahead (New Jazz, 1960) – with Eric Dolphy
 * Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (Mainstream, 1972)
 * Beautiful! (Xanadu, 1975)
 * Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
 * The Colossus of Detroit (Xanadu, 1978)
 * Out of the Blue (1959; Riverside)
 * Blue Soul (1959; Riverside)
 * Blue's Moods (1960; Riverside)
 * A Sure Thing (1962; Riverside)
 * At Town Hall (1959; Riverside)
 * 5 by Monk by 5 (1959; Riverside)
 * Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (1959 [2017]; Sam Records)
 * Movin' Along (1960)
 * Secret Love (Timeless, 1977)
 * A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1962)
 * The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. (Contemporary, 1963)
 * Heavyweights (Jazzland, 1961)
 * Neo/Nistico (Bee Hive, 1978)
 * Movin' & Groovin' (1960; Blue Note)
 * Brooklyn Brothers (Muse, 1973)
 * 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 Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (Blue Note, 1959–62)
 * Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961)
 * The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)
 * Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
 * Out of the Blue (1960; Blue Note)
 * Comin' On! (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Blowin' Away (Interplay, 1978)
 * Bird Lives! (Muse, 1973)
 * The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975)
 * Starfingers (Bee Hive, 1978)
 * On Green Dolphin Street (Denon, 1978)
 * Prancin' (SteepleChase, 1979)
 * Gemini (Jazzland, 1961)
 * James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1977)
 * Tune-Up! (Cobblestone, 1972)
 * Constellation (Cobblestone, 1972)
 * 12! (Muse, 1972)
 * My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (Muse, 1975)
 * Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 [1978])
 * Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)
 * Taylor's Tenors (1959; Prestige)
 * In Orbit (1958; Riverside)
 * Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959)
 * Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail (Groove Merchant, 1973)
 * I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973)
 * 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)
 * Little Barefoot Soul (1964; Prestige)
 * Never Let Me Go (Blue Note, 1963)
 * Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)
 * Back Door Blues (Riverside, 1962)
 * Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972)
 * A Night At Boomers, Vol. 1 (Muse, 1973)
 * A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse, 1973)
 * Firm Roots (Muse, 1974 [1976])
 * Pit Inn (East Wind, 1974)
 * Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) – with George Coleman & Billy Higgins
 * The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)
 * Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) – with Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
 * First Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
 * Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
 * Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977)
 * Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) – with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
 * The Revelation (Prestige, 1960)
 * Soulmates (Riverside, 1963) – with Joe Zawinul
 * The Texas Twister (Riverside, 1960)
 * New Departure (Interplay, 1978)
 * Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)