Jo Jo
USA
Born: 07 October 1911
Died: 03 September 1985
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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Jo Jones shifted the timekeeping role of the drums from the bass drum to the hi-hat cymbal, greatly influencing all swing and bop drummers. Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson were just two musicians who learned from his light but forceful playing, as Jones swung the Count Basie Orchestra with just the right accents and sounds. After growing up in Alabama, Jones worked as a drummer and tap dancer with carnival shows. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in Oklahoma City in the late '20s. After a period with Lloyd Hunter's band in Nebraska, Jones moved ...
Similar artists
- Buddy Rich (12)
- Gene Krupa (3)
Influenced by
- Chick Webb (1)
Followers
- Count Basie (74)
- Billy Cobham (31)
- Hamid Drake (24)
- Art Blakey (15)
- Buddy Rich (12)
- Max Roach (11)
- Lester Young (8)
- Roy Haynes (6)
- Shelly Manne (5)
- Teddy Wilson (4)
- Kenny Clarke (4)
- Art Taylor (3)
- Michael Carvin (1)
- Chico Hamilton (1)
- Cozy Cole (0)
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