Thad Jones
USA
Born: 28 March 1923
Died: 20 August 1986
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Modern Big Band, Big Band, Big Band/Swing, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards
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A harmonically advanced trumpeter/cornetist with a distinctive sound, as well as a talented arranger/composer, Thad Jones (the younger brother of Hank and older brother of Elvin) had a very productive career. Self-taught on trumpet, he started playing professionally with Hank Jones and Sonny Stitt when he was 16. After serving in the military (1943-1946), Jones worked in territory bands in the Midwest. During 1950-1953 he performed regularly with Billy Mitchell's quintet in Detroit and he made a few recordings with Charles Mingus (1954-1955). J...
See also
- Count Basie (74)
- Hank Jones (12)
- Elvin Jones (9)
Similar artists
- Donald Byrd (18)
- Maynard Ferguson (14)
Influenced by
- Miles Davis (281)
- Louis Armstrong (74)
- Woody Herman (4)
- Jimmie Lunceford (0)
Followers
- Count Basie (74)
- Frank Wess (20)
- Frank Foster (9)
- Elvin Jones (9)
- Patrice Rushen (6)
- Wilbur Harden (6)
- Abstract Truth (0)
Performed Songs By
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Mal Waldron (17)
- George Gershwin (4)
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