Jo Jones. Appearing on TV-show 'The World of John Hammond', Chicago, 1975

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Jo Jones appearing on tv-show “The World of John Hammond“, Chicago, 1975.

Jo Jones (by name Jonathan David Samuel Jones) was an American jazz drummer. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, Jones anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. In 1979, Jones was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame for his contribution to the Birmingham, Alabama musical heritage. Jones was the 1985 recipient of an American Jazz Masters fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

b. October 7, 1911 in Chicago Illinois.
d. September 3, 1985 in New York.

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