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Jones, Jo, 1911-1985

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At Carnegie Hall

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Shot of Buck Clayton and ensemble, (likely Milt Hinton on bass and Jo Jones on drums), from behind while playing Carnegie Hall in New York City...

Date Published
April-09-1954
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and company

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Count Basie standing with Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Freddie Green and Earle Warren in Harlem, New York.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and friends

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Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Nancy Miller Elliot and Freddie Green seated together in Geneva, Switzerland.

Date Published
September-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jo Jones

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Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora, a necklace, a sweater and a checked suit jacket, standing with his left arm around the shoulders of Jo Jones in...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jo Jones on the stairs

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Buck Clayton, wearing an overcoat, standing outside on some steps with Jo Jones holding a San Francisco book bag.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie performing

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Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Count Basie, Jo Jones and Walter Page performing

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Count Basie seated playing piano with Jo Jones playing drums and Walter Page playing bass; all are looking over the left side of the photo; sheets of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

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Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...

Date Published
February-11-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham with Papa Jo Jones and Jackie Williams

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Jimmy Cheatham (center) standing at a bar with Papa Jo Jones (left) and Jackie Williams (likely); a glass of alcohol is on the bar and many bottle are...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones

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Jo Jones playing drums and laughing; photo taken from a point lower than Jones and is seen over a cymbal.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones and Frankie Capp

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Jo Jones being helped to a seat by Frankie Capp.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones and friends

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Jo Jones and an unidentified group of musicians participating in a jam session; includes a trumpeter, a bassist, and a group of female vocalists.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones and Panama Francis catching up on the daily news

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Jo Jones and possibly Panama Francis, in casual clothing, seated at a table reading the newspaper.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones has lost weight

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Jo Jones grinning at the camera in a suit that's too big for him.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones playing drums

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PaPa Jo Jones playing drums in a multiple exposure photo; he's wearing a suit and tie and is playing against a black background.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones playing drums

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Jo Jones laughing and playing drums against a black background; facing to the left.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones playing drums

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Jo Jones playing drums. He is wearing a dark suit and looking down at his drum set. Stage lights are shining brightly in the background.

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jo Jones with Big Mama Thornton on drums

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Big Mama Thornton seated and playing drums with Joe Jones standing next to her observing with a cigarette in one hand; Edmund Hall and two others can...

Date Published
1967
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones with newspaper

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Portrait of Jo Jones holding a newspaper with a rose sticker on his lapel.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jo Jones, Buck Clayton, Frank Driggs, and a friend in front of the stage

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An unidentified white man with his arm around the shoulder of Jo Jones standing next to Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora, a necklace, a sweater...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Watching Eubie Blake play piano on his 89th birthday

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Eubie Blake playing piano (facing the right) with Jo Jones, Tyree Glenn, Maxine Sullivan, Billy Taylor, and Bill Bolcom gathered around him watching...

Date Published
February-07-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Watching Eubie Blake play piano on his 89th birthday

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Eubie Blake playing piano (facing the right) with Jo Jones, Tyree Glenn, Maxine Sullivan, Billy Taylor, and Bill Bolcom gathered around him watching...

Date Published
February-07-1972
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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