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Additional authors

1. Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000
2. Owens, Jimmy, 1943-
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Jonah Jones begins the oral history interview with his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky. He began playing the alto saxophone at age 12 before quickly transitioning to trumpet. In the early 1920s he played on riverboats on the Mississippi River and then in 1928 he joined Horace Henderson's band. This was followed by a brief stint with Jimmie Lunceford. In 1932 he began a collaboration with Stuff Smith. In 1936 they began a four-year residency at the Onyx Club in New York. He describes his friendship and collaboration with Roy Eldridge. In 1941 he became a soloist with Cab Calloway. He recounts his association with Earl Hines at the Embers Club in New York where he came under the influence of Jimmy Maxwell who encouraged him to develop his technique. He also recounts his musical collaboration with Joe Bushkin. The interview ends with Jones playing his hit "On the Street Where You Live."

Subject

1. Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Influence
2. Bushkin, Joe > Influence
3. Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 > Influence
4. Carter, Benny
5. Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989
6. Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
7. Henderson, Horace
8. Hines, Earl, 1903-1983
9. Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 > Interviews
10. Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 > Childhood and youth
11. Lunceford, Jimmie
12. Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 > Influence
13. Smith, Stuff
14. Onyx Club (New York, N.Y.)
15. Big band music
16. African American musicians
17. Jazz > History
18. Swing (Music) > History
19. Trumpet > Technique
20. Trumpet music (Jazz)
21. Trumpet players > United States > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Oral histories.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1090

Note

1. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Jonah Jones (December 31, 1909 -- April 29, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter well known for playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Jonah Jones, August 6, 1993.

Publisher

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1993.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Performer

1. Interviewer, Jimmy Owens.

Event

1. Recorded August 6, 1993 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Jonah Jones (December 31, 1909 -- April 29, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter well known for playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000, interviewee.
2. Owens, Jimmy, 1943- interviewer.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1090
2. Sc Visual VRC-300 MII videocassette