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Joe Jones
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter.
Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming.
A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934.
He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in
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Joe Jones (singer)
American singer-songwriter
Joe Jones | |
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| Birth name | Joseph Charles Jones |
| Born | (1926-08-12)August 12, 1926 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | November 27, 2005(2005-11-27) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, arranger |
| Labels | Capitol, Roulette, Ric |
Musical artist
Joseph Charles Jones (August 12, 1926 – November 27, 2005)[1] was an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[2] Jones is also generally credited with discovering the Dixie Cups. He also worked with B.B. King.[3] As a singer, Jones had his biggest hit in the form of the Top Five 1960 R&B hit "You Talk Too Much", which also reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Career
Jones served in the U.S. Navy, where he played piano in a band, before studying music at the Juilliard Conservatory of Music. He formed a band, Joe Jones and his Atomic Rebops, in the late 1940s; band members played on Roy Brown's 1
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer (1923–1985)
Not to be confused with Jo Jones.
Philly Joe Jones | |
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Jones in 1960 | |
| Birth name | Joseph Rudolph Jones |
| Born | (1923-07-15)July 15, 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 1985(1985-08-30) (aged 62) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1940s–1985 |
Musical artist
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American jazz drummer.[1]
Biography
Early career
As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on The Kiddie Show on the Philadelphia radio station WIP.[2] He was in the US Army during World War II.[2]
In 1947 he became the house drummer at Café Society in New York City, where he played with the leading bebop players of the day, including Tadd Dameron. From 1955 to 1958, Jones toured and recorded with Miles Davis Quintet — a band that became known as "The Quintet" (along with Red Garland on piano, John Coltrane on sax, and Paul C
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