[Dixielandjazz] Jonah Jones

[Stephen G Barbone]

This Mosaic re-issue will surely bring back memories to those who saw  
Jonah Jones live in NYC in the mid 1950s at the Embers.  Besides that  
wonderful muted soft jazz, in a hip nightclub, he played a little  
Dixieland now and then with other groups. To those who have not heard  
Jones play this way, give a listen to some melodic improvisation by a  
master musician.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.barbonestreet.com
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
Playlist - NY TIMES - Quiet Jazz - by Ben Ratliff

Jonah Jones

As “Johnny Paycheck at Carnegie Hall” was not recorded at Carnegie  
Hall, “Jonah Jones at the Embers,” just reissued by Mosaic, was not  
recorded at the Embers, a New York jazz club. It was made in the  
studio, but during the 10-year period when Mr. Jones played at the  
Embers for up to 20 weeks a year. This was the great second wind of  
his career; in 1956, when he made this album, he was in his mid-40s, a  
swing trumpeter who hadn’t been known as a bandleader before. Here his  
improvisations are pinpointedly focused on melody and swing, and he  
always has a mute in his trumpet; this is quiet jazz with organized  
locomotive force. No wonder people wanted more of him.