Wallace Jones
Wallace Leon Jones (November 16, 1906, Baltimore - March 23, 1983, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter. Jones played in local Maryland bands such as Ike Dixon's Harmony Birds and Percy Glascoe's Kit Kat Orchestra early in his career. He moved to New York City around 1935, where he worked with Chick Webb, who was his cousin. He joined Willie Bryant's ensemble and recorded with Putney Dandridge and Duke Ellington, and the latter where he was credited on clarinet, trombone and trumpet. He was a trumpeter in Ellington's Orchestra from 1938 to 1944 and 3 of the tripled instrumentations happening in this timeframe, replacing Arthur Whetsel, and appeared in several sound films with them, including Cabin in the Sky (1943). After this association, he recorded with Ellington again in 1947, and also worked with Benny Carter, Snub Mosley, and John Kirby, but had left music by the end of the 1940s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 16, 1906 (Baltimore), Died March 23, 1983 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet
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Recordings (Results 51-67 of 67 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PBS-061941 | 10-in. | 12/2/1941 | Raincheck | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061942 | 10-in. | 12/2/1941 | What good would it do? | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061943 | 10-in. | 12/2/1941 | I dont know what kind of blues I got | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-070682 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | Perdido | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-070683 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | The "C" jam blues | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-070684 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | Moon mist | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-071890 | 10-in. | 2/26/1942 | What am I here for? | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-071891 | 10-in. | 2/26/1942 | I don't mind | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-072437 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | My little brown book | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-072438 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Main stem | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-072439 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Johnny come lately | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-074781 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Hayfoot, strawfoot | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-074782 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Sentimental lady | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Johnny Hodges | Jazz/dance band, with alto sax solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-074783 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | A slip of the lip (can sink a ship) | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Ray Nance | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-074784 | 10-in. | 7/28/1942 | Sherman shuffle | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Gennett | 15108 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | You're just another memory | Thomas Warner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Gennett | 15110 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Sing a little love song | Thomas Warner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jones, Wallace," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111614.
Jones, Wallace. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111614.
"Jones, Wallace." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Jones, Wallace, 1906-1983 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001059924
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VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/61733820
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