Rusty Jones (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Isham Russell Jones II |
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April 13, 1942 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 2015 (aged 73) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | drums |
| Years active | 1955–2015 |
| Associated acts | George Shearing, Marian McPartland, Stéphane Grappelli |
Isham Russell "Rusty" Jones II (April 13, 1942 – December 9, 2015) was an American jazz drummer.
Jones began playing drums at the age of thirteen and continued on throughout his college years, choosing traditional and modern jazz as his preferred mode of music. He went "on the road" after graduating college in 1965 from the University of Iowa with a degree in history and political science, to "get it out of his system", but he never stopped his pursuit of a musical vocation. He moved to the Chicago area in 1967.
Jones appeared with Chicago singer Judy Roberts from 1968-72, soon after becoming a member of George Shearing's trio from 1972-78. Later years he accompanied pianist Marian McPartland for a few years and then freelanced throughout Chicago with several bands, touring the United States and Europe. He worked quite a bit with Adam Makowicz, Larry Novak, Patricia Barber, Frank D'Rone, Art Hodes, Ira Sullivan, J.R. Monterose, and Stéphane Grappelli.
Jones had short stints with Buddy DeFranco, Art Van Damme, Kai Winding, Curtis Fuller, Lee Konitz, "Wild Bill" Davison, Anita O'Day, Mark Murphy, Flip Phillips, Morgan King, Red Holloway, Eddie Higgins, Ike Cole, Clifford Jordan, Franz Jackson, Bobby Enriquez, Monty Alexander and Catherine Whitney, among many others. He recorded with many of the previously mentioned musicians.
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