Rodney Jones (born August 30, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist who worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader. He is cited as a jazz guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. Jones is a faculty member at Juilliard.
Discography Credits adapted from AllMusic and Bandcamp.
As leader Year releasedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes1977The Liberation Of Contemporary Jazz GuitarStrata-EastWith Bruce Johnson (guitar)1978Articulation MuseWith Bemshi Jones (voice), Bernadine Davis (flute), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Arthur Blythe and Bob Mintzer, Kenny Kirkland (piano), Benjamin Brown (bass), Kenwood Denard (drums)1980When You Feel Love TimelessWith Fred Lipsius (reeds), Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marcus Miller (bass), Buddy Williams (drums)1981FriendsRodney JonesWith Fred Lipsius (keyboards, woodwinds), Jeff Pope (drums)1983My Funny Valentine TimelessWith Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley (bass), Jesse Hameen (drums)1992The Unspoken HeartMinor MusicWith Mark Sherman (piano, keyboards, percussion), Mark Egan (bass), Peter Grant (drums)1996The "X" FieldTransparent MusicWith Greg Osby (sax), Kevin Hays (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Eric Harland (drums)1996Right Now Minor MusicWith George Coleman (sax), Will Boulware (organ, piano), Benjamin Brown (bass), Eric Harland (drums)1999The Undiscovered Few Blue NoteWith Earl Gardner and Tim Hagans (trumpet), Greg Osby and Morris Goldberg(alto sax), Donald Harrison and Tim Ries (tenor sax), Charles Gordon (trombone), Shedrick Mitchell (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Eric Harland (drums)2001Soul Manifesto Blue NoteWith Arthur Blythe and Maceo Parker (alto sax), Dr. Lonnie Smith (organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass, Idris Muhammad (drums)2003Soul Manifesto Live! Savant RecordsWith Teodross Avery (tenor sax), Will Boulware (electric piano, organ), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Kenwood Dennard (drums)2005Dreams And Stories Savant RecordsWith Kenny Kirkland (piano), Marc Johnson (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)2009A Thousand Small Things18th & VineWith Donald Harrison (alto sax), Michael Kanan (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass) and Carl Allen (drums)
As sideman With Ruth Brown Blues On Broadway (Fantasy, 1989) Fine and Mellow (Fantasy, 1992) The Songs of My Life (Victor, 1993) R+B=Ruth Brown (Bullseye Blues, 1997)
With Lena Horne We'll Be Together Again (Blue Note, 1994) An Evening with (Blue Note, 1995) Being Myself (Blue Note, 1998)
With Jimmy McGriff You Ought to Think About Me (Headfirst, 1990) Right Turn On Blue (Telarc, 1994) McGriff's Blues (K-Tel, 1994) Straight Up (Milestone, 1998) McGriff's House Party (Milestone, 2000) McGriff Avenue (Milestone, 2002)
With Maceo Parker Roots Revisited (Minor Music; Verve, 1990) Mo' Roots (Minor Music; Verve, 1991) Life on Planet Groove (Minor Music; Verve, 1992) Southern Exposure (Minor Music; RCA Novus, 1993) Roots Revisited: The Bremen Concert (Minor Music, 2015)
With Lucky Peterson Organ Soul Sessions: Brother Where Are You? (Universal/EmArcy, 2009) Organ Soul Sessions: Mercy (Universal/EmArcy, 2009) Organ Soul Sessions: The Music Is the Magic (Universal/EmArcy, 2009) Organ Soul Sessions (Universal/EmArcy, 2009) 3-CD set
With others Brian Culbertson, 20 Anniversary Tour (Oakland, 2015) Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Get Ready (Mack Avenue, 2007) Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Work to Do (Mack Avenue, 2009) Ernestine Anderson, Love Makes the Changes (HighNote, 2003) Victor Bailey, Bottom's Up (Atlantic, 1989) Hamiet Bluiett, Makin' Whoopee (Mapleshade, 1997) Ray Brown, Blues for Jazzo (Prevue, 1998) Ray Brown, Moonlight in Vermont (Prevue, 1998) Kenny Burrell, Generation (Blue Note, 1987) Kenny Burrell, Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1988) Ann Hampton Callaway, Signature (N-Coded Music, 2002) James Carter, Present Tense (EmArcy, 2008) Regina Carter, Rhythms of the Heart (Verve, 1999) Keyshia Cole, 11:11 Reset (Epic, 2017) Larry Coryell, Sketches of Coryell (Shanachie, 1996) Noah Creshevsky, The Twilight of the Gods (Tzadik, 2010) Noah Creshevsky, The Four Seasons (Tzadik, 2013) Charles Earland, Coming to You Live (Columbia, 1980) Eliane Elias, Everything I Love (Blue Note, 1999) Pee Wee Ellis, Sepia Tonality (Minor Music, 1994) Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy's Party (Pablo, 1976) Chico Hamilton, Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976) Donald Harrison, Free to Be (Impulse!, 1999) Vincent Herring, American Experience (MusicMasters, 1990) Jennifer Holliday, The Song Is You (Shanachie, 2013) Dave Koz, At the Movies (Capitol, 2007) Carmen Lundy, Night and Day (CBS/Sony, 1987) Gloria Lynne, This One's On Me (HighNote, 1998) Christian McBride, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue, 2017) Christian McBride, Without Further Ado, Vol 1 (Mack Avenue, 2025) Houston Person, The Opening Round (Savant, 1997) Houston Person, I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote, 2019) Irene Reid, Movin' Out (Savant, 2003) Irene Reid, Thanks to You (Savant, 2004) Hilton Ruiz, El Camino (Novus, 1988) Hilton Ruiz, Strut (Novus, 1989) Lonnie Smith, Too Damn Hot (Palmetto, 2004) Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life (Blue Note, 2007) Akira Tana, Secret Agent Men (Sons of Sound, 2002) Frankie Valli, Romancing the '60s (Universal Motown, 2007) Fred Wesley, Comme Ci Comme Ca (Minor Music, 1991) Reuben Wilson, Azure Te (18th & Vine, 2009)
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