Jonah Jones
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1909
- Place of birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Died
- April 30, 2000
Biography
Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 30, 2000) was a jazz trumpeter who created concise versions of jazz and swing and jazz standards that appealed to a mass audience. In the jazz community, he is known for his work with Stuff Smith. He was sometimes referred to as "King Louis II", a reference to Louis Armstrong. Jones started playing alto saxophone at the age of 12 in the Booker T. Washington Community Center band in Louisville, Kentucky, before quickly transitioning to trumpet, where he excelled. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonah Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies with Jonah Jones
- An Evening with Fred Astaire 1958 · ★ 8.3
- Another Evening with Fred Astaire 1959 · ★ 7.0