Birth Name:

Jonah Jones

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Dec 31, 1909

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Cap

27'

About Jonah Jones

Jonah Jones (born Robert Elliott Jones; December 31, 1909 – April 29, 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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• BBC Radio 2 biography

• Scott Yanow Allmusic

• Jonah Jones recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

• Jonah Jones discography at Discogs

• Robert Eliott "Jonah" Jones at Find a Grave

• Jonah Jones Interviews NAMM Oral History Library (1995, 1996)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jonah Jones: Sun 9 Capricorn, Moon 8 Virgo, Mercury 25 Capricorn, Venus 22 Aquarius, Mars 17 Aries, Jupiter 13 Libra, Saturn 16 Aries, Uranus 20 Capricorn, Neptune 18 Cancer, Pluto 25 Gemini, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Mercury Quincunx Pluto, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Jupiter, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Saturn, Mars Square Uranus, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Neptune, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Square Neptune, Uranus Opposition Neptune

Categories related to Jonah Jones: December 31 births, 20th-century American male musicians, Grammy Award winners, 20th-century American musicians, American male jazz musicians, Kentucky, American male trumpeters, 20th-century trumpeters, 2000 deaths, American jazz trumpeters, Musicians from Louisville, Capitol Records artists, 20th-century African-American people, African-American jazz musicians, 1909 births, Black & Blue Records artists, Swing trumpeters, Groove Records artists, The Cab Calloway Orchestra members, Jazz musicians from Kentucky

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