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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-044887 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | You, you darlin' | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-044888 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | Jack the Bear | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-044889 | 10-in. | 3/6/1940 | Ko-ko | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-044890 | 10-in. | 3/7/1940 | Morning glory | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-044891 | 10-in. | 3/7/1940 | So far, so good | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-049015 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Conga brava | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-049016 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Concerto for Cootie | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-049017 | 10-in. | 3/15/1940 | Me and you | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-049655 | 10-in. | 5/4/1940 | Cotton tail | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-049656 | 10-in. | 5/4/1940 | Don't get around much anymore | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053020 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Dusk | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053021 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Bojangles | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053022 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | A portrait of Bert Williams | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053023 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Blue goose | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053427 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | There shall be no night | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053428 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | In a mellotone | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053429 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | Five o'clock whistle | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053430 | 10-in. | 9/5/1940 | Warm valley | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053552 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | The flaming sword | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053579 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | Across the track blues | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053580 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | Chlo-e | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053581 | 10-in. | 10/28/1940 | I never felt this way before | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053780 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | The sidewalks of New York | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053781 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | Flamingo | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-053782 | 10-in. | 12/28/1940 | The girl in my dreams tries to look like you | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Herb Jeffries | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054606 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | Harlem air-shaft | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054607 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | At a Dixie roadside diner | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054608 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | All too soon | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054609 | 10-in. | 7/22/1940 | Rumpus in Richmond | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054624 | 10-in. | 7/24/1940 | My greatest mistake | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-054625 | 10-in. | 7/24/1940 | Sepia panorama | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-055283 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Take the "A" train | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-055284 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Jumpin' punkins | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-055285 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | John Hardy's wife | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-055286 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | Blue serge | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-055287 | 10-in. | 2/15/1941 | After all | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061283 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Bakiff | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061284 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Are you sticking? | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061285 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Just a-settin' and a-rockin' | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061286 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | The giddybug gallop | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061318 | 10-in. | 6/26/1941 | Chocolate shake | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061319 | 10-in. | 6/26/1941 | I got it bad and that ain't good | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061338 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Clementine | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061339 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | The brown skin gal (In calico gown) | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061340 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Jump for joy | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061341 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Moon over Cuba | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061684 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Five o'clock drag | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061685 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Rocks in my bed | Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061686 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Bli-blip | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | PBS-061687 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Chelsea Bridge | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
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 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111614.
Jones, Wallace. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111614.
"Jones, Wallace." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Jones, Wallace, 1906-1983 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001059924
Wikidata: Wallace Jones - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q503803
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/61733820
MusicBrainz: Wallace Jones - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc9d6b35-51c9-43c3-907a-83a972dcf891
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