Joe Mondragon

Joe Mondragon (February 2, 1920 – July 1987) was an American jazz bassist.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 2, 1920 (Los Angeles), Died July 1, 1987

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass

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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
Decca 86791 9/3/1954 Private hell 36 Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86792 9/3/1954 Havana interlude Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86793 9/3/1954 Easy mood Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86794 9/3/1954 Daddy long legs Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86795 9/3/1954 Joshua Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86796 9/3/1954 Lilli Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86797 9/3/1954 Dance of the Lilliputian Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca 86798 9/3/1954 Private blues Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5234 12/2/1949 Sitting by the window Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5235 12/2/1949 Just for old times Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5236 12/2/1949 By the waters of Minnetonka Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5237 12/2/1949 Crew cut Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5349 1/24/1950 Bamboo Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5350 1/24/1950 One! Two! Three! Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5351 1/24/1950 Stormy weather march Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5352 1/24/1950 Carioca Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5397 2/20/1950 Smoke gets in your eyes Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5398 2/20/1950 Night and day Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5399 2/20/1950 All the things you are Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5400 2/20/1950 Stardust Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5419 3/9/1950 Blue skies Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5420 3/9/1950 Dancing in the dark Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5423 3/10/1950 This can't be love Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5424 3/10/1950 What is this thing called love? Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5425 3/10/1950 Desert serenade Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5499 4/5/1950 Home cookin' Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5500 4/5/1950 Crazy she calls me Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5501 4/5/1950 In the mood Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5575 4/25/1950 Cry, cry, cry Mildred Bailey instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5576 4/25/1950 Blue prelude Mildred Bailey instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5707 6/27/1950 You wonderful you Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5708 6/27/1950 Dig-dig-dig dig for your dinner Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5709 6/27/1950 Re-stringing the pearls (A ball of twine) Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5775 7/31/1950 Honestly, I love you Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5776 7/31/1950 I don't care if the sun don't shine Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5777 7/31/1950 Vagabond shoes Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5778 7/31/1950 No other love-1 Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5783 8/15/1950 Farewell blues Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5794 8/23/1950 And you'll be home Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5795 8/25/1950 Where do I go from you? Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5796 8/25/1950 Accidents will happen Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5799 8/25/1950 The spirit is willing Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5800 8/25/1950 Off limits (Passage interdit) Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5801 8/25/1950 Minuet in G Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5939 12/6/1950 Music by the angels Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5940 12/6/1950 Would I love you Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5941 12/6/1950 Dear! Dear! Dear! Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5942 12/6/1950 Say it with your kisses Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5957 12/15/1950 Circus Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5958 12/15/1950 Holiday for strings Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 5959 12/15/1950 Begin the beguine Jerry Gray Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6432 9/13/1951 Balboa Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6433 9/13/1951 Fugue for tinhorns Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6434 9/13/1951 Mr. Pessimist Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6435 9/13/1951 The grabber Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6533 11/26/1951 Baby doll Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6534 11/26/1951 What does it take? Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6535 11/26/1951 Lady bug Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6536 11/26/1951 Lazy day Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6597 1/17/1952 I'll always be following you Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6598 1/17/1952 I wanna love you Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6599 1/17/1952 [Unknown title(s)] Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6600 1/17/1952 (Me with) Mambo on my mind Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 6605 1/17/1952 Blacksmith blues Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 8379 5/3/1955 Hard hearted Hannah (The vamp of Savannah) Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 8380 5/3/1955 Pete Kelly's blues Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 8381 5/3/1955 Ella hums the blues Ella Fitzgerald instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9403 7/19/1956 Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 1: Nostalgia Franz Waxman and Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9404 7/19/1956 Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 2: Song Franz Waxman and Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9405 7/19/1956 Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 3: Blues Franz Waxman and Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9406 7/19/1956 Theme, variations and fugato for jazz orchestra Franz Waxman and Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9805 1/18/1957 Wild and crazy Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9806 1/18/1957 Central Park-4 A.M. Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9807 1/18/1957 Blues at five Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9808 1/18/1957 The poor people of Brazil Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9851 2/11/1957 Smooth Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9852 2/11/1957 Return of the man Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9853 2/11/1957 Exotica Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 9854 2/11/1957 Just a little jazz Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 10343 7/5/1957 Hop, skip but jump Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 10344 7/5/1957 Lament in five Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 10345 7/5/1957 Jubilation Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 10346 7/5/1957 Nightcap Elmer Bernstein instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 11358 2/11/1959 M-Squad theme Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 11359 2/11/1959 Peter Gunn Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 11360 2/11/1959 The thin man Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  
Decca L 11361 2/11/1959 Perry Mason theme Leith Stevens Orchestra instrumentalist, string bass  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mondragon, Joe," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/332172.

Mondragon, Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/332172.

"Mondragon, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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