JONES, JOSEPH RUDOLPH

JONES, JOSEPH RUDOLPH (PHILLY JOE). Jazz drummer (15 July 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). He studied piano as a child with his mother. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During his high-school years he played with local groups, which occasionally accompanied visiting jazzmen who came to Philadelphia to perform. In 1947 he went to New York. Thereafter he played with various groups, including Tony Scott , Tadd Dameron, Gil Evans...