Occupation(s) Musician Name Leroy Jones Instruments Trumpet Role Musician | Years active 1974 - current Genres Jazz Labels Columbia | |
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Associated acts Danny Barker, Harry Connick, Jr. Music group Preservation Hall Jazz Band Albums Sweet Emma and Her Pres, New Orleans Preservat, Marching Down Bourbon, Best of Preservation Hall Jazz, An Album to Benefit Preservat | ||
Wendell bruniuos leroy jones interview
Leroy Jones (b. February 20, 1958) is a jazz trumpeter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones began playing trumpet at the age of ten, and by the time he was 12 was leading the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, a group of young musicians organized by guitar- and banjo-player Danny Barker. When the musicians' union forced Barker to disband the group in 1974, Jones became a union musician and took over the running of the group, renamed the Hurricane Brass Band, himself. In 1975 or 1976 he left the group, touring for a time with Eddie Vinson and Della Reese before forming his own group, the Leroy Jones Quintet. In 1991 Jones joined the big band of Harry Connick, Jr., and the exposure with Connick's band (including the opportunity for the Leroy Jones Quintet to open for Connick, which they did in 1994), led to Jones' releasing his first album under his own name; Mo' Cream From The Crop came out on the Columbia Records label in 1994. The Leroy Jones Quintet continues to tour and record, and since 2004 Jones has also appeared with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Dr. John.
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- Wendell bruniuos leroy jones interview
- Leroy jones trio when the saints go marching in
- Discography as bandleader
- References
Leroy jones trio when the saints go marching in
Discography as bandleader
(A complete discography with others is listed on his website.)
