Philly Joe Jones

Drummer

Birthday July 15, 1923

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Pennsylvania

DEATH DATE Aug 30, 1985 (62)

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About

Jazz drummer who performed with the Miles Davis Quintet. He also co-founded a group called Dameronia.

Before Fame

In his early twenties, he was a drummer at New York's Cafe Society.

Trivia

He collaborated on albums with Elmo Hope, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, and Bill Evans.

Family Life

He married Eloise Woods Jones.

Associated With

He and Charlie Rouse both played music by Tadd Dameron.