Rufus Speedy Jones -- Lebrew Jones

[SAHBfan]

@Easleytee

"Nothing remotely tasteful or musical about Rufus Jones"

What an incredibly stupid thing to say. Rufus Jones was the drummer for Lionel Hampton for years, for Count Basie band for 2 years, the Duke Ellington band for 4 years and Maynard Fergusson for4 years.

Do you think these guys don't know what makes a tasteful or musical drummer?

These guys only hired the best...

Go and listen to some of the many albums with Rufus playing, he was a wonderfully tasteful & musical player.

[SoulEaterEthan]

Easleytee--

The idiot below me who thinks he knows what makes a tasteful drummer.

Easily a forgettable asshole.

[Easleytee]

A forgettable drummer.

Nothing remotely tasteful or musical about Rufus Jones.

[eqsmooth]

@Easleytee That was tasteless and forgettable. You will never make it outta grandma's basement.

[shAttErEdf0cUs]

drummers like this can be found in death metal bands today..

[HVMediaGroup]

Unfortunately, Rufus' son Lebrew didn't do anything wrong except be in the wrong place at the wrong time:

A reporter by the name of Christine Young helped win his freedom last November:

He's now playing in 3 bands in NYC. I'll post a link to a performance soon.

[SAHBfan]

Wow! Great vid, thanks for posting this - I've only ever seen the black and white footage from Drummerworld before.

Criminal there is so little stuff of his available - he would have been remembered alongside the greats had he had a bigger back catalogue - awesome player!

...er, what did his son do?

[caponsacchi]

Some in the MidWest said Barrett Deems was faster, though few if any ever challenged Rich's overall dominance. But if you're a Jones, you're a drummer, whether Rufus, Joe Jones, Harold Jones (all Basie drummers), Philly Joe (Miles and Bill Evans),. Elvin (Coltrane, briefly Ellington), Rusty (Shearing)., Randy (Maynard, then Brubeck). But what counts most is to be able swing. Bobby Durham had it in abundance, and I never understood why Duke let him go after 6 months (before hiring Rufus).

[idlew1llkill]

speedy jones, a jazz monster man.

[seetherfanx2]

that lady that was talking to him was my mom.

[Jinkster555]

@seetherfanx2 my ass

[seetherfanx2]

He is going to get out in 4 months because he has been in prision for 21 years

[stopher211]

why?

[mrsticks28]

Saw Rufus in 1960 with Maynard Ferguson and wondered "who the h*ll is this guy"? I was already playing for about 5 years and he just blew me away. Didn't take long to see where "Speedy" came from. A drummer friend of mine was in the army with Speedy, and said he practised 8 hours a day with heavy metal sticks. Another great, but virtually unknown drummer is Dave Black. Check out his 9 minute solo on You Tube.

[TCHDrummer134]

He sounded kinda slow... no offence

[KingdomKupcake]

Whoo hoo!

[speedoflite1]

impressive piece of drumming!

[madchops82]

did he get out?

[danlc95]

This breaks my heart. Mr. Jones has been a tremendous inspiration. The drumming community was prematurely robbed of his genius, as he was ofjustice, freedom, and our adoration.

[jazzart1]

thankyou for this !!God bless you!!!

Patrice Gelsi

[1SatinVoice]

This is a 5 star rating! I accidently hit the two stars and can't erase it.

I highly recommend reading Christine Young's article in the Times Herald-Record about the wrongful conviction of Lebrew Jones. What was done to Lebrew is a travisty of justice. Unfortunately, there are many more cases like his going unnoticed. Please read the article and get "on-board" for Lebrew.