Jonah Jones Quartet - Blue Champagne (Original)

Jonah started out with Jimmie Lunceford, played with the Fletcher Henderson and Benny Carter bands and was a long-time member of the Cab Calloway Orchestra (playing alongside Dizzy Gillespie). And then when the Swing Era was coming to an end in the mid-1950's, he was about to give it up when he was offerred a date at the Embers in New York City....so long as he "muted" the music so people could eat. Reluctantly, he accepted and in so doing forced himself to find a way to play jazz "quietly". He muted his trumpet and here was born the Jonah Jones Quartet and a very unique jazz sound that played for a number of years thereafter at the Embers and Rainbow Room in New York and as an undercard and lounge act in Las Vegas.

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[commissionershuffler]

Extra ...!!

[hswatnik]

outstanding jam!

[TimelordUk]

This is "Mean To Me" its lovely.

[isupportthepatriots]

This is simply awesome. They sure as hell don't do it like this anymore...

[KissMeQuk]

I love the Horn!!! Nice blue pictures!!! I like the song, first time I've heard it!!!