b. Rodney Bruce Jones, 30 August 1956, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jones was raised in a musical family and plays bass and drums as well as guitar. He studied improvisation with John Lewis at the City College of New York and guitar with a variety of teachers. He became a regular studio musician before playing with the Music Complex Orchestra led by pianist Jaki Byard (1975). In the late 70s Jones worked with the groups of Chico Hamilton and Dizzy Gillespie as well as forming his own quartet. He toured the world with the Subtle Sounds jazz group in the early 80s before joining vocalist Lena Horne. He is a meticulous musician whose aim is "to make each note have a meaning". His awards include a Certificate of Merit from New Orleans (1977) and a recording grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (1983). In the late 80s Jones recorded albums with Maceo Parker and Hilton Ruiz but seemed to come of age with his solo album for Blue Note Records at the end of the 90s.

Listen to Rodney Jones at Finetune.

• (2001)  Soul Manifesto

• Roll Call (Interlude)
• Soul Eyes
• Laura's Eyes
• Mobius 3
• Soup Bone

• Wallace Roney
• Esquire All-American Award Winners
• Louis Amrstrong
• Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
• The Hot Fives
• Wynton Marsalis
• Donald Byrd
• Art Farmer
• Sonny Rollins
• Terence Blanchard
• Woody Shaw
• Miles Davis
• Louis Armstrong
• Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
• Louis Armstrong & His Hot Six
• Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
• Louis Armstrong Hot Five
• Louis Armstrong The Hot Fives
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Freddie Hubbard