Interview with Joe Jones

Accession No.: 
BR2-036-1

***The tape is originally recorded at a slightly faster speed***

Joe Jones:

00:25 - Introduction - From the 7th Ward in New Orleans, In U.S. Navy Band
01:25 - Schooling - studying harmony in college
03:00 - First band that he played with in high school - Joe Jones and His Atomic Rebops
03:20 - Teaching harmony to musicians in New Orleans - John "Picket" Brunious

06:15 - Deluxe and Chess Records renting a place "The Pentagon" in New Orleans to record bands
-musicians being taken advantage of

07:00 - Roy Brown and other Influential musicians and booking agents in New Orleans
08:00 - Recording session for "Good Rockin'Tonight"
08:30 - John Fernandes playing trumpet with Joe's band, music director at Xavier University
09:15 - Joe teaching music, becoming a booking agent and running his band
10:40 - Musicians union in New Orleans - developing the club, objectives

13:00 - Attending college on a music scholarship and joining the Navy
-developing the first Navy All Black Band

15:45 - Destruction of the musicians' club in New Orleans
18:50 - Playing with B.B. King - playing piano, assistant band leader, tuning his guitars
20:30 - Touring with his band
22:30 - Shirley Lee - signing to a booking agency
23:45 - Pay per show

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music; R&B, Rhythm and Blues, New Orleans
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Wednesday, July 2, 1975
Coverage Spatial: 
Los Angeles, CA
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:39
Digitized Date: 
Monday, March 19, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor