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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones was a drummer from Philadelphia who worked with Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1949. He later recorded with Miles Davis on albums like 'Giant...
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Philly Joe Jones was a drummer from Philadelphia who worked with Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1949. He later recorded with Miles Davis on albums like 'Giant Steps' in 1960.
He's best known for the song 'You Talk Too Much,' which he recorded with the Jazz Messengers in 1957. The track had lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. and became something of a standard.
Jones also played on Wes Montgomery's 'The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery' in 1959 and Cedar Walton's 'The New Wine' in 1967. He kept performing into his later years.
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