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Willie Jones (pianist)
Willie Jones may refer to: Sports *Willie Jones (American football) (born 1957), former American football player with the Oakland Raiders *Willie Jones (third baseman) (1925–1983), American Major League Baseball player * Willie Jones (catcher) (1902–?), American Negro leagues baseball player *Willie Jones (basketball player) (born 1936), former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons * Willie Jones (basketball coach), American college basketball coach for North Carolina A&T * Willie Jones (cricketer) (1916–1996), Welsh cricketer *Hutch Jones (Willie D. Jones, born 1959), former NBA player for the San Diego Clippers Music *Willie Jones (drummer) (1929–1991), American drummer * Willie Jones III (born 1968), American musician and drummer *Willie Jones (blues singer) (born 1936), American blues singer * Willie Jones (pianist) (1920–1977), American pianist and bandleader Other *Willie Jones (statesman) (1740–1801), North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress See also *W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (American Football)
Willie Lorenzo Jones (born November 22, 1957) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. Jones was inducted into the Florida State Seminoles Hall of Fame in 1988. College career Jones played college football at Florida State University from 1975 to 1978. During his career he recorded 20 sacks and was an All-American as a senior. He was the defensive MVP of the 1977 Tangerine Bowl and MVP of the 1979 Senior Bowl. Professional career Jones was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft. He played three years for the team from 1979 to 1981 and led the team in sacks as a rookie with 10. He was also a member of the Raiders Super Bowl XV victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. Personal Married to Tarralyn Jones, CEO TJ's Designs & Events, 2x breast cancer survivor, brain tumor survivor, motivatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (blues Singer)
Willie Jones may refer to: Sports *Willie Jones (American football) (born 1957), former American football player with the Oakland Raiders *Willie Jones (third baseman) (1925–1983), American Major League Baseball player * Willie Jones (catcher) (1902–?), American Negro leagues baseball player *Willie Jones (basketball player) (born 1936), former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons * Willie Jones (basketball coach), American college basketball coach for North Carolina A&T * Willie Jones (cricketer) (1916–1996), Welsh cricketer *Hutch Jones (Willie D. Jones, born 1959), former NBA player for the San Diego Clippers Music *Willie Jones (drummer) (1929–1991), American drummer * Willie Jones III (born 1968), American musician and drummer * Willie Jones (blues singer) (born 1936), American blues singer * Willie Jones (pianist) (1920–1977), American pianist and bandleader Other *Willie Jones (statesman) (1740–1801), North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jones (other)
William Jones may refer to: Academics * William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725 * William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages * William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages * W. H. S. Jones (William Henry Samuel Jones, 1876–1963), British author, translator and academic Arts and entertainment * William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist * William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe * W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer * Wil Jones (artist) (William Richard Jones, 1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter * William James Jones (born 1975), American actor * William Jones (game designer), American horror fiction writer and game designer Business and industry * William Jones (haberdasher) (die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Jones (other)
Will Jones may refer to: *Will Jones (racing driver) (1889–1972), American racecar driver *Will Jones (baseball) (1896–?), American Negro leagues baseball player *Will Jones (rugby union) (born 1998), Welsh rugby player *Dub Jones (singer) (Will J. Jones, 1928–2000), American singer *Will Jones (died 1922), lynched in Ellaville, Georgia, USA, see Lynching of Will Jones See also *William Jones (other) *Willie Jones (other) *Bill Jones (other) Bill Jones may refer to: Sports *Bill Jones (basketball, born 1914) (1914–2006), American professional basketball player in 1942 and a pioneer of racial integration in the sport * Bill Jones (basketball, born 1936) (1936–2008), American colleg ... * Billy Jones (other) {{hndis, Jones, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (statesman)
Willie Jones (pronounced Wiley Jones, May 25, 1741 – June 18, 1801) was an American planter and statesman from Halifax County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780. His brother Allen Jones was also a delegate to the congress. In 1774, 1775 and 1776, Jones was elected to represent either the county of Halifax or the town of Halifax in the North Carolina Provincial Congress. For a brief time in 1776, as the head of North Carolina's centralized ''Council of Safety,'' he was the head of the state's revolutionary government. Richard Caswell took over after being elected as governor. Thereafter, Jones was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons and the North Carolina Senate. He was elected to the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 but declined to accept his seat. He led the faction that opposed North Carolina's ratification of the Constitution in 1788 because he feared that the national government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (pianist)
Willie Jones may refer to: Sports *Willie Jones (American football) (born 1957), former American football player with the Oakland Raiders *Willie Jones (third baseman) (1925–1983), American Major League Baseball player * Willie Jones (catcher) (1902–?), American Negro leagues baseball player *Willie Jones (basketball player) (born 1936), former NBA player for the Detroit Pistons * Willie Jones (basketball coach), American college basketball coach for North Carolina A&T * Willie Jones (cricketer) (1916–1996), Welsh cricketer *Hutch Jones (Willie D. Jones, born 1959), former NBA player for the San Diego Clippers Music *Willie Jones (drummer) (1929–1991), American drummer * Willie Jones III (born 1968), American musician and drummer *Willie Jones (blues singer) (born 1936), American blues singer * Willie Jones (pianist) (1920–1977), American pianist and bandleader Other *Willie Jones (statesman) (1740–1801), North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress See also *W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones III
Willie Jones III (born June 8, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is a jazz drummer. He has played, toured, and recorded with Horace Silver, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, and Herbie Hancock. He played on Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning album ''Hot House'' (1998). Early life Jones' father, also named Willie Jones, was a pianist, composer and arranger, who moved to Los Angeles from Jacksonville in 1961. By the time Jones was born, his father "was gigging locally and working as a vocal coach for entertainers, including Ann-Margret." Willie Jones III was born on June 8, 1968, in Los Angeles. Jones reported that he wanted to be a jazz musician from the age of seven. Later life and career Jones was one of the founding members of the band Black Note in 1990. Members of this ensemble included, at various times, Ark Sano, Eric Reed, Gilbert Castellanos, James Mahone, Kenneth Crouch, Mark Shelby, and Richard E. Grant. They released several albums. In 1991, Jones began stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (third Baseman)
Willie Edward Jones (August 16, 1925 – October 18, 1983), nicknamed "Puddin' Head", was a professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1947–1959), Cleveland Indians (1959), and Cincinnati Reds (1959–1961). He batted and threw right-handed. In a 15-season career, Jones was a .258 hitter with 190 home runs and 812 runs batted in (RBI) in 1,691 games played. Defensively, he recorded a .963 fielding percentage. Early life Born in Dillon, South Carolina, Jones grew up in and listed Laurel Hill, North Carolina, as his home. Jones went on to serve his country in the United States Navy during World War II. Major league baseball Jones started his major league career with the Phillies in 1947. By 1949, he became the team's starting third baseman, and held that position until 1959. Jones was the top fielding third baseman in the National League (NL) during the 1950s. He led the league in fielding percentage five times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jones (drummer)
William Jones Jr. (October 20, 1929 – April 1991) was a jazz drummer.Kernfeld, Barr"Jones, Willie (William, Jr.)" In Kernfeld, Barry (ed.) ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd edition). Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved May 17, 2014. (Subscription required.) He is known for playing and recording with Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Elmo Hope, and Charles Mingus. Biography Jones was born in New York on October 20, 1929. He mainly taught himself to play the drums, and played left handed.Kelley, Robin (2009) ''Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original''. Simon and Schuster. He played and recorded with pianist Thelonious Monk in 1953, including on the album ''Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins''. This recording, on November 13, was Jones' first. He also appeared with Monk on the television program ''The Tonight Show'', on June 10, 1955. Jones was sideman for another pianist's recording in 1955 – Elmo Hope's ''Meditatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutch Jones
Willie D. "Hutch" Jones (born September 1, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association for the San Diego Clippers for several games at the starts of both the 1982–83 NBA season, 1982–83 and 1983–84 NBA season, 1983–84 seasons before embarking on a seven-year career in Spain and Italy. Jones also played briefly in the Continental Basketball Association over the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons, for the Albuquerque Silvers, Las Vegas/Albuquerque Silvers and for the Wyoming Wildcatters.1984–85 Continental Basketball Association Official Guide & Register, page 237 References 1959 births Living people Albuquerque Silvers players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from Buffalo, New York Buffalo State Bengals men's basketball players CB Girona players CB Gran Canaria players Las Vegas Silvers play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |