Arthur Jones (1940 – 1998) was an American Free Jazz alto saxophonist known for his highly energetic but warm tones. Jones was born in

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, USA, and played for several years in a Rock and Roll band. After discovering music by

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and

Eric Dolphy Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gai ...

, he started appearing on the New York scene, playing in Frank Wright's group, where he took part in the recording of ''

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'' (1967). He then also worked with

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. In 1968, he was a member of

Sunny Murray James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Biography Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...

's Acoustical Swing Unit, with which he went to

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in 1969 and where he recorded two volumes of an album called ''Africanasia'' (part 1 and part 2) as the band leader with most of the musicians from the

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. He also made numerous other recordings for

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with Coursil,

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, or

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. He died in New York City, USA.

Discography

*1969: ''Africanasia'' (

) with

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, et al. (recorded during August 1969) *1971: '' Scorpio'' (BYG Actuel) with bassist

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and drummer Claude Delcloo

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/ref> (recorded during August 1969)

As sideman

*1967: ''

'' – Frank Wright (

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) *1969: ''

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'' –

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(BYG Actuel) *1969: ''

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'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1969: '' Ketchaoua'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1969: ''

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'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1969: ''

Way Ahead ''Way Ahead'' (originally released as ''Way Head'') is an album by trumpeter and composer Jacques Coursil. It was recorded at Studio Saravah in Paris in July 1969, and was released later that year by BYG Records as part of their Actuel series. On t ...

'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1969: ''

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'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1969: ''Aquariana'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1971: ''

Black Suite ''Black Suite'' is an album by trumpeter and composer Jacques Coursil. It was recorded in Paris in June 1969, and was released in 1971 by BYG Records as part of their Actuel series. On the album, Coursil is joined by saxophonist Arthur Jones, cont ...

'' –

(BYG Actuel) *1975: ''

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'' –

(

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) *2005: ''

The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings ''The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings'' is a two-CD compilation album by saxophonist Frank Wright. Issued by ESP-Disk in 2005, it contains two studio albums released by the label during the 1960s: ''Frank Wright Trio'', recorded in 1965 and issued i ...

'' – Frank Wright (ESP-Disk)

References

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