1960 · The Soul Society
Sam Jones served in Cannonball Adderley's quintet (1955-56 and 1959-64) and recorded his debut leader date The Soul Society for Riverside. He later anchored the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1966 to 1970.
Library — Double Bass
Sam Jones
1 album as leader and 18 as sideman (1958–2021), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 1
As Sideman · 18
Notes on these albums · 6
1958 · Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
— Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998
Bill Evans
Philly Joe Jones1958 · Somethin' Else
In 1955, Cannonball Adderley moved to New York only to start a graduate program in music education, not a music career. He sat in at a club one night, the room lit up, and within weeks he had a record deal — cutting his debut album, Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, before he'd even settled into school.
1962 · Letter From Home
By 1989 George Benson was known for pop and R&B hits, but Tenderly was an acoustic standards date. The drum chair went to Louis Hayes, a hard bop drummer who had been working the same way since the late 1950s.
1975 · Eastern Rebellion
Billy Higgins anchored Blue Note's hard-bop peak on Herbie Hancock's Takin' Off (1962) and Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder (1964). He's also credited on the 2021 release Deciphering the Message, built from vintage Blue Note tape — two decades after his death in 2001.
2021 · Deciphering the Message
The bass intro that defines Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (1970) wasn't Hubbard's — bassist Ron Carter invented it on the spot because Freddie never brought the part. "Luckily, the right note hit at the right time," Carter said. The hook that became the song's signature was an improvisation forced by a missing chart.
— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-freddie-hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Ron Carter