Volume 210: Jonah Style

Welcome to season five.

We start out 2025 with a trumpet player you’ve heard twice before. This is the last of his records in my dad’s collection.

When I first came across him, 165 episodes ago, I realized quickly that I had been missing out on listening to another great trumpet player in my youth. His previous episodes are on my play-often list.

The arrangements on this record call for his playing to be smooth and lyrical, but we know he had a famous solo that was brash and beautiful.

So, get ready to hear from a musician who was the jokester of the Cab Calloway orchestra for over a decade in Volume 210: Jonah Style.

More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. 

Here's the promised link: Read the Jonah Jones New York Time Obituary. 

Credits and copyrights

The Jonah Jones Quartet – Great Instrumental Hits Styled By Jonah Jones Label: Capitol Records – T1557, Capitol Records – T-1557 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1961 Genre: Jazz Style: Swing, Easy Listening

Bass – John Brown Drums – George Foster Piano – Teddy Brannon

We’ll hear 7 of the 12 songs on the album.

The Poor People Of Paris Written-By – Marguerite Monnot, and Rene Rouzard

Dansero Written-By – Lee Daniels, Richard Hayman, and Sol Parker

The Third Man Theme Written-By – Anton Karas, and Walter Lord

Lisbon Antigua Written-By – Paul Portela

Soft Summer Breeze Written-By – Eddie Heywood, and Judy Spencer

Serenata Written-By – Leroy Anderson

Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Written-By – Louiguy (real name Louis Guglielmi)

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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