# Rodney Jones (guitarist)

Rodney Jones (born August 30, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist who worked with Jaki Byard, Chico Hamilton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lena Horne and as a bandleader. He is cited as a jazz guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. Jones is a faculty member at Juilliard.

## Discography

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Bandcamp.

### As leader

* The Liberation of Contemporary Jazz Guitar (Strata-East, 1977)
* Articulation (Timeless, 1978)
* When You Feel the Love (Timeless, 1981)
* Friends (1981)
* My Funny Valentine (Timeless, 1983)
* The Unspoken Heart (Minor Music, 1992)
* The "X" Field (MusicMasters, 1996)
* Right Now (Minor Music, 1996)
* The Undiscovered Few (Blue Note, 1999)
* Soul Manifesto (Blue Note, 2001)
* Soul Manifesto Live! (Savant, 2003)
* Dreams and Stories (Savant, 2005)
* A Thousand Small Things (18th & Vine, 2009)

### As sideman

With Ruth Brown
* Blues On Broadway (Fantasy, 1989)
* Fine and Mellow (Fantasy, 1992)
* The Songs of My Life (Victor, 1993)
* R+B=Ruth Brown (Bullseye Blues, 1997)
With Lena Horne
* We'll Be Together Again (Blue Note, 1994)
* An Evening with (Blue Note, 1995)
* Being Myself (Blue Note, 1998)
With Jimmy McGriff
* You Ought to Think About Me (Headfirst, 1990)
* Right Turn On Blue (Telarc, 1994)
* McGriff's Blues (K-Tel, 1994)
* Straight Up (Milestone, 1998)
* McGriff's House Party (Milestone, 2000)
* McGriff Avenue (Milestone, 2002)
With Maceo Parker
* Roots Revisited (Minor Music, 1990)
* Mo' Roots (Verve, 1991)
* Life on Planet Groove (Minor Music, 1992)
* Southern Exposure (Minor Music, 1993)
* Roots Revisited: The Bremen Concert (Minor Music, 2015)
With Lucky Peterson
* Organ Soul Sessions: Brother Where Are You? (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
* Organ Soul Sessions: Mercy (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
* Organ Soul Sessions: The Music Is the Magic (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
* Organ Soul Sessions (Universal/EmArcy, 2009)
With others
* Brian Culbertson, 20 Anniversary Tour (Oakland, 2015)
* Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Get Ready (Mack Avenue, 2007)
* Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker, Work to Do (Mack Avenue, 2009)
* Ernestine Anderson, Love Makes the Changes (HighNote, 2003)
* Victor Bailey, Bottom's Up (Atlantic, 1989)
* Hamiet Bluiett, Makin' Whoopee (Mapleshade, 1997)
* Ray Brown, Blues for Jazzo (Prevue, 1998)
* Ray Brown, Moonlight in Vermont (Prevue, 1998)
* Kenny Burrell, Generation (Blue Note, 1987)
* Kenny Burrell, Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1988)
* Ann Hampton Callaway, Signature (N-Coded Music, 2002)
* James Carter, Present Tense (EmArcy, 2008)
* Regina Carter, Rhythms of the Heart (Verve, 1999)
* Keyshia Cole, 11:11 Reset (Epic, 2017)
* Larry Coryell, Sketches of Coryell (Shanachie, 1996)
* Noah Creshevsky, The Twilight of the Gods (Tzadik, 2010)
* Noah Creshevsky, The Four Seasons (Tzadik, 2013)
* Charles Earland, Coming to You Live (Columbia, 1980)
* Eliane Elias, Everything I Love (Blue Note, 1999)
* Pee Wee Ellis, Sepia Tonality (Minor Music, 1994)
* Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy's Party (Pablo, 1976)
* Chico Hamilton, Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976)
* Donald Harrison, Free to Be (Impulse!, 1999)
* Vincent Herring, American Experience (MusicMasters, 1990)
* Jennifer Holliday, The Song Is You (Shanachie, 2013)
* Dave Koz, At the Movies (Capitol, 2007)
* Carmen Lundy, Night and Day (CBS/Sony, 1987)
* Gloria Lynne, This One's On Me (HighNote, 1998)
* Christian McBride, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue, 2017)
* Houston Person, The Opening Round (Savant, 1997)
* Houston Person, I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote, 2019)
* Irene Reid, Movin' Out (Savant, 2003)
* Irene Reid, Thanks to You (Savant, 2004)
* Hilton Ruiz, El Camino (Novus, 1988)
* Hilton Ruiz, Strut (Novus, 1989)
* Lonnie Smith, Too Damn Hot (Palmetto, 2004)
* Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life (Blue Note, 2007)
* Akira Tana, Secret Agent Men (Sons of Sound, 2002)
* Frankie Valli, Romancing the '60s (Universal Motown, 2007)
* Fred Wesley, Comme Ci Comme Ca (Minor Music, 1991)
* Reuben Wilson, Azure Te (18th & Vine, 2009)