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Willie Jones III

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William Jones Jr. (October 20, 1929 – April 1991) was a jazz drummer.Kernfeld, Barry "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.
Jones was born in New York on October 20, 1929. He mainly... more

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