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My Take
Rodney Jones humbles me with his resume of collaborators alone: Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Chico Hamilton, Jaki Byard. To hold your own beside giants like that is its own kind of mastery. A New Haven native fluent in modern quartal harmony, he's a thinking man's guitarist who now passes the craft along on the Juilliard faculty, and his 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship proves he's still evolving. I have a soft spot for musicians who become teachers as well as players. His sound favors depth over flash, the kind of flavor that keeps revealing itself. This is music I'd happily sit with for hours.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rodney Jones
- Name (Japanese)
- ロドニー・ジョーンズ
- Reading
- ろどにー・じょーんず
- Born
- August 30, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Occupation
- jazz musician / jazz guitarist / musician / composer / bassist
2. Background
- University
- City College of New York
Awards & achievements
- 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Rodney Jones born?
Born August 30, 1956 (age 69).
Where is Rodney Jones from?
Rodney Jones is from New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
What does Rodney Jones do?
Rodney Jones works as jazz musician, jazz guitarist, musician, composer, bassist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.