ArtistInfo

Isham Jones Orchestra

Band,
Jazz and Pop

Isham Jones founded his orchestra at the end of the second decade of the 20th century and recorded numerous records in the 1920's and 1930's, of which Ma / Wabash Blues was one of the most successful. One of the most talented musicians, Woody Herman, had his early period as musician in this orchestra. The band was dissolved in mid 1936 and a 'soft' and a 'hot' fraction of the groups survived and continued the tradition of the orchestra. The hot fraction was later known as Woody Herman And His Orchestra and stayed active until the 1980's.

Members

	Woody Herman cl, as 1913-1987 US
	Pee Wee Erwin tr 1913-1981 US
	Jack Jenney tb 1910-1945 US
	Gordon Jenkins p 1910-1984 US
	Frank Carlson dr, perc *1914
	Victor Young vn 1900-1956 US
	Neil Reid tb US
	Isham Jones sax, b 1894-1956 US
	Walt Yoder b *1914 US
	Clarence Willard tr US
	Joe Bishop fh 1907-1974 US
	Tommy Linehan p US
	George Thow tr, voc US
	Kermit Simmons tr US
	Chelsea Quealey tr 1905-1950 US
	Saxie Mansfield ts, sax US
	Nick Hupfer vn US