Willie Jones, III
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Willie Jones III is a jazz drummer
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He has played, toured, and/or recorded with Horace Silver
, Roy Hargrove
, Arturo Sandoval
, on the Grammy-winning album Hot House (1998), Hank Jones
and Herbie Hancock
.
His group Black Note
released several albums in the 1990s.
Jazz drumming
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz-rock fusion and 1980s-era latin jazz...
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He has played, toured, and/or recorded with Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
, Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
Roy Anthony Hargrove is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997, and in 2002...
, Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
, on the Grammy-winning album Hot House (1998), Hank Jones
Hank Jones
Henry "Hank" Jones was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award...
and Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
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His group Black Note
Black Note
Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, for the labels Columbia Records, Impulse! Records, Red Records and World Stage.They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.-Members:...
released several albums in the 1990s.