Brad Jones (bassist)


Bradley Christopher Jones is an American jazz bassist who performs on both bass guitar and double-bass.
Jones started on drums as a child and first began playing bass guitar at age 12. At age 18 he added double bass, studying under Lisle Atkinson, and he took a bachelor's degree in music education at Jersey City State College in 1986. In the late 1980s he worked regularly with Dave Tronzo and Jim Nolet, and played in the Jazz Passengers and in groups led by Marc Ribot.
In the 1990s he worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Elvin Jones, Ornette Coleman, Carlos Garnett, Mark Taylor, Kazutoki Umezu, Misha Mengelberg, and Han Bennink.
He has led the groups AKA Alias featuring Curtis Fowlkes and David Gilmore, the Brad Jones Quartet with Greg Tardy and more recently Avant Lounge with Bruce Williams, Barney McAll, Bill Ware and Nate Smith.

Discographyhttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/brad-jones-mn0002876572/credits AllMusic: Brad Jones - credits, accessed December 10, 2019

With Muhal Richard Abrams
with Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich
With Noël Akchoté
With Lucian Ban
With Don Byron
With George Cartwright
With Ornette Coleman
With Elvis Costello
With Dave Douglas
With Francis Dunnery
With Carlos Garnett
With The Jazz Passengers
With Elvin Jones
With Sean Lennon
With Dave Liebman
With David Mead
With Misha Mengelberg
With Allison Moorer
With Max Nagl
With Roy Nathanson
With Jim Nolet
With Bobby Previte
With Chuck Prophet
With Marc Ribot
With Roswell Rudd
With Jamie Saft
With Elliott Sharp
With Vibes: Bill Ware and E.J. Rodriguez
With Bill Ware
With John Zorn