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.- Uncivilized Poise with AKA Alias
- Pouring My Heart In with the Brad Jones Quartet
- The Embodiment with AKA Alias
- Avant Lounge with Avant Lounge
As sideman
With Muhal Richard Abrams
- Blu Blu Blu
- Family Talk
- Think All, Focus One
- Song for All
with Ray Anderson and Marty Ehrlich
With Noël Akchoté
With Lucian Ban
With Don Byron
- Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
- Love, Peace, and Soul
With George Cartwright
With Ornette Coleman
With Elvis Costello
With Dave Douglas
- Freak In
- Keystone
- Moonshine
- Spark of Being
With Francis Dunnery
With Carlos Garnett
- Resurgence
- Fuego en Mi Alma
- Under Nubian Skies
With The Jazz Passengers
- Broken Night Red Light
- Deranged & Decomposed
- Implement Yourself
- Live at the Knitting Factory
- Plain Old Joe
- In Love
- Individually Twisted
- "Live" in Spain
- Reunited
- Still Life with Trouble
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
- Requiem for What's His Name
- Shoe String Symphonettes
- The Prosthetic Cubans
- ¡Muy Divertido!
With Roswell Rudd
With Jamie Saft
- Chaliwa as New Zion Trio
- Sunshine Seas as New Zion with Cyro Baptista
- Blue Dream
- Hidden Corners
With Elliott Sharp
- Aggregat
- Quintet
- Dialectrical
With Vibes: Bill Ware and E.J. Rodriguez
- Vibes
- With Drawn
- Liebe Tunina
- Vibes 4
With Bill Ware
- Long and Skinny
- Played Right
With John Zorn