Originally from Richmond, Indiana, Harold Jones is one of the legends of the straight ahead style of big band drumming. You've heard his drumming - he's played, toured and recorded with artists like:

Count Basie, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Sarah Vaughan, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Cohn, Benny Carter, Natalie Cole, Hoagy Carmichael, Benny Carter, B.B. King, Scott Hamilton, Marian McPartland, Paul Winter, Luther Vandross, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Marlena Shaw, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Cosby, Nancy Wilson, Billy Eckstine, Carmen McRae, The Mills Brothers, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Harry James Orchestra, Benny Carter, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Griffin, Ira Sullivan, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, James Moody, Benny Goodman, Joe Williams, Roger Williams, John Lee Hooker, Roosevelt Sykes, Ray Charles, Kay Starr, and many others.

He has also recorded with Sammy Nestico, and is featured on the famous Count Basie album, "Warm Breeze."

In 2001 Harold Jones was on the staff for the Henry Mancini Institute at the University of California in Los Angeles, and performed on Quincy Jones' new CD, "Basie and Beyond" and Robbie Williams' "Swing When You're Winning."

Currently, Harold Jones can be seen on tour with Tony Bennett, and leading drumming workshops at colleges and unversities throughout the country.