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Philly Joe Jones was often confused with another influential jazz drummer, Jo Jones. The two died only a few days apart from each other.
In 1947 he became the house drummer at Café Society in New York City, where he played with the leading bebop players of the day. The most important influence on Jones among them was Tadd Dameron. Jones toured and recorded with Miles Davis Quintet from 1955 to 1958 — a band that became known as "The Quintet".Miles also acknowledged that Jones was his favorite drummer (in fact, in his autobiography, Davis admitted to asking other drummers to play that "Philly Joe lick", with mixed results). He organized the Davis Quintet in 1955 so that he and Davis would not have difficulties finding competent local musicians to play with them.
From 1958 onwards he worked as a leader, but continued to work as a sideman with other musicians, including Bill Evans and Hank Mobley. Evans also openly admitted that Philly Joe was his all-time favorite drummer. For two years (1967-69) he taught at a specially organised school in Hampstead, London, but was prevented from otherwise working in the UK by the Musicians' Union.
From 1981 he helped to found the group Dameronia, dedicated to the music of the composer Tadd Dameron, and led it until his death. he plays in 2 movies
As leader
1957: The Joe Jones Special - Jazztone
1958: Blues for Dracula (Riverside Records)
1959: Drums Around the World: Philly Joe Jones Big Band Sounds (Riverside)
1959: Showcase (Riverside, with Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Pepper Adams)
1960: Philly Joe's Beat - Atlantic
1964: Together!
1968: Mo' Joe - Black Lion
1968: My Fire - Prestige
1977: Mean What You Say - Sonet
1977: Philly Mignon - Galaxy
1978: Drum Songs - Galaxy
1979: Advance! - Galaxy
1981: Octet - Marge
1982: To Tadd with Love - Uptown
As sideman
With Miles Davis
Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
'Round About Midnight (1957)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
Milestones (1958)
Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
With others
Clifford Brown - Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953)
J.R. Monterose - J. R. Monterose (1956; Blue Note)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956; Riverside)
Bennie Green- Bennie Green with Art Farmer (1956)
Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time (1957; Blue Note)
John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957; Blue Note)
Joe Castro - Mood Jazz (1957; Atlantic)
Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957; Riverside)
Clark Terry - In Orbit (1958; Riverside)
Jimmy Smith - Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958; Blue Note)
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958; Riverside Records)
Blue Mitchell - Big 6 (1958; Riverside)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958; Blue Note)
Freddie Hubbard - Goin' Up (1960; Blue Note)
Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling... (1961; Blue Note)
Blue Mitchell - Smooth as the Wind (1961; Riverside)
Hank Mobley - Another Workout (1961; Blue Note)
Bill Evans - California Here I Come (1967; Verve)
Archie Shepp - Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones - (1969; America)
Red Garland - Keystones! (1977; Xanadu Records)
