Isham Jones

saxophone, piano, conducting, composition · 1894–1956 · Coalton (Ohio)

Born in Coalton (Ohio), Isham Jones led in Chicago one of the most popular dance orchestras of the 1920s, recorded for Brunswick (Wabash Blues, 1921). Composer of It Had to Be You and I'll See You in My Dreams, he retired in 1936 and left his orchestra to Woody Herman.

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Styles

• Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras

Landmark tracks

• It Had to Be You (Isham Jones) (1924)

Sources

• Source

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