Darryl Jones

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Darryl Jones

| image = Darryljones.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|12|11}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| genre = Rock, blues-rock, jazz fusion, reggae, Pop

| occupation = Bassist

| years_active = 1980–present

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Stone Raiders|The Dead Daisies}}

| website = {{URL|darryljones.com}}

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Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bassist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others.

Career

Darryl Jones was born on December 11, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, on the city's south side.{{cite news |last1=Jisi |first1=Chris |title=Darryl Jones: Like A Rolling Stone |url=https://www.abasses.com/darryljones/bassplayer.htm |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=Bass Player |date=January 1995}} His father was a drummer and his mother frequently listened to soul music on the radio.{{cite news |last1=Knopper |first1=Steve |title=Darryl Jones, this time around, gets to play bass his own way |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-daryl-jones-0309-story.html |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=chicagotribune.com |date=8 March 2008}}

When Jones was seven, his father taught him how to play the drums and xylophone.{{cite news |last1=Behr |first1=Felix |title=Darryl Jones Was The Rolling Stones' Forgotten Bassist. Here's What We Know About Him |url=https://www.grunge.com/234911/darryl-jones-was-the-rolling-stones-forgotten-bassist-heres-what-we-know-about-him/ |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=Grunge.com |date=10 August 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Chun |first1=Rene |title=AT LUNCH WITH DARRYL JONES; Complete Unknown And Rolling Stone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/28/style/at-lunch-with-darryl-jones-complete-unknown-and-rolling-stone.html |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=28 December 1994}} When he was nine, he saw his neighbour Angus Thomas playing bass in a school talent show, which inspired him to switch to bass.{{cite news |last1=Stokes |first1=Robbie |title=Robbie Stokes: A tale of 2 great bassists, who came up in the '80s Carbondale scene |url=https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/music/column-robbie-stokes-a-tale-of-2-great-bassists-who-came-up-in-the-80s/article_2370d226-11b1-5e13-be80-0a6dac004d55.html |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=The Southern |date=12 September 2019 |language=en }}{{cite news |last1=Goldsher |first1=Alan |title=Darryl Jones Stone Unturned |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/darryl-jones-stone/Jul-05/11380 |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=Bass Player |date=July 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226220243/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/darryl-jones-stone/Jul-05/11380 |archive-date=26 December 2007}} He began studying under Thomas, Within a year, he performed with his brother at the next school talent show.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Darryl |title=Biography |url=https://darryljones.com/biography/ |website=darryljones.com |access-date=24 August 2021}} His mother would drive him to gigs. After completing the music course at Chicago Vocational High School at 17, Jones started playing on Chicago music scene, playing alongside Vincent Wilburn Jr., Matthew Rose, and Perry Wilson. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

In 1985, he became a member of Sting's first solo band with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, and Omar Hakim.{{cite news |last1=Wawzenek |first1=Bryan |title=When the Rolling Stones Got a New Bass Player |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/darryl-jones-joins-stones/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 March 2016 |language=en}} With Sting he recorded the albums Dream of the Blue Turtles and Bring On the Night, and featured in the documentary of the band's formation and touring, also titled Bring On the Night.

File:Keith Richards mit Darryl Jones und Bobby Keys.jpg

In 1993, Jones auditioned to join the Rolling Stones after bassist Bill Wyman retired. He succeeded, touring with them in 1994. Jones has toured and recorded with the band since then.{{cite news |title=Darryl Jones: The unknown Stone |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38135674 |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=BBC News |agency=BBC |date=30 November 2016}}

He is working on a documentary about himself with Eric Hamburg.{{cite news |last1=McIver |first1=Joel |title=Darryl Jones: "The Rolling Stones are pretty cool about letting me play what I want - they trust that I'll find the essence of the songs" |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/darryl-jones-the-rolling-stones-are-pretty-cool-about-letting-me-play-what-i-want-they-trust-that-ill-find-the-essence-of-the-songs |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=Bass Player |publisher=Guitar World |date=3 July 2020 |language=en}}