Philly Joe Jones was an American jazz drummer, one of the defining drummers of hard bop and modern jazz. He was a key member of Miles Davis’s first great quintet.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in the Miles Davis Quintet recordings from 1955 and 1956, with John Coltrane, Red Garland and Paul Chambers.

Jones’s drumming combined crackling swing, rhythmic wit and a fiercely conversational approach to ensemble playing.

His page is essential for the jazz strand. Philly Joe gives the catalogue a snare-drum grin with thunder hidden in the wrists.