Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon (February 2, 1920 – July 1987) was an American jazz bassist. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 2, 1920 (Los Angeles), Died July 1, 1987
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 86791 | 9/3/1954 | Private hell 36 | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86792 | 9/3/1954 | Havana interlude | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86793 | 9/3/1954 | Easy mood | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86794 | 9/3/1954 | Daddy long legs | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86795 | 9/3/1954 | Joshua | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86796 | 9/3/1954 | Lilli | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86797 | 9/3/1954 | Dance of the Lilliputian | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 86798 | 9/3/1954 | Private blues | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5234 | 12/2/1949 | Sitting by the window | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5235 | 12/2/1949 | Just for old times | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5236 | 12/2/1949 | By the waters of Minnetonka | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5237 | 12/2/1949 | Crew cut | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5349 | 1/24/1950 | Bamboo | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5350 | 1/24/1950 | One! Two! Three! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5351 | 1/24/1950 | Stormy weather march | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5352 | 1/24/1950 | Carioca | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5397 | 2/20/1950 | Smoke gets in your eyes | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5398 | 2/20/1950 | Night and day | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5399 | 2/20/1950 | All the things you are | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5400 | 2/20/1950 | Stardust | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5419 | 3/9/1950 | Blue skies | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5420 | 3/9/1950 | Dancing in the dark | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5423 | 3/10/1950 | This can't be love | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5424 | 3/10/1950 | What is this thing called love? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5425 | 3/10/1950 | Desert serenade | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5499 | 4/5/1950 | Home cookin' | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5500 | 4/5/1950 | Crazy she calls me | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5501 | 4/5/1950 | In the mood | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5575 | 4/25/1950 | Cry, cry, cry | Mildred Bailey | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5576 | 4/25/1950 | Blue prelude | Mildred Bailey | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5707 | 6/27/1950 | You wonderful you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5708 | 6/27/1950 | Dig-dig-dig dig for your dinner | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5709 | 6/27/1950 | Re-stringing the pearls (A ball of twine) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5775 | 7/31/1950 | Honestly, I love you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5776 | 7/31/1950 | I don't care if the sun don't shine | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5777 | 7/31/1950 | Vagabond shoes | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5778 | 7/31/1950 | No other love-1 | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5783 | 8/15/1950 | Farewell blues | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5794 | 8/23/1950 | And you'll be home | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5795 | 8/25/1950 | Where do I go from you? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5796 | 8/25/1950 | Accidents will happen | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5799 | 8/25/1950 | The spirit is willing | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5800 | 8/25/1950 | Off limits (Passage interdit) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5801 | 8/25/1950 | Minuet in G | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5939 | 12/6/1950 | Music by the angels | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5940 | 12/6/1950 | Would I love you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5941 | 12/6/1950 | Dear! Dear! Dear! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5942 | 12/6/1950 | Say it with your kisses | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5957 | 12/15/1950 | Circus | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5958 | 12/15/1950 | Holiday for strings | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5959 | 12/15/1950 | Begin the beguine | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6432 | 9/13/1951 | Balboa | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6433 | 9/13/1951 | Fugue for tinhorns | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6434 | 9/13/1951 | Mr. Pessimist | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6435 | 9/13/1951 | The grabber | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6533 | 11/26/1951 | Baby doll | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6534 | 11/26/1951 | What does it take? | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6535 | 11/26/1951 | Lady bug | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6536 | 11/26/1951 | Lazy day | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6597 | 1/17/1952 | I'll always be following you | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6598 | 1/17/1952 | I wanna love you | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6599 | 1/17/1952 | [Unknown title(s)] | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6600 | 1/17/1952 | (Me with) Mambo on my mind | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6605 | 1/17/1952 | Blacksmith blues | Sonny Burke Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8379 | 5/3/1955 | Hard hearted Hannah (The vamp of Savannah) | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8380 | 5/3/1955 | Pete Kelly's blues | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8381 | 5/3/1955 | Ella hums the blues | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9403 | 7/19/1956 | Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 1: Nostalgia | Franz Waxman and Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9404 | 7/19/1956 | Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 2: Song | Franz Waxman and Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9405 | 7/19/1956 | Three sketches for jazz orchestra: Part 3: Blues | Franz Waxman and Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9406 | 7/19/1956 | Theme, variations and fugato for jazz orchestra | Franz Waxman and Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9805 | 1/18/1957 | Wild and crazy | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9806 | 1/18/1957 | Central Park-4 A.M. | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9807 | 1/18/1957 | Blues at five | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9808 | 1/18/1957 | The poor people of Brazil | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9851 | 2/11/1957 | Smooth | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9852 | 2/11/1957 | Return of the man | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9853 | 2/11/1957 | Exotica | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 9854 | 2/11/1957 | Just a little jazz | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 10343 | 7/5/1957 | Hop, skip but jump | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 10344 | 7/5/1957 | Lament in five | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 10345 | 7/5/1957 | Jubilation | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 10346 | 7/5/1957 | Nightcap | Elmer Bernstein | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 11358 | 2/11/1959 | M-Squad theme | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 11359 | 2/11/1959 | Peter Gunn | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 11360 | 2/11/1959 | The thin man | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 11361 | 2/11/1959 | Perry Mason theme | Leith Stevens Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mondragon, Joe," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/332172.
Mondragon, Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/332172.
"Mondragon, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Mondragon, Joe - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91090350
Wikidata: Joe Mondragon - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1691539
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MusicBrainz: Joe Mondragon - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a73b7e00-98f6-438a-b1ae-fbaa05d556ac
ISNI: 0000 0000 5513 7347 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055137347
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