Eldon T. Jones

$30 TICKETS | ALL AGES

Saxophonist Eldon T Jones is one of Portland’s best saxophone players of jazz, gospel, and soul music. Eldon moves hearts through his profoundly genuine playing and an infectious groove jazz style he honed in Portland before becoming a nationally recognized contemporary jazz artist and electrifying festival performer. Grover Washington, Jr., Wilton Felder (Crusaders), and Kirk Whalum inspired Eldon's playing style. Eldon’s band has opened for Earth, Wind & Fire and Tower of Power, receiving glowing praise from both groups. In 2021, Jones released his first single as a solo artist, “T’s Jam,” which peaked at #54 on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 100. The success of “T’s Jam” caught the attention of producer Darren Rahn who signed Jones to Side 2 Music. Rahn produced Jones’s next singles “Captured by Love”, “Sweet Serenity”, and “Rip City”.

Eldon T Jones has appeared on the nationally televised BET Jazz. He has performed with Grammy award-winning singer Yolanda Adams, legendary jazz bassists Leroy Vinegar and Gerald Veasley, the “Godfather of Portland Jazz” drummer Mel Brown, saxophonists Najee, Darren Rahn, and David Pack from Ambrosia, trumpeter Farnell Newton, singer/songwriter Morris Chapman, guitarist Gregory Goodloe, pianists Jayson Tipp of Under the Lake, Ben Tankard, and Darrell Grant, and vocalist LaRhonda Steele. Jones has recorded with guitarist Walter Finch, children’s artist Red Yarn, singers Ronnie Wright and Alonzo Chadwick, and saxophonist Kevin Moore. He has performed at Jazz Alley (Seattle), Yoshi’s (Oakland), Spaghettini (LA), Dazzle (Denver), and Portland venues Jimmy Mak’s, the Alberta Rose Theatre, Jack London Revue, and Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

He has performed at The Roots Picnic, Capital Jazz Fest, PDX Jazz Festival, Waterfront Blues Festival, Vanport Jazz Festival, Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, Portland Rose Festival, Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival, Jazz at the Oxford (Bend), Jazz in Hot Springs, Festival Sundiata (Seattle), Sax in the City (Buffalo), Sunday on Jazz (Walla Walla), Oak Harbor Music Festival, and the Jazz and Oyster Festival.