Isham Jones Orchestra

The Isham Jones Orchestra was an American dance band led by saxophonist and bandleader Isham Jones from 1920 to 1938. The group favored smooth, arranged dance-band textures that incorporated early jazz and emerging swing elements, with a focus on reed-led melodies and melodic songwriting. Active across the 1920s and 1930s, the orchestra is associated with the period when popular dance music was moving toward the larger big band sound.