David "Davey" Jones (ca. 1888, Lutcher, Louisiana - 1956, Los Angeles) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, melophonist, teacher and arranger. Jones played with the in his hometown of Lutcher in 1910, then played in Storyville in the middle of the decade. He worked on the S.S. Capitol with Fate Marable from 1918-1921. In fact, Davey joined Marable's band at the same time as Louis Armstrong and taught the 17-year-old how to read sheet music. Jones played with King Oliver in California in 1921, and then worked in St. Louis, Missouri with R.Q. Dickerson's Record Breakers in 1922. Following this he and Dickerson found work in 's Bostonians, remaining in this ensemble after took over and led the group for a residency at the Cotton Club in New York City. This group recorded as the Cotton Cl