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Noone worked steadily in Chicago throughout the Thirties. A young Joe Williams was in Noone's band in the late Thirties, but they never recorded together. Noone also played with Kid Ory's band in California.
Jimmie Noone is considered one of the best clarinetists of the Twenties. His style differs from the other two great New Orleans clarinet players, Johnny Dodds and Sidney Bechet, because of his smoother, more romantic tone. Noone's style was a major influence on the Swing music of the 1930's and 1940's. Growing up in New Orleans Jimmie took clarinet lessons from Lorenzo Tio, Jr. and Sidney Bechet (Bechet was thirteen years old at the time). Noone went on to play with Freddie Keppard in the Olympia Band, then in 1917 he followed Freddie to Chicago to join his Original Creole Orchestra. After it broke up the following year he became a member of King Oliver's band. In 1920 he joined Doc Cooke's Dreamland Orchestra and played with that band for the next six years. In 1927 Jimmie started leading a band at the Apex Club in Chicago, and in 1928 he was joined by pianist Earl 'Fatha' Hines and recorded for Vocalion.