This is music with that ... ATLANTA—Turnaround Records, together with highly acclaimed jazz trumpeter Melvin Jones, proudly announces the release of Jones' first solo album entitled 'Pivot.' A ...

His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, working with the ...

Jones' influence on modern music is unmatched. After starting his career as a jazz trumpet player, he quickly rose to become one of the most sought-after producers and arrangers of his time.

Having immersed himself as a teen in jazz's bandleader era, Quincy Jones credited one instrument with ending its rigid ...

Jones was the hand behind many of pop and jazz hits. Winning an astonishing 28 Grammy Awards throughout his career, he rose from a scrappy teen jazz trumpeter on the New York City club circuit to ...