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’ journey began in earnest as he played trumpet in Lionel Hampton’s band at age 19 and expanded as he worked alongside legendary jazz figures like Dizzy Gillespie. By the 1960s ...

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 ...