Music and spirituality have always been intertwined in the artistic vision of trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and activist Sean Jones.
After a six-month stint with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis offered him a permanent position as lead trumpeter of the ensemble, a post he held from 2004 until 2010. In 2015, Jones was tapped to become a member of the SFJAZZ Collective.
Jones has been prominently featured in recordings and performances with many major figures in jazz, including Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Gerald Wilson and Marcus Miller. Jones is an internationally recognized educator.
He is president of the Jazz Education Network and holds the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Baltimore. In addiiton, he is artistic director for the NYO JAZZ Program of Carnegie Hall. Previously, he served as chair of the brass department at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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