Press Releases

Jesse Jones Jr. Live Interview on WPBR 1340 AM with Kimberly Courteau Reel One recorded 6/11/2010 Jesse Jones Jr. and media director Horace Straws discuss "Father of Scat Hop" with Kimberly Courteau Tags: Scat Hop ...

if you have a sound card attached to your computer, and you can run multimedia flashplayer, then you should be hearing the interview I did with Hugh J. Hitchcock on the Tracy Fields show on Monday evening, May 17th 2010, in which we discussed my new record "Father of Scat Hop". This was a fun interview! I hope you enjoy listening to it, it runs about one hour. To view the E-Phonic MP3 Player you will need to have Javascript turned on and have Flash Player 9 or better installed. /wlrn_interview_100517.xml  

(reprinted from http://www.wowmiami.com/miamijazzheritage/index.html) Miami Jazz Heritage is an initiative of the Miami Jazz Museum Miami Jazz Heritage Featured Jazz Jam Video ...

August 24 - 31, 2010  Ischia (Island off of Napoli) Performing with Allan Harris ___________________________________ Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Performing with The Dale Powers Band At the Council Oak Restaurant 7PM - 11P __________________________________ Sunday Sept. 5, 2010 Miami Beach, FL Private performance __________________________________ Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010 The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Performing with The Dale Powers Band At the Council Oak Restaurant 7PM - 11P __________________________________ Thursday Sept. 15, 2010 The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Performing with The Dale Powers Band At the Council Oak Restaurant 7PM - 11P __________________________________ Friday Sept. 17, 2010 Jazz on the Palm/Downtown West Palm Waterfront West Palm Bch., FL 8PM - 10PM The Jesse Jones Jr. Quartet Special Guest: Jazz Vocalist, Yvonne Brown ______________________________________ Friday Sept. 18,...

(the following article appeared in the June 2009 issue of Jazz and Blues Florida, Florida's online guide to Jazz and Blues. You can download the whole publication from their web site) Winning Spins by Bob Weinstock  JESSE JONES JR. NEVER HAD A chance to meet Cannonball Adderley, but the legendary alto saxophonist enormously influenced the Miami native. In fact, Jones, now 65, even coerced his younger brother, Melton, to pick up the trumpet so they could emulate Cannon and his younger brother, Nat, one of the premier hardbop frontlines of the 1950s and ’60s. So it’s fitting that Jones’ new recording, the...

Press Release: It's About Time For Jesse Jones, Jr. Music Wire - December 1996    With all of the publicity and hype (some well-deserved and some not) surrounding such "new lions of jazz" as Christian McBride, Marcus Roberts and...

Jazz Evening Seeks to Raise Funds for Chapman House Miami News - 5/15/85    One of Miami's African American Treasures is expected to receive a major boost...

Jesse Jones Takes No Prisoners! O'Hara's Press - January 1995    Jesse Jones has for some time been regularly featured at O'Hara's varied music program. Jesse Jones has been playing professionally since the late 1960's, mostly in the South Florida area. While serving in the military, however, he spent four years...

Justice and All That Jazz Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel - 5/19/97 Jesse Jones, Jr., is whistling during a break in courtroom action, and the tune is Charlie Parker's Birdland. It is a rare moment of relaxation on an ordinary day in an ordinary courtroom.The scene will switch abruptly to humming efficiency as soon as the judge walks in. ...

Jazz is alive in South Florida and Jesse Jones Jr. is here to prove it. The Miami native is a saxophonist extraordinaire and continues to be on the forefront of a burgeoning jazz renaissance in South Florida. Jesse and his brother, Melton Mustafa, who is one of the great trumpet players of our time has been a running force in music for many years. Jesse Jones Jr. is one of those hidden treasures that you can’t help but to share with the world. Jesse overwhelms you with his infectious positive attitude and dynamic stage presence. Jesse Jones Jr. attended Mississippi Valley...

The tour started on May 21, 2007 In Ekaterinburg, Russia, I performed at The Tchaikovsky Sveeybusk Music College with a great rhythm section that really rocked everyone in the auditorium. I also got the chance, with the help of an interpreter, to speak to about 60 music student at the college.

If you mixed Eddie Harris, Cannonball Adderley and Hank Crawford, you'd get Jesse Jones, Jr.

Jazz is alive in South Florida and Jesse Jones Jr. is here to prove it. The Miami native is a saxophonist extraordinaire and continues to be on the forefront of a burgeoning jazz renaissance in South Florida. Jesse Jones Jr. is one of those hidden treasures that you can't help but want to share with the world. Jesse overwhelms you with his infectious positive attitude and dynamic stage presence.