- Jazz pianist.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2000.
- He was awarded the 2008 American National Medal of the Arts by President George W. Bush in Washington, DC, for his services to jazz music.
- Brother of jazz musicians Elvin Jones and Thad Jones.
- He accompanied Marilyn Monroe on piano when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
- He spent the early part of his career as a sideman and studio musician on radio and TV.
- He was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. He was the brother of Elvin Jones, who was the drummer for John Coltrane; and of trumpeter Thad Jones.
- On October 5, 1992, he accompanied Abbey Lincoln on piano for the recording of the French song "C'est si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and André Hornez (lyrics) for the album "When There Is Love" released in 1993.
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