Jamal Jones is a Philadelphia native composer/arranger and trumpeter. He is University of the Arts alumni, where he majored in Trumpet Performance. Jones graduated amongst the top of class, receiving The Director’s Award, The Mary Louise Beitzel Award for Excellence in Jazz Studies and The Trumpet Performance Award. In September of 2007, he moved to Holland to pursue a M.M. in Jazz Composition & Arranging from The Conservatorium van Amsterdam to advance his style of composition and develop an international perspective of the art form.

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During his two year stay in Amsterdam he performed, composed and recorded with original ensembles of his own (varying from jazz septet to full big-band) and also for fellow

colleagues and jazz orchestras throughout the Netherlands. Throughout his career he has worked with John Swana, Archie Shepp, Rakim, The Amsterdam Jazz Orchestra, Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Donnie McCaslin, Tim Warfield, Ursula Rucker and the BMI Jazz Orchestra, among other notable musicians. Performance venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Bimhuis, Kimmel Center, The Wolf Trap National Park Performance Center and The Amsterdam Blue Note have featured arrangements and compositions of Jones', as well.

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​He currently resides in Philadelphia, PA where he is a commissioned composer for large ensembles at a Professor of Music. Between 2018-20, he led his own original jazz orchestra, entitled Jamal Jones and the Bureau of Sonic Wonderland. They had a monthly residency at the Upstairs London Grill/Paris Wine Bar Lounge in Center City Philadelphia, where they featured a performance every 1st Tuesday of the month along with a guest artist opening act. 

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He was a Radio Host and DJ for WPEB 88.1 FM (also on W 236 CL 95.1 FM) where he aired his own weekly radio show, entitled "Jamal Jones and the Philadelphia Original Jazz Series" from 2018 until the CoVid 19 pandemic.

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To further the minds of up & coming musicians and help the ongoing generations of music to come, Jones is involved in music education, as well. He is a Composition/Arranging Professor at Kutztown University, University of the Arts (formerly), and was the primary instructor for the Kimmel Center’s Creative Music Program. Jones is currently a PhD candidate, anticipating the completion of a PhD in Creativity degree in May 2025. For this project, he was admitted as a presenter at the 2024 International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) annual symposium at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music in Nashville, TN. Jones is also on the committee for the Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival for being its former Masterclass Instructor and co-curator. In July of 2024, he was appointed Chief Curator for the festival.