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American record producer, composer, arranger, and trumpeter whose career spans eight decades, revolutionizing jazz, pop, and film music.Born in Chicago and raised in Seattle, Jones became a prominent jazz arranger in the 1950s, worked with icons like Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, produced the best-selling album of all time (Thriller), and co-created the charity single 'We Are the World'. With 80 Grammy nominations (28 wins) and an Emmy, he holds the record for most Grammy nominations by a living artist.

• Survived two life-threatening brain aneurysms in 1974, requiring complex surgeries that left him temporarily unable to speak
• Produced Michael Jackson's Thriller after initially rejecting the project, later calling it 'the hardest work I ever did'
• Faced racism while touring with jazz bands in the 1950s, including a KKK confrontation where band members defended themselves with weapons
• Secretly dated actress Nastassja Kinski in the 1980s while producing her films; they had a daughter, Kenya, in 1993
• Sued Michael Jackson's estate in 2017 for $30 million in unpaid royalties and production fees, settling out of court