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 ...