Virgil Jones August 26, 2021 Virgil Jones (born August 26, 1939 in Indianapolis , Indiana ; † April 20, 2012) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn playerof modern jazz . Jones became known in the early 1960s when he played in the bands of Milt Jackson , Roland Kirk , with Frank Foster in 1965 . Around 1970 he worked in the soul-jazz environment with musicians such as Charles Earland , Harold Mabern ( Wailin ‘ ), Don Patterson , Houston Person , Grover Washington Jr. , Johnny Hammond Smith and Sonny Stitt . In 1972 he played in The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band ( The Alpine Power Planet ); In 1973 he was a member of McCoy Tyner’s big band (Song of the New World ). In 1975 Jones played in Billy Harper’s quintet ( Black Saint ). In the late 1980s he played again in McCoy Tyners Band ( Uptown / Downtown ); in the late 1990s he was involved in TS Monk’s album Monk on Monk , played with Teddy Edwards and took part in the big band production Shade of Jade in the Joe Henderson band. Share this post ← World Music with MonosweziLeon Redbone →