Trumpeter Sean Jones joined the Berklee faculty as chair of brass last year, adding to an already very long list of striking careeer accomplishments as a recording artist, educator, and artistic director of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh jazz orchestras. He has performed and/or recorded with Joe Lovano, Jimmy Heath, and Nancy Wilson, as well as with Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter in the 2011 Tribute to Miles tour.

He has released seven albums as a leader on the Mack Avenue Records imprint.

Jones was originally a drummer but discovered the trumpet at the age of 10 upon hearing Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and Amandla. Soon after earning his master’s degree from Rutgers University, he was named lead trumpeter for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra—a position he held for six years while continuing to tour, perform, and record regularly.

Jones performs on July 31, 2015 at the Newport Jazz Festival with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra.