If someone told William “Doc” Jones 50 years ago that his career would span the globe, playing jazz alongside artists like Otis Williams and Aretha Franklin he would have laughed, especially since his only inclination for music was being a “pretty good” tap dancer at the age of seven.
Before he found his passion advocating for, playing and teaching jazz, tragedy struck Jones’ family which had a profound impact on his life, ultimately leading him to pursue a life of service to the youth and preserving jazz as a medium for the soul’s expression and a universal language of love.
Jones was performing saxophone on tour when he got the news that his two-year-old daughter Niambi Jones was fatally struck by an impaired driver.
