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TRUMPETER ALBERT JONES IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO ALL FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS AS “DUKE”. A NICKNAME IS ACQUIRED FROM HIS FAVORITE AUNT, BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE OF MUSIC AT AN EARLY AGE. A NATIVE OF NEW YORK CITY VIA WHITE PLAINS. DUKE BEGAN PLAYING TRUMPET AT THE AGE OF NINE. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THROUGH WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL, DUKE PLAYED AND FORMED A BAND WITH THE LEWIS BROTHERS AND SHARON BRYANT. THE GROUP, WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE POPULAR R&B / POP SUCCESS “ATLANTIC STARR”, RECORDED THEIR FIRST TWO ALBUMS, “RADIANT”(1980) AND “BRILLANCE” (1982), BOTH FEATURING DUKE. THIS LED TO THE RECORDING OF DUKE’S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM FOR CTI RECORDS ENTITLED “THUNDER ISLAND”.

With influences such as Kenny Dorham, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan, Benny Bailey and of course, Miles Davis, all of whom helped shape Duke’s trumpet voice. Duke went on to tour Japan, Europe and Africa, working with established musicians such as The Temptations, Angela Bofill, Larry Coryell and Marion Meadows. He began collaborating and recording with such artists as August Darnell of Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and drummer, producer Norman Connors, serving as an original member of his Starship Orchestra and spin-off group Aquarian Dream on Buddah Records.