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Thornell Jones Jr

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Teacher. Lover. Fighter. Friend. I'm creative and innovative, and still a Boy Scout at heart. I'm all about helping others rise up.

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Happy Ghana Independence Day! I celebrate Ghana on your 68th Anniversary. Thank you for welcoming me on my journey to home. #ghana #homecoming #independencedayghana taken in Black Star Gate - Independence Square by @thornellj

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2024 was a turning point for me. Here are some highlights from an amazing year of transformation. Here’s to 2025!

1. Jan 2, 2024 was invited to be lead Music Manager for the incomparable talent who is @theebillyporter . With Carmen Cacciatore @mightyrealent

2. With my client turned friend @nicolezmusic Nicole Zuraitis backstage at the #grammys. She won for Best Jazz Vocal Album!

3. GRAMMY week at the BMC Recording Academy Honors with Sharon Ingram @slingram00 Executive Director of the DC Chapter of the Recording Academy. So proud of her!

4. Me and my dear college friend @lisakennedysoflrealtor from @wesleyan_u

5. #miamimusicweek at @danteshifi with my #legendary friend @djterryhunter

6. My Miami socialite and friend @andre33178 at the @nwsymphony gala. This man knows Everybody.

7. @recordingacademy leadership! Me with fellow board members @elstentorres and @dougswanky (Doug Emery)

8. At he NAESM Conference for HIV/AIDS Educators. With @uche_onwa who as a Nigerian immigrant is actively creating space for Africans.

9. A celebration of life for my dear Aunt Ellie who passed just shy of her 95th Birthday. I LOVED her so much. 😭

10. Juneteenth at the @buildersoflegacy . I was brought to tears with the stories told by the Elders.

11. Me at the National Museum of African American Music @thenmaam in Nashville. @theebillyporter was on a panel exploring the music and ballroom culture revealed in the hit show #POSE

12. Las Vegas for the @naacp convention where my client @carvinwinansmusic performed.

13. @naacp convention where I met the Governor of Maryland @iamwesmoore Did you know he went to Oxford?

14. The DNC was so exciting in Chicago. It’s taken a moment to process the loss.

15. A visit to Brazil for a funky festival in the Amazon was capped off by three days in #saopaulo You must go!

16. My first visit to #Ghana! So much promise. The people are so welcoming.

17. I was soooo excited to meet @jubril8 from @passportheavy at the @blacktravelsummit in #fortlauderdale

18. @carvinwinansmusic sat down with the hosts of #goodnightnewyork

19. New Year’s Eve. With @thetonyrich along with family and friends! 🎶 by @thornellj

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#flashbackfriday He’s been a star in his native Tanzania 🇹🇿 for years! Before @youngfamousandafrican there was this one time I got to kick it with some guy named @diamondplatnumz If you know me, I love a success story! #afrobeats #youngfamousandafrican #tanzania #southafrica #johannesburg taken in Los Angeles, California by @thornellj

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#FYC
@david.arkenstone
Dungeon Masters Official Soundtrack
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Album of the Year

Featuring
“Heart of the Party”
Best Instrumental Composition

#grammy
#dungeonmasters
#fyp taken in Los Ang by @thornellj

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#FYC
DL HUGHLEY @realdlhughley
Best Comedy Album
Laughing with a Legend: Conversations with
Septimius The Great @septimiusthegreat
Streaming Now

#grammy
#kingsofcomedy
#fyp taken in Hollywood, California by @thornellj

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#fyc
@billychildspiano
TRIUMVIRATE
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

#grammy
#jazz taken in Chicago, IL by @thornellj

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#fyc
@wolfganghildebrandt
“Why Me Lord”
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Listen @ Linkinbio

Germany’s Man in Black breathes new life into Kris Kristofferson’s song of Spiritual transformation.

#gospel
#gospelperformance
#countrymusic
#fyp taken in Cologne, Germany by @thornellj

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#FYC
@wolfganghildebrandt
Black Hat One Heart
Best Traditional Country Album
Listen @ Linkinbio

Germany’s Man in Black shares his love for classic Country Music from the American West celebrating the past while looking forward!

#countrymusic
#germany
#traditional
#grammy taken in Cologne, Germany by @thornellj

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#FYC
@coryhenry
DEVOTION
Best Gospel Album
Listen @ Linkinbio

#gospel
#fyp
#gospelalbum taken in Los Angeles, California by @thornellj

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#fyc
@coryhenry
“Watches Over Me” ft Hezekiah Walker, The Apostle Voices, The Brent Fischer Orchestra, The Fellowship Collective
#bestgospelperformancesong
Listen @ Linkinbio
@bishophez @brentfischer_

#grammy
#gospel
#fyp taken in Los Angeles, California by @thornellj

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#FYC
Dony Felix @donyfefe
“Onomatopoeia” ft. @ti__harold @mushygoussewidmaier and @yoeldelsol
Best Jazz Performance
Best Instrumental Composition

Dony Felix is a Miami-based bassist, composer, and music educator whose career began in church and grew into decades of performance across South Florida's jazz and Caribbean music scenes.

His debut album, Chosen Solitude blends contemporary jazz with Caribbean rhythm.“Onomatopeoia” pairs Felix's resonant bass with collaborators Harold St. Louis, Mushy Windmaier, and Yoel del Sol.

#grammy
#jazzperformance
#miami
#haiti taken in Miami, Florida by @thornellj

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#FYC
Dony Felix @donyfefe
Chosen Solitude
#contemporaryinstrumentalalbum
listen @ linkinbio

Dony Felix is a Miami-based bassist, composer, and music educator whose career began in church and grew into decades of performance across South Florida’s jazz and Caribbean music scenes.

His debut album, Chosen Solitude blends contemporary jazz with Caribbean rhythm, pairing Felix’s resonant bass with a rotating cast of collaborators across acoustic and electronic textures. It’s an album that turns private reflection into shared musical conversation.

#grammys
#miami
#haiti taken in Miami, Florida by @thornellj

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