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Jones has a muscular percussive technique…with technique to spare, the Liszt etudes were tossed of with ease…
-Cincinnati Challenging Performances
Rarely does an artist come along with the talent, passion, and insight of Dr. Everett N. Jones III. Jones, a gifted pianist, composer, and lecturer, brings a human element to traditional repertoire, uses composition to translate classical music to traditional and nontraditional audiences, and teaches the next generation of classical musicians the importance of appreciating and preserving history.

Jones was born in Philadelphia and showed a natural talent for music at the age of three. Everett studied with Charles Pettaway at the Settlement Music School while completing high school. He quickly learned a large part of the standard repertoire and went on to Rowan University to study with Veda Zuponcic on a full scholarship. There, he received a Bachelors of Music Degree (Magna Cum Laude) and Master of Music Degree (with a 4.0 G.P.A.). Everett continued his education at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in piano performance with a cognate in composition. He studied with Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff, and the late Richard Fields. Everett has certificates from the Moscow State Conservatory Summer School, the Prague Master Classes, and the Belgium International Piano Master Classes..

Jones set the tone with his fluid style pouring out the complex rhythms and ornamentations in the Dayton Philharmonic debut performance of Kaintuck', a poem for piano and orchestra...
-The Oakwood Register
Jones sustains an active performing career throughout the U.S. and abroad playing traditional repertoire and the music of African-American composers. Jones had his orchestral debut with the Glassboro Community Orchestra performing Grieg's Piano Concerto; more recently, he was the soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mississippi Symphony. As a collaborative pianist, he has worked with many noted musicians including, Metropolitan Opera soprano, Angela Brown at the Dayton Opera Gala and Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Donnie McClurkin. In addition, he also direct and performs with the Eden Project: a multi-cultural chamber group in the Cincinnati Arts Association's “Artists on Tour” Program.

Jones has pioneered performances of William Grant Still and George Walker at many colleges and universities. As the Artistic Director of the 2008 William Grant Still Festival, he wrote and secured a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts to produced and direct concerts at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the University of Dayton, and the Schuster Center. As the Administrator of the N.E.A. Grant and Project Director of the Festival, he successfully marketed concerts to Dayton's WDPR FM 89.9, Dayton Daily News, the Cincinnati Herald, Toledo's WGTE FM 91.3, and many other venues.

Jones has a natural uncomplicated way of making music…it's called talent, you don't have to contrive it.
-Veda Zuponcic to the Courier Post
As a leading expert on William Grant Still, Dr. Jones is currently editing, performing, and recording the piano and chamber works of William Grant Still in association with William Grant Still Music Inc. and NAXOS. He is also securing the rights to record the complete piano works of William Grant Still under the auspices of WGSM, Inc.

As a piano and education laureate, some awards include: First Prize winner of the N.A.N.M. National Piano Competition, First Prize winner of the Rowan University Concerto Competition, Finalist in the Steinway Piano Competition (NJ), Cincinnati State Technical and Community College “Outstanding Teachers Award,” N.A.A.C.P. Image Award, and a full piano scholarship throughout his higher education career.

In addition to creating and performing music, Jones has a wide range of successful teaching experiences. As an Assistant Professor of Piano at Wilberforce University, he teaches or has taught: Applied Piano, Group Piano I & II, Piano Literature, Piano Pedagogy, Music History I & II, Music Theory III, 18th Century Counterpoint, Form and Analysis, and Advance Harmony/20th Counterpoint. At Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, he is an on-line professor of music and course developer of “Survey of African-American Music”. He has also taught piano at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory School.