Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Kevin Peter Jones started playing drums at the young age of ten-years old. Kevin was deeply inspired to pursue music after being mentored by Phil Ballmaier, (a drummer and friend of the family), who taught him the components of feeling and playing jazz from the heart.
Kevin is currently working on a contemporary jazz CD with numerous Grammy Award winning musicians from Pieces of a Dream, Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, and Earth Wind and Fire to name a few. The CD will include the following musicians: Russell Ferrante, Scott Ambush, Eddie Baccus, Jr., Jimmy Haslip, Eric Marienthal, Nils Jiptner, Mike Miller, Robben Ford, Larry Dunn and others. Kevin is also in the process of completing a drum instructional DVD project which will include the following drummers Aaron Spears (Usher), Calep Emphrey (B.B. King), Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett (Madonna, Elton John), and others, with a special guest appearance by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
Grammy Bound!
