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(In reverse chronological order)

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My humble abode in Putnam Valley

Reading by the stream in my “front yard.”

Zhan Zuang Qigong standing meditation on Candlewood Mountain,
Putnam Valley

With violin virtuosi Bruce Patti of the Dallas Symphony and Shem Guibbory of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

With Robert Motherwell painting in Washington D.C.

In front of my Putnam Valley poetry collection.

With Arturo O’Farrill

Panelist with Ron Lambert at the 2025 Tai Chi Festival, Warwick, NY

MJ with new sitar, 2025

With Carlos Lyra, Birdland

With Roberto Menescal, NYC

With Brian Auger, Marlboro, NY

With bluesman Bill “Mr. Stress” Miller in Cleveland

With Bob Dorough, NYC

With Tom Rush & John Sebastian in Tarrytown

Jungle trek in Phuket, Thailand

With dream rhythm section — bassist Arild Andersen & drummer Barry Altschul

With Randy Brecker at the Blue Note

With Phil Keaggy at B.B. King’s, NYC

With Dom Salvador & Marcos Valle at Birdland

Playing on a Bangkok street corner on a borrowed guitar

With John Renbourn in Croton, NY

With Charlie Musselwhite, Pawling, NY

With a Mark Rothko painting

With Spider John Koerner in Brooklyn

Teaching a kung fu workshop, Solon, Ohio

With one of my paintings

Kung fu demonstration in Ohio

Performing at St. George Winery in Mohegan Lake, NY

With my painting “Id (Wailing)”

In my Putnam Valley library with African diasporic sculptures.

With my painting “Boundless”

Conducting a kung fu workshop in Cleveland

Solo performance at Roulette Theater, Brooklyn, March 27th 2013

With John McLaughlin at the Blue Note, NYC, 2011

Birthday party at home, June 2011

With Marcos Valle, Birdland NYC, April 2011

Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 2011

With Bert Jansch, Iridium NYC, Dec. 2010

Performing in Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 2010

Performing in Cleveland, July 3, 2010

Cleveland, Ohio July 2010

With Cecil Taylor at CUNY in Harlem, 2009

Iridium Marquee, NYC, July 29th 2009

Marquee of MJ’s performance at Iridium on Broadway, 2009

MJ at Iridium Club, NYC, July 29th 2009

Iridium Club, NYC, July 29th 2009

“George Costanza”, January 2008, Los Angeles, with Jason Alexander and my brother Richard

Practicing baguazhang kung fu at Hudson River, Peekskill, NY 2008

Ipanema beach with friends at Paulinho’s massage table, Feb 2007

Strolling down Ipanema beach (my winter home for over 20 years) in the morning, March 2007.

With Richard Satlow, a senior student of B.P. Chan and my martial arts teacher for 14 years

MJ with Larry Coryell at The Jazz Standard, NYC 2007

NYC 2005 BossAmerioca session with L-R Helio Schiavo, Debby Watts, Dionisio Santos, Leco Reis, Joel Frahm, Tim Collins

MJ with McCoy Tyner, Blue Note, NYC, circa 2005

Doing Research in Art Studio, 2003

With my martial arts teacher and mentor B.P. Chan

Composing at home on Steinway grand, Cortlandt Manor, NY early 2000’s

Mark N Jones — At home in Cortlandt Manor with Martin guitar and painting The Third World, circa late 1990’s, early 2000’s

Art exhibit in Soho, NYC, 1997

Improvising on an Irish harp in Baltimore, 1996

MJ with 2nd version of band Sound Sculpture at NYC recording studio, 1993. (From left: Rob Thomas, Jon Doty, Jay Mazzarella, Steve Samuels)

Mixing the Sound Sculpture NYC recording session that became the CD, “Quartet & Solo,” in Mahopac, NY 1993

MJ in recording studio, NYC 1993

1993, Mahopac, NY overdubs in recording studio

Producing recording session for Mark Dobson, Orlando, Florida, 1992

Driving down California Coast, 1991

With my painting, Existential Realization, Cortlandt Manor, NY 1990’s

1990’s Cortlandt Manor with Darryl Berk guitar, Ratzo Harris bass

Working in my home art studio, Cortlandt Manor, NY, mid 1990’s

Jam session in Cortlandt Manor, mid-1990’s

MJ in early 1990’s Orlando, FL laying down tracks in recording studio

Botanical Gardens, Rio de Janeiro, 1988

Performing in Greenwich, CT, 1983

Poster for concert in Kingston, NY, 1983, with original Sound Sculpture members, Kevin Hart – drums, and Matthew Petterson – bass

Solo piano concert and painting exhibition, Cleveland, 1981

Advertisment for concert at Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio, 1981

Promo shot for Spaces concert 1981, Cleveland

Handbill for my solo concert in Playhouse Square, Cleveland, 1981

At show opening, Dowling College, Long Island, 1980

Conceptual Art Show, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 1980

Jamming with Sonny Murray on drums and Jimmy Lyons (not pictured), with Cecil Taylor looking over his shoulder, Woodstock, NY 1980

Picture in Downbeat Magazine with Cecil Taylor and Alan Silva at the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY 1980

MJ with Wally the malamute, Lyndhurst, OH, circa 1979

Group Art Show in SoHo, 1978

With brother Richard and sister Ellen at Lake Forest Country Club, Hudson, Ohio, circa 1978

Chugging wine at my painting exhibition, SoHo, NYC, 1978

Giving nephew Jeffrey a few pointers at the piano, Beachwood, Ohio, circa 1978

Practicing guitar in bedroom, Beachwood, Ohio, circa 1975

Philosophic theorizing circa 1974

Paris, France, Summer of 1974

Graduation from Kent State University, 1974

Playing the blues back in the USSR Neva River, Communist Lenningrad, Jan. 1973

Kent State Karate Club, 1972

Sorting scrap metal in the hot sun with Eddie Goldstein, Windham, Ohio, 1972

MJ on Ford with guitar Winter 1970, Cardington Dr., Beachwood, Ohio

1969 Ann Arbor, MI with Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters

Blowing harp in Mo Schwartz Blues Band, Cleveland 1969

With Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf & Big Joe Williams in Ann Arbor, 1969

With Glenn Schwartz & Darryl Berk, 1969, Cleveland

MJ’s earliest guitar pic, circa 1968 New England, with brother Ricky

Bar mitzvah, Cleveland, June 19, 1965

MJ, Mom, sister Ellen, Dad, baby Ricky, University Heights, Ohio, circa 1957

Circa 1956, Verona Rd., South Euclid, OH with cousin Gary

Buckaroo Jones, South Euclid, Ohio, circa 1953

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