1990s
In the early 1990s, he worked again with Kimsey on Paul Rodgers's Laying Down the Law and the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels Live. By 1992, Duran Duran and Jones had finished producing the multi-million–selling "comeback" record, The Wedding Album featuring the award-winning song "Ordinary World". He also played piano with Duran Duran on stage at the Royal Albert Hall and later for their MTV Unplugged sessions in New York on November 17th, 1993. His final production with Duran Duran was Thank You of 1995.
In the mid 1990s, Jones produced Ny Donsk in Iceland before heading to Los Angeles where he produced the Alan Frew CD Hold On for EMI, co-writing the album's hit song "So Blind" which won awards from the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada for Most Performed Song of 1995 and Number One.
In 1996, Jones co-wrote and produced tracks for Dan Hill's I'm Doing Fine and Fleetwood Mac's Time. He wrote and produced the Celine Dion song "Seduces Me" from the multi-platinum CD Falling Into You, for which Jones won 1997 Grammy Awards for "Album Of The Year (Producer)", "Album Of The Year" and "Pop Album Of The Year (Engineer)".
Jones has also written songs for Priscilla Wright, Emily Richards, and Rational Youth, writing four top ten and three number one records, as well as writing and producing film scores for the films Stuart Bliss, Lucky, A Perfect Stranger and Hot Money.
In 1998, Jones produced a solo album of his own material called One Moment In Time. Released in Canada by Iron/BMG to critical acclaim, the album garnered three MP3.com Pop Chart number ones and extensive music video play for the single "State Of Mind". He performed many live shows promoting the album in Canada and in Los Angeles including organizing a benefit for the homeless in Toronto for the Salvation Army and Covenant House.
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