The sounds of laughter, jazz and gospel music pumped through a modest church in Montreal’s Little Burgundy neighbourhood on Thursday as mourners gathered for the funeral of legendary jazz pianist Oliver Jones.

The tears were flowing as family and friends shared stories about a generous, talented and humble man.

“I am mourning an angel,” said his widow, Monique Leclerc Jones, early in the service at Union United Church. “How can I say farewell, or even goodbye, to the angel who has been my whole life for a quarter of a century?”

Jones had played piano at the church since he was five years old and kept going back for most of his life.

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