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Lee Jones

Lee Jones is a young British Nu-Jazz/Americana guitarist and composer. He has performed at a number of UK jazz clubs and festivals in recent years; appearing in Jazzwise magazine on several occasions. Lee has also performed as a sideman with American bassist/actor Tom Hill and The Straitjackets and recently as a special guest with guitar virtuoso Martin Taylor MBE at the Pizza Express, London. Winner of Jazz Fm’s “Best New Instrumentalist” award, Lee Jones completed the BMus Jazz (Hons) course at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2007. His debut album “Swish” featured widely throught the jazz media and on radio in the UK and North America. Lee is currently touring the UK, teaching guitar for various colleges and recording a new album for 2010 release with former WEA producer Simon Tittley. "Certainly the most exciting young prospect I've heard in years. With the right breaks and in the right company he's sure to become one of the greats." Jim Smith, Director Brecon Jazz Festival ModMySpaceProfile Customizer

Awards

Jazz FM "Best New Instrumentalist" Award 2003 Caitlin Kickstart Memorial Award 2003

Gear

Ibanez Artist (1979) Gibson ES-335 (2004) Fender Twin Amp Fender Princeton 65


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Album Review

Lee Jones: Songs From The 13th Hour

Read "Songs From The 13th Hour" reviewed by Douglas Payne


This enjoyable and engaging album--guitarist Lee Jones's second as a leader--aims to throw some much-needed wrinkles in to the smoothness of so much contemporary jazz. That's not really newsworthy, of course, but hardly anyone thus far has succeeded in doing it so successfully. While so many of today's new breed of jazz guitarists are either trying to forge their uniqueness into some been-there-done-that formula or regurgitate the sound or style of a guitar hero of the past, Jones ...

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Album Review

Lee Jones: Swish

Read "Swish" reviewed by Douglas Payne


British guitarist Lee Jones emerges from a new generation of jazzers steeped in a digital age that makes record labels, recording contracts and even CDs evermore useless. Rather than woodshedding, as many talented jazz soloists have done before him, getting lost in academia or taking once lucrative studio jobs that probably don't exist anymore, this young guitarist roars out onto the playing field determined to make it on his own. On this, his self-assured debut, Jones shows he's got the ...

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Interview

Rickie Lee Jones on Bix, Billie and the art of song

Rickie Lee Jones on Bix, Billie and the art of song

Source: Michael Ricci

Rickie Lee Jones, the acclaimed singer and songwriter, is on a short tour that includes a Saturday stop at the Temple Performing Arts Center, formerly the Baptist Temple.

Jones' smashing debut album of 1979, Rickie Lee Jones, brought a jazz-infused, bohemian-poet ethos to both pop music and fashion, and her idiosyncratic approach to composition and singing has influenced artists from Tori Amos to Norah Jones.

Her most recent album, last year's Balm in Gilead, reflected on family, friends, maturity, and ...

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Performance / Tour

Rickie Lee Jones Plays Hollywood's Vista Theatre

Rickie Lee Jones Plays Hollywood's  Vista Theatre

Source: All About Jazz


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Performance / Tour

Rickie Lee Jones Adds Dates

Rickie Lee Jones Adds Dates

Source: JamBase

RICKIE LEE JONES ADDS FEBRUARY TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF BALM IN GILEAD

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones has added additional tour dates in February in support of her recently released album Balm in Gilead. The tour includes stops in Chicago, Seattle and Portland, and the set will feature songs from the new album as well as fan favorites from Jones' memorable past albums. The New Yorker called Balm in Gilead Jones' “strongest record of the second ...

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Event

Dallas Jazz Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones at Sandaga Jazz

Dallas Jazz Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones at Sandaga Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci

Dallas, TX Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones announced today that she will perform at Sandaga Jazz with her group, the Carolyn Lee Jones Quintet on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:30 pm. The event will take place at Sandaga Jazz, 1325 East Levee St. in Dallas, Texas. Admission is a $10 donation at the door; BYOB and light refreshments available.

Born and raised in Nebraska, Carolyn Lee Jones is an accomplished Dallas-based vocalist whose main ingredients are an outstanding repertoire of ...

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Performance / Tour

Rickie Lee Jones@largo at the Cornet

Rickie Lee Jones@largo at the Cornet

Source: Michael Ricci


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Recording

Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones Releases "Bon Appetit!"

Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones  Releases "Bon Appetit!"

Source: All About Jazz

Dallas vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones hits the scene with a wonderful first course. Whether she is singing swinging jazz standards, beautiful ballads or jazzy upbeat pop tunes, Carolyn embraces her audience and the music with heart. Supported by her talented friends and New York City musicians pianist Wells Hanley, bassist Saadi Zain and drummer Jacob Melchior, this CD is an innovative collection of classic jazz ("Blue Skies"), stylish new tunes ("Bon Appetit") along with a taste of vintage pop ("Tainted ...

"...A fully developed personal style..."

Dave Gelly - The Observer

Primary Instrument

Guitar

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Private tutor / college

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Songs From The 13th...

Self Produced
2011

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Swish

Unknown label
2009

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