Joseph Armon-Jones (born February 1993) is a British musician, keyboardist, composer, producer and bandleader.
Joe Armon-Jones | |
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 Performing in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joe Armon-Jones |
| Born | 1993 (age 30–31) Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 2016—present |
| Labels | Brownswood, YAM, Aquarii |
| Member of | Ezra Collective |
His debut album, Starting Today, was released in May 2018 and his second album, Turn To Clear View, was released in September 2019. Time magazine listed the 2019 release as one of the top 10 albums of the year.[1][2] Aside from his solo work, he is a member of Ezra Collective[3] and Nubya Garcia's band.[4]
Background
editJoe Armon-Jones was born in Oxfordshire to musician parents, his mother being a singer and his father a jazz pianist.[5] He was educated at Eton College.[6]
He attended the workshops of Tomorrow's Warriors under the direction of bass player Gary Crosby, where he met and became a founding member of the group Ezra Collective.[5] Armon-Jones graduated from Trinity Laban with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2016.[7] Among his graduating class were Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd.
Discography
editAs leader
edit- Idiom (Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin, YAM Records, 2017)
- Starting Today (Brownswood, 2018)
- Turn to Clear View (Brownswood, 2019)
- A Way Back (Joe Armon-Jones & Mala, Aquarii Records, 2022)
- Archetype (Aquarii Records, 2023)
With Ezra Collective
edit- Chapter 7 (2016)
- Juan Pablo: The Philosopher (Enter the Jungle, 2017)
- You Can't Steal My Joy, (Enter the Jungle, 2019)
- Where I'm Meant to Be (Partisan, 2022)
- Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan, 2024)
As sideman
edit- Nubya Garcia, Nubya's 5ive (Jazz Refreshed, 2017)
- Moses Boyd, Displaced Diaspora (Exodus, 2018)
- Various artists, We Out Here (Brownswood, 2018)
- SEED Ensemble, Driftglass (Jazz Refreshed, 2019)
- Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality (2019)
- Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, Rejoice (World Circuit/BMG, 2020)
- Moses Boyd, Dark Matter (Exodus, 2020)
- Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord Jazz, 2020)
- Keleketla!, Keleketla! (Ahead of Our Time, 2020)
- Gilles Peterson, MV4 (Brownswood, 2020)
Awards
edit- 2019 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee[8]
- 2019 Worldwide Awards – Best Album – Nominee[9]
- 2019 Worldwide Awards – Session of the Year – Winner[10]
- 2020 Urban Music Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee[11]
- 2020 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee[12]
- 2020 MOBO Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee[13]
References
edit- ^ Chow, Andrew (27 November 2019). "The 10 Best Albums of 2019". Time Magazine. Time USA. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Madden, Sidney (13 February 2019). "Ezra Collective Sets The 'Quest For Coin' To A Fast-Paced Jazz Soundtrack". NPR. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Beta, Andy. "Nubya Garcia – Source". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b Balram, Dhruva (24 September 2019). "Joe Armon-Jones: 'Reading a review is like someone coming up to you on the street and saying, "Your kid's ugly!"'". NME.
- ^ "Review of the Lent Half - Music". Eton College. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Joe Armon-Jones". Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Jazz FM. "2019 Awards". Jazz FM Awards. Jazz FM.
- ^ "Worldwide Awards". Gilles Peterson. Worldwide. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Worldwide FM (1 February 2019). "Worldwide Awards 2019". Gilles Peterson Worldwide. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ UMA Team (20 December 2019). "Nominations for the 17th edition of the annual Urban Music Awards 2020". Urban Music Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Jazz FM. "2020 Awards". Jazz FM Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "MOBO AWARDS RETURNS ON 9 DECEMBER!". MOBO. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.