Jonathan Crayford is a composer/multi instrumentalist.

Jonathan studied classical piano and learned jazz by ear. After leaving school he worked in the film industry as a composer, being awarded the GOFTA (Guild of Film and Television Awards) for his original film music.

During the 1990s he lived and worked in New York

New York

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 playing and recording with Mambo Macoco, Groove Collective

Groove Collective

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, Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel

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, Bill Ware

Bill Ware

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, Jay Rodriguez

Jay Rodriguez

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, Eddie Bobé and the Dave Binney group as well as performing his own music. His return to New Zealand in 2000 enabled him to tour and record with Trinity Roots, Cornerstone Roots

Cornerstone Roots

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 and Brazilian singer Alda Rezende. Jonathan currently lives in Paris, France.

Discography

• Big Foot with Riki Gooch (Translations 2007)
• Madrugada (do Brazil música 2004)
• Jonathan Crayford plays Terry Crayford (Intone 2000)
• Where Light Meets Water (Intone, 2001)
• Jazz at the St. James and Where Light Meets Water (both Intone, 2001)
• Eddie Bobé/Eddie Bobé (Pirañha, 1999)
• Bill Ware's Y2K Jazz Quartet/Keeping up with the Jones (Cathexis, 1999)
• Nicholas McBride with Mali drum master Madou Dembele (Tap, 1999)
• Groove Collective/Dance of the Drunken Master (Shanachie, 1998)
• Soul Bossa Trio (1998)
• Malcolm McNeil/Songdance & Shadowing You (EMI: 1986 and 1988)
• the best one ever

Filmography

• Spooked
  Spooked (film)
  Spooked is a 2004 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy and loosely based on Ian Wishart's novel The Paradise Conspiracy, which itself is based on actual events in New Zealand...
  
  
• Pallet on the Floor
• Ruby and Rata - Orchestral
• Dangerous Orphans - Orchestral
• Mr Wrong – Orchestral (released in the U.S. as Dark of the Night)
• Instincts