Vince Jones
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Vince Jones is an Australian jazz
artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.
He attributes his love of jazz to hearing a recording of Miles Davis
's Sketches of Spain when he was about 14. He taught himself to play the trumpet.
Vince was born in Glasgow
, Scotland
and his family moved to Wollongong, Australia when he was 11 years old. He began his career as a bebop trumpet player.
He has sold more than 200,000 albums worldwide and still tours and performs regularly.
Currently he is living on the south coast of New South Wales, on the edge of the Royal National Park
, and he teaches part-time at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
.
Australian jazz
Jazz music has a long history in Australia. Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs, festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced by Australian jazz musicians, many of whom have gone on to gain a high profile in the international jazz...
artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.
He attributes his love of jazz to hearing a recording of Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
's Sketches of Spain when he was about 14. He taught himself to play the trumpet.
Vince was born in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and his family moved to Wollongong, Australia when he was 11 years old. He began his career as a bebop trumpet player.
He has sold more than 200,000 albums worldwide and still tours and performs regularly.
Currently he is living on the south coast of New South Wales, on the edge of the Royal National Park
Royal National Park
Royal National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 29 km south of Sydney CBD.Founded by Sir John Robertson, Acting Premier of New South Wales, and formally proclaimed on 26 April 1879, it is the world's second oldest purposed national park, the first usage of the term...
, and he teaches part-time at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
.
Discography (Albums)
- Watch What Happens 1982
- Spell 1983
- For All Colours 1984
- On The Brink Of It 1985
- Tell Me A Secret 1986
- It All Ends Up In Tears 1987
- Trustworthy Little Sweethearts 1988
- Future Girl 1992
- One Day Spent 1993
- Here's To The Miracles 1996
- Virtue - Best Of 1997
- Live 1999
- Moving Through Taboos 2004
- Modern Folk 2010
External links
- Official site
- Fanclub website with articles,photos and lyrics
- "Rewind 1986", in Sunday Life magazine, The Sunday Age, 23 September 2007