Joe Armon-Jones

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Joseph Armon-Jones (born February 1993) is a British musician, keyboardist, composer, producer and bandleader. 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]

Education[]

Joe graduated from Trinity Laban with a BMus in 2016.

Discography[]

As leader[]

  • Idiom (Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin, YAM Records, 2017)
  • Starting Today (Brownswood, 2018)
  • Turn to Clear View (Brownswood, 2019)

As sideman[]

  • Ezra Collective, Chapter 7 (2016)
  • Ezra Collective, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher (Enter the Jungle, 2017)
  • Nubya Garcia, Nubya's 5ive (Jazz Re:freshed, 2017)
  • Moses Boyd, Displaced Diaspora (Exodus, 2018)
  • We Out Here (Brownswood, 2018)
  • Ezra Collective, You Can't Steal My Joy, (Enter the Jungle, 2019)
  • SEED Ensemble, Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed, 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[]

  • 2019 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee[5]
  • 2019 Worldwide Awards – Best Album – Nominee[6]
  • 2019 Worldwide Awards – Session of the Year – Winner[7]
  • 2020 Urban Music Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee[8]
  • 2020 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee[9]
  • 2020 MOBO Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Chow, Andrew. "The 10 Best Albums of 2019". Time Magazine. Time USA. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ Rough Trade. "Top 100 Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. Rough Trade. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ Madden, Sidney. "Ezra Collective Sets The 'Quest For Coin' To A Fast-Paced Jazz Soundtrack". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ Beta, Andy. "Nubya Garcia – Source". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ Jazz FM. "2019 Awards". Jazz FM Awards. Jazz FM.
  6. ^ Worldwide FM. "2019 Worldwide Awards". Gilles Peterson Worldwide. Worldwide. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ Worldwide FM. "Worldwide Awards 2019". Gilles Peterson Worldwide. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ UMA Team. "Nominations for the 17th edition of the annual Urban Music Awards 2020". Urban Music Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ Jazz FM. "2020 Awards". Jazz FM Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ^ MOBO. "MOBO AWARDS RETURNS ON 9 DECEMBER!". MOBO. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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