Joe Armon-Jones
Joseph Armon-Jones 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. Aside from his solo work, he is a member of Ezra Collective and Nubya Garcia's band.
Background
Joe Armon-Jones was born in Oxfordshire to musician parents, his mother being a singer and his father a jazz pianist. He was educated at Eton College.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. Armon-Jones graduated from Trinity Laban with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2016. Among his graduating class were Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd.
Discography
As leader
- Idiom
- Starting Today
- Turn to Clear View
- A Way Back
- Archetype
- ''All the Quiet ''
With Ezra Collective
- Chapter 7
- Juan Pablo: The Philosopher
- You Can't Steal My Joy,
- Where I'm Meant to Be
- ''Dance, No One's Watching''
As sideman
- Nubya Garcia, Nubya's 5ive
- Moses Boyd, Displaced Diaspora
- Various artists, We Out Here
- SEED Ensemble, Driftglass
- Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality
- Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, Rejoice
- Moses Boyd, Dark Matter
- Nubya Garcia, Source
- Keleketla!, Keleketla!
- Gilles Peterson, MV4
- Nubya Garcia, ''Odyssey''
Awards
- 2019 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee
- 2019 Worldwide Awards – Best Album – Nominee
- 2019 Worldwide Awards – Session of the Year – Winner
- 2020 Urban Music Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee
- 2020 Jazz FM Awards – UK Jazz Act of the Year – Nominee
- 2020 MOBO Awards – Best Jazz Act – Nominee