Kevin Jones (musician)

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Kevin Jones
Also known asBujo Kevin Jones
Genres
percussion
Years active1978–present
LabelsMotéma Music
Websitewww.kevinjonespercussion.com

Kevin Jones is an American

band leader. Jones's music is influenced by that of Cuba and Congo.[1]

Career

Jones grew up in

Charli Persip and Max Roach. Jones began playing percussion professionally at the age of 13 with a group called Spoonbread, who were signed to All Platinum Records of Englewood, NJ. In 1978, aged 18, he played in a sextet led by Charles McPherson on the album Free Bop![2][4] He studied music at the University of Massachusetts and Jazzmobile simultaneously until 1979, when his Professor, saxophonist Archie Shepp
, took him on tour to Europe, where he recorded his second album. Just months later he was hired by The Isley Brothers and toured and later recorded a host of records with them.

Jones has performed with, among others,

Talib Kibwe, Babatunde Lea, James Weidman, Clifford Adams, and Malaki Ma Congo Drum and Dance Ensemble.[5]

Tenth World

Jones and the pianist Kelvin Sholar formed the band Tenth World in 1999.[6] The band members included Jamieo Brown (drums, percussion), Brian Horton (saxophone and flute), George Makinto (flute, percussion, African percussion), Kevin Louis (trumpet), and Luisito Quintero (timbales, percussion, drums).

Bill Milkowski writing in JazzTimes described Jones's first album as leader, Tenth World, produced by Babatunde Lea, as combining "the spirit of Africa with modern jazz on his impressive debut."[7] Milkowski wrote of the group's second album, Live!, "Percussionist Bujo Kevin Jones underscores this vibrant sextet with an authentic Afro-Cuban pulse".[8]

Who's That Lady?

In 2014, Jones released the album Who's That Lady? through Motéma Music. The band included singers Derrick Dupree and Christelle Durandy, pianist Zen Zadravec, drummer Jerard Snell, guitarist Michael "Moon" Reuben and Bassist Charles Brown.

In a generally positive review, "j.poet" wrote in Drum! Magazine that "Jones has a lifetime of performing a wide range of styles with some of the top names in the field, and brings all those elements together on Who's That Lady".[9]

Discography

As support musician

As band leader

  • SunRize - Sunrize (Boardwalk Records 1981)
  • Land Of Eternal Tranquil Light (Tenth World Music 2000)
  • Tenth World (Motéma Music, 2005)
  • Live! (Motéma Music, 2008)

  • Who's That Lady? - (Motéma Music, 2014)

References

  1. ^ "Bujo Kevin Jones & 10th World | Culture Beat". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Jones". Motéma. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Patrick Jones". JazzTimes. June 14, 2010.
  4. ISBN 978-0-87930-608-3
    .
  5. ^ Review: "Bujo" Kevin Jones - Tenth World - Blogcritics Music
  6. ^ "Kevin Bujo Jones & Tenth World". Cliff Bell's. January 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Milkowski, Bill (November 1, 2005). "Jazz Albums: Tenth World "Bujo" Kevin Jones". JazzTimes. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  8. ^ Milkowski, Bill (April 26, 2019). "Bujo Kevin Jones & Tenth World: Live!". JazzTimes.
  9. ^ Poet, J. (October 15, 2015). "Koko Jones' Traditions And Transitions". Drum Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  10. ^ Varela, Jesse (April 25, 2019). "Babatunde Lea: Soul Pools". JazzTimes.
  11. ^ Cordle, Owen (April 1, 2003). "Charles Earland Tribute Band: Keepers of the Flame". JazzTimes.
  12. ^ Cordle, Owen (June 1, 2001). "John "Papa" DeFrancesco: Hip Cake Walk". JazzTimes.
  13. ^ "Follow the North Star – T.K. Blue". Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  14. ^ Sendra, Jessica Webster (September 1, 2008). "T.K. Blue: Follow the North Star". JazzTimes.


External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Jones_(musician)&oldid=1168337213"