Jonathan Gee
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ASC CD131 Dragonfly (£10) Jonathan Gee - Piano |
Total time 43.17
Recorded in New York in 2007 and 2010
Telegraph review
LondonJazz review
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ASC CD110 View from the Pocket (£10) Jonathan Gee - Keyboards
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Total time 49.03
Executive production by Northern Star People and Steve Plews
Review
About Jonathan Gee
After being voted Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards "Most Promising Newcomer" in 1991, Jonathan Gee enjoyed a highly successful ten-year collaboration with bassist Steve Rose and drummer Winston Clifford. He has also worked with many of the country's leading jazz musicians, including Steve Williamson, Iain Ballamy, Orphy Robinson, Ed Jones, Claire Martin, Tim Whitehead, Christine Tobin and poet Lemn Sissay.
In Europe he has appeared with US musicians David Murray, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, Mark Murphy, Harry Allen, James Spaulding, Sonny Fortune and Ted Curson.
Jonathan has formed many musical ties abroad - in Italy he has toured and recorded with Danilo Gallo and Alessandro Minetto and with Joseph Lepore and Enzo Zirillia, as well as saxophonist Tommaso Starace, whilst in France he has worked with the Didier Conchon/Ramon Layzelles Quintet. In Finland his trio has been resident annually at the Helsinki Jazz Festival and he has also enjoyed a long-term collaboration with trumpeter/producer Mika Myllari - their Northern Star People project album, View from the Pocket, ASC CD110, was launched at the 2008 London Jazz Festival.
In the UK, along with Tony Kofi, Ben Hazleton and Winston Clifford, Jonathan co-founded the Monk Liberation Front, dedicated to the work of pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. The band has appeared twice at the London Jazz Festival performing Monk's complete works in day-long sessions. Jonathan joined the Tony Kofi Quartet for its award-winning 2005 tribute to Thelonious Monk, All Is Know. Jonathan also sings with bassist Larry Bartley, and is a member of Michael Mwenso’s Male Vocal Combustion.