Born January 3rd 1946, John Paul Jones became a prolific musical director and arranger of a huge range of prominent sixties artist before forming Led Zeppelin with Jimmy Page in 1968. Since 1980 his collaborators have included Paul McCartney, La Fura Dels Baus, Brian Eno, The Butthole Surfers and Diamanda Galas. His debut solo album Zooma was released in September 1999, followed by The Thunderthief in 2001.
1960 |
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organist and choirmaster (age 14) joined father's danceband |
1961 |
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formed bands at school, played U.S. Airforce bases in England |
1962 |
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turned professional, various bands touring clubs, theatres, U.S. bases, etc. |
1964 |
musical director for |
ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM |
1964 |
arranged for |
THE ROLLING STONES, P.P. ARNOLD, BILLY NICHOLS, TWICE AS MUCH, NICO, LIONEL BART, ANDREW OLDHAM ORCHESTRA |
1965 |
musical director for |
ROBERT STIGWOOD |
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arranged for |
MIKE BERRY THE OUTLAWS SIMON KING |
1966 |
musical director for |
MICKEY MOST |
arranged for |
THE ROLLING STONES, P.P. ARNOLD, BILLY NICHOLS, TWICE AS MUCH, NICO, LIONEL BART, ANDREW OLDHAM ORCHESTRA |
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arranged for |
MIKE BERRY THE OUTLAWS SIMON KING |
1966 |
musical director for |
MICKEY MOST |
1966 |
arranged for |
HERMANS HERMITS (A Kind of Hush, No Milk Today, etc.) |
1966/7/8 |
arranged for |
CLIFF RICHARD, MARC BOLAN, CAT STEVENS, THE ROLLING STONES, P.J. PROBY, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, ANITA HARRIS, WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS, FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS, SHE TRINITY, AMORY KANE, FRUGAL SOUND, THE MIGHTY AVENGERS, AFFINITY, FAMILY DOG, THE GREENBEATS, MADELINE BELL, MAGIC LANTERNS, PETER & GORDON, DOWNLINERS SECT, etc |
1966/7/8 |
played for |
TOM JONES, EVERLY BROTHERS, BURT BACHARACH, SAMMY DAVIS, PAULA ANKA, DEL SHANNON, ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK, WALKER BROTHERS, MEMPHIS SLIM, ETTA JAMES, CHAMPION JACK DUPREE, PEARL BAILEY, DINAH WASHINGTON, KATHY KIRBY, JAY & THE AMERICANS, PAUL & BARRY RYAN, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE SUPREMES, BO DIDDLEY, DETROIT SPINNERS, SHIRLEY BASSEY, SUE & SUNNY, CLAUDE FRANCOIS, MICHEL POLNAREFF, EDDIE MITCHELL, GEORGE MARTIN + many 100's of Recordings, Film and T.V. Sessions. |
1968 |
formed |
LED ZEPPELIN with JIMMY PAGE |
1969-1980 |
LED ZEPPELIN 9 albums 1 film 26 tours |
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1973 |
produced |
MADELINE BELL album "COMIN'ATCHA" |
1981 |
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set up 24 track electronic music studio in Devon |
1982 |
taught |
Electronic composition at DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS, DEVON |
1983 |
appeared |
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET film: PAUL McCartney |
1984 |
commission |
JIM FULKERSON trombone and tape for HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL |
1984/5 |
film score |
"SCREAM FOR HELP" LORIMAR |
1985 |
produced/eng. |
"SCREAM FOR HELP" album (Jon Anderson, Madeline Bell) |
1986 |
commission |
ODYSSEUS theme music Award-winning 13 part serial B.B.C. TV |
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commission |
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION for ALMEIDA FESTIVAL |
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CHRISTOPHER BOWERS-BROADBENT organ and tape |
1986 |
produced/eng. |
JOHN RENBOURN/STEFAN GROSSMAN album "THREE KINGDOMS" |
1986/7 |
produced |
BEN E. KING album "SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME" |
1987/8 |
produced |
THE MISSION album "CHILDREN" |
1988 |
commission |
Track for BRIAN ENO album "MUSIC FOR FILMS III" |
1986 |
produced/eng. |
JOHN RENBOURN/STEFAN GROSSMAN album "THREE KINGDOMS" |
1989 |
commission |
"AMORES PASADOS" for RED BYRD and ARTS COUNCIL for BREMEN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL on FACTORY RECORDS |
1990 |
arrangements |
CINDERELLA album |
1990 |
produced |
LA FURA DEL BAUS album "NOUN" |
1990 |
produced |
JACINDA JONES album |
1991 |
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set up 32 track digital electronic music studio near BATH |
1991 |
composed/produced |
One hour Multimedia show for MERCEDES-BENZ launch |
1991 |
composed/produced |
MD for SPANISH PAVILLION, SEVILLE EXPO 1992 |
1992 |
commission |
RICARDO GALLARDO "MACONDO" steel and drum tape for SONIC ARTS |
1992 |
commission |
REBECCA ALLEN /ANIMATICA SPAIN computer animation piece |
1992 |
commission |
MONDRIAN QUARTET string Quartet "MAASTRICT TIME" for ZEALAND |
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MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE HAGUE |
1992 |
arranged/performed |
PETER GABRIEL album " US " |
1992 |
performed |
BRIAN ENO album "NERVE NET" |
1992 |
arrangements |
R.E.M. album "AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE" - 'Everybody Hurts', 'Drive', 'Nightswimming' and 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' |
1992 |
produced |
BUTTHOLE SURFERS ALBUM "INDEPENDENT WORM SALOON" |
1993 |
film score |
"RISK" dir. DEIRDRE FISHEL w/ KAREN SILLAS |
1993 |
arranged |
Strings for "RAGING SLAB" album |
1993 |
composed |
"THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB" - Award winning animation |
1993 |
performed |
MTV Music Awards with LENNY KRAVITZ |
1994 |
produced/performed |
collaborative album with DIAMANDA GALAS |
1994 |
performed |
World tour with DIAMANDA GALAS |
1994 |
produced/performed |
live album with HEART |
1995 |
produced |
"FORGET" - debut album by US band ELEPHANT RIDE |
1996 |
writing |
material for new solo album |
1996 |
built and set up new recording studio in LONDON |
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1998 |
recording |
first solo album |
1999 |
produced/performed |
"ZOOMA" by John Paul Jones and world tour. |
| 2000 | tour | |
2001 |
produced/performed |
"The Thunderthief" by John Paul Jones and tour. |
| 2000 | Touring in support of Zooma | |
| 2001 | produced/performed | "The Thunderthief" by John Paul Jones |
| 2001 | Co-Headline tour of US with King Crimson | |
| 2002 | performed | Concert for the Mines Advisory Group, Manchester, England |
| 2002 | performed | with Julie Felix |
| 2003 | performed | with Robyn Hitchcock, London, England |
| 2003 | Toured Japan as Special Guest of 'Guitar Wars' (also featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert & Steve Hackett) | |
| 2003 | performed | with Steve Hackett |
| 2004 | performed | as part of John Cage's 'Musicircus', The Barbican, London |
2004 |
produced |
THE DATSUNS album “Outta Sight Outta Mind” |
| 2005 | performed | In Your Honor album, Foo Fighters |
| 2005 | perfomed | Lunel, France w/ Mike Marshall |
| 2006 | produced/performed | with Uncle Earl & on their album Waterloo, Tennessee |
| 2007 | performed | Bonnaroo Festival "SuperJam" with Ben Harper, and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson |
| 2007 / 2008 | performed | with Robyn Hitchcock |
| 2008 | performed | BBC Radio2 Folk Awards |
| 2008 | performed | with Foo Fighters at Grammy Awards, Los Angeles |
| 2008 | performed | with Jimmy Page and the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, London |
