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being voted Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards "Most Promising
Newcomer" in 1991, Jonathan Gee has enjoyed a highly successful
ten-year collaboration with bassist Steve Rose and drummer Winston
Clifford.
Jonathan
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 and Christine Tobin. He has also collaborated
with top US artists David Murray, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, Mark
Murphy, Harry Allen, James Spaulding, Sonny Fortune, Ted Curson
and poet Lemn Sissay.
Jonathan
has performed in 18 countries around the world including most recently,
Finland, Sweden, Spain and Italy. His trio has toured Azerbaijan,
Israel, Cameroon, Singapore, and performed in Nicosia with the Cyprus
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Current
projects include the Monk Liberation Front, a band dedicated to
the music of Thelonious Monk, trios based in the UK, Italy and Scandinavia,
a fusion band, and duets with singer/pianist Dominic Alldis.
Jonathan
has released five albums in his own name. They include three trio
recordings and a solo album ~ Wishbone
~ featuring songs by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
He
appears on Tony Kofi's recent tribute to Thelonious Monk, All
Is Know, BBC Jazz Line-up Album of the Year, 2005.
In
November 2004 Jonathan's Italian Trio released its first album,
Cream of Mandarins.
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