Since 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, also working 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. In the US he has appeared with 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 Finland, Sweden, Spain and Italy. His trio has toured Azerbaijan, Israel, Cameroon, Singapore and performed in Nicosia with the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra.

Photo by Christiane Zschommler, 2001

Most recently, Jonathan has started forming musical ties abroad ~ in Italy touring and recording with Danilo Gallo and Alessandro Minetto, and now with Joseph Lepore and Enzo Zirillia, as well as saxist Tommaso Starace. In France with the Didier Conchon/Ramon Layzelles Quintet featuring Wayne Dockery on bass and Antoine Banville on drums ~ the trio's first album is due out soon. In Finland with trumpeter/producer Mika Myllari ~ the Northern Star People project album is due for release in November ~ and as resident trio at the Helsinki Jazz Festival.

In the UK, along with Tony Kofi, Ben Hazleton and Winston Clifford, he 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, and the band's latest recording, The Silent Truth, was released this April. Jonathan also sings with bassist Larry Bartley, and is a member of Michael Mwenso’s Male Vocal Combustion.