Michael Jones (1942 – 19 January 2022) was a British-born Canadian new-age pianist and composer, known for his improvisational new age performance style.[1] He was also a writer and leadership educator.

Personal life

Jones was born in Surrey, England, and grew up in Kitchener and later Queenston, Ontario.[2] He died on 19 January 2022, at the age of 79.[3]

Career

Jones' first album, Pianoscapes, was released on the newly formed Narada record label.[4] The album sold more than 100,000 copies.[5] Since then he has released more than a dozen albums of piano music.[6] In 1990 he conducted a concert tour.[2]

He published three books about creative leadership; the most recent is The Soul of Place: Re-imagining Leadership Through Nature Art and Community. Jones was a columnist for the business and leadership website, Management - Issues. He often combined the two sides of his career by performing his compositions at leadership conferences.

In 2015 Jones co-chaired the Mariposa Roundtable, an initiative to improve the economy of Orillia through increased tourism.[7]

Original discography

• Michael's Music (Pianoscapes, 1981)
  • Reissued as Pianoscapes (Narada, 1983)[8]
• Windsong (Antiquity, 1983)
• Seascapes (Narada, 1984)[9]
• Wind and Whispers (Sona Gaia, 1985)
• Solstice (Narada, 1985)[10]
• Sunscapes (Narada, 1986)[11]
• Amber (Narada, 1987)
• After the Rain (Narada, 1988)
• Magical Child (Narada, 1990)
• Michael's Music (Narada, 1990)
• Morning in Medonte (Narada, 1992)
• Air Born (Narada, 1994)
• Touch (Narada, 1996)
• The Living Music (Narada, 1998)
• Echoes of Childhood ( Pianoscapes, 2002)[12]
• Almost Home (Pianoscapes, 2006)
• Deep Song (Pianoscapes, 2015)

Compilation appearances

• The Living Music (Narada 1998)
• 20 Years of Narada Piano
• Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)
• Pianoscapes The Deluxe Edition (Narada 2002)

Books

• Michael Jones (1 January 1991). Solos and Sketches for New Age Piano. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7935-0059-8.
• Creating an Imaginative Life Trafford (1995, 2006) ISBN 978-1-57324-011-6
• Artful Leadership, Awakening the Commons of the Imagination Trafford (2006) ISBN 1-4120-8578-0
• The Soul of Place:Re-Imagining Leadership Through Nature, Art and Community Friesen Press (2014) ISBN 9781460237960

See also

• List of ambient music artists

References

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to Michael Jones (Canadian musician).

• Michael Jones at AllMusic
• Pianoscapes
• Thesoulofplace

На других языках

[es] Michael Jones (pianista)