G. Scott Jones holds a Master of Music in Improvisation from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Central State University. He has performed and/or recorded with a variety of musical artists, including:
- Aretha Franklin
- The Funk Brothers
- Steve Arrington
- Spyder Turner
- National Jazz Orchestra of Detroit
- Donald Walden
- Eddie Brookshire Big Band
- Concordia University Faculty Brass Quintet
- Nomo
- the G. Scott Jones Freedom Ensemble
- Poco Loco
- Global Theory
- Baoku and the Image Afro-Beat Band
- Yours Truly
He teaches courses in Music and Graphics Design at Edison Community College in Piqua, OH. He arranges music, designs publications for print, and develops web solutions.
G. Scott Jones is available for:
- Custom scripted Web sites
- Logo Design
- Print and web communications and branding
- Flash web development
- Photo Manipulation
- Lectures on design and music
Web site Development
MySpace Development
Edison Community College Students:
Instructional Resources site
The music you are hearing is original, except for My Favorite Things, Richard Rodgers and Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk. I strive to use the trombone in my own way. Some of my work is electronic. Some is straight-ahead Jazz. Some is Hip-Hop with the Trombone as a lead voice. I also perform Spoken-Word. I just don't have many recordings of my work yet.
Alter Call is the most recent of the pieces you're hearing. It is the first track toward my next recording project, which I intend to be a Hip-Hop album primarily. The trombones are all played be me and overlayed. The Spoken-Word is improvised. But it is based on a concept that I have been performing for about a year. Much of my Spoken-Word is performed several times prior to being written.
My Favorite Things was performed live at Emporium Wines in Yellow Springs, OH. I was in a pretty emotional place that night. This is one of my favorite recordings so far. It's ferocious! But I hope it also show vulnerability. Because that's how I felt at the time.
Faith is the title track of my first live album. The album was also recorded live at Emporium Wines in Yellow Springs, OH. Faith is about those times in life when we feel like we are beating our heads against a brick wall (the bass line). It's a reminder to rely on our faith/morals (the melody) for the strength to overcome (the improvisation). Faith is available at CD Baby and Tradebit.
The G. Scott Jones Freedom Ensemble was:
- G. Scott Jones: Trombone
- Mario Abney: Trumpet
- Chris Slone: Bass
- Julian Addison: Drums
I didn't have a chord instrument because I didn't want the chords to get in the way of the harmonic possibilities. I wanted to borrow from the Rag-Time era, as well as play all other forms of Jazz and beyond. Plus I didn't want to pay a fifth player. Clarence Slaughter did play Tenor Saxophone with us a few times though.
To My Family With Love is a dedication to my wife and kids. Most of the time when I play the most important people in my life aren't there, because it's late at night. So this piece is an attempt to tell them how I feel about them. In live performances I normally do Spoken-Word between solos.
Peripheral Vision is was recorded live at a WYSO concert in Yellow Springs, OH. It is a piece about the need to view the world with two eyes at all times. We have to remain focused on our goals, and deal with reality at the same time.
Long Tones is from Baseq-my first album which uses trombone for all of the sounds. All of the sounds are made from the trombone, except for this long sound that is like a cymbal. That is the elongated version of a circular breath. The piece should be listened to in various settings: with headphones, with car speakers, at home. Every time I listen to Long Tones in a different place different sounds stick out to me.
Baseq was recorded during my graduate studies at the University of Michigan. The album was a dedication to those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. My goal was to: 1. reflect, musically, on the terrible disaster in New Orleans and 2. use the funds generated from it to donate to the rebuilding efforts. Unfortunately I still need to generate some funds from the project. All the pieces are improvisations compiled on top of each other. I was inspired by Miles Davis' Bitches Brew album, as well as work that I was doing with the Digital Music Ensemble and Creative Arts Orchestra at the University of Michigan.
Brew On the Rocks is inspired by Miles Davis' Bitches Brew album. Instruments used were: Trombone, voice, aluminum mixing bowls, and a smoke detector that I needed to put batteries in.
Round Midnight was arranged by me in an attempt to simplify the tonality of the song and allow the soloist to take it in several directions without being confined to pre-determined harmonic structures. Plus I thought it sounded cool with the upright bass dropped an octave and cranked up a bit. This arrangement came from a similar one on the Baseq album.
