Michael Jones (Canadian musician)

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.

Michael Jones
Born1942
Died (aged 79)
GenresNew-age
Occupation(s)Composer, Pianist, Author, Lecturer
Instrument(s)Piano
Years activec. 1980–2022
LabelsPianoscapes, Inc.
Narada
Websitewww.pianoscapes.com,

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

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

References
  1. Free to be Creative at the Piano. New Age Piano Lessons. pp. 157–. GGKEY:42ZU363U7R3.
  2. "New Age Music". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. "This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment". The Orilla Sun Online. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. Maria Armoudian (6 April 1996). "Look for these New Age labels". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 51–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. "Major labels move quickly". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 October 1986. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. "Music earns Michael Jones a second career". Orillia Sun, 26 April 1988, page 4
  7. "Orillia’s industrial economy is a thing of the past; group focusing on future opportunities". By Dave Dawson, Orillia Packet & Times, 8 October 2015
  8. Mother Jones. Foundation for National Progress. 1983. p. 62.
  9. "Reviews: Pop - Recommended". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 January 1985. pp. 101–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. Keith Tuber (December 1988). The New Age of David Lanz. pp. 356–. ISSN 0279-0483. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. Linda Moleski (30 August 1986). "Grass Routes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 56–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. "Album Review: Almost Home". Mainly Piano, Review by Michael Debbage
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