Jones released his first solo album, The Many Moods of Oliver Jones, in 1984. On this album, Oliver Jones directed for the first time what would become his preferred kind of ensemble: a trio, in this case featuring Charles Biddle on bass and Bernard A contract was quickly signed,Īnd the following year Justin Time released Live at Biddle’s Jazz and Ribs. When playing at Biddle’s club, Jones caught the eye of record producer Jim West, who was about to launch the jazz label Justin Time. In 1985, he and Biddle recorded the album Oliver Jones et Charles Biddle for Spectra Scène at the FIJM. In 1981 and played the festival every year after that until 1999 he participated in the opening and closing ceremonies seven times. He performed in the second annual Festival international de jazz de Montréal (FIJM) Then on, he dedicated himself to that style of music. It was at this time that he began to make a name for himself as a jazz pianist. The in-house pianist at Biddle’s club, Jazz and Ribs (now The House of Jazz), from 1981 to 1986. They performed together in nightclubs and hotel bars. He returned to Montreal in 1980, at which time the bassist Charles Biddle suggested they collaborate. Not onstage, Jones went to see jazz musicians play, often joining in to accompany them. The group frequently toured in the Caribbean and the United States, mainly playing Top 40 hits. Music director (1964–80) of a calypso orchestra, the Kenny Hamilton Show Band. Jones studied theory and composition with Sweeney in 19.Īfter working in the Montreal area between 19 and touring Quebec with Richard Parris, Al Cowans, Allan Wellman and other musicians, Jones settled in Puerto Rico. He was soon performing in the United StatesĪs part of the touring show The Bandwagon, which was also staged at Café St-Michel. Mastering the piano became his greatest passion. If she would help him perfect his art as a pianist, she accepted but warned him that he would need to devote significant time to this challenging discipline. Jones studied classical piano, first with Madame Bonner and then with Daisy Peterson Sweeney, the elder sister of his idol, Oscar Peterson.
St-Michel as well as in other clubs and theatres in Montreal, including Rockhead’s Paradise. At five years old, he played at Union United Church in Montreal when he was nine, he performed solo works at Café He had heard on the radio and play them from memory on the piano. He was a child prodigy by the time he was three, he could take songs From an early age, Jones was fascinated by music. Oscar Peterson, who became Jones’s friend and mentor. The area is the birthplace of many musicians, including Oliver Jones was born to Barbadian parents with a strong appetite for music in Montreal’s Little Burgundy neighbourhood.
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