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  • Welcome to  JNZJAZZ.COM
  • I AM NOW GIVING BASS LESSONS (ALL LEVELS) AT THE BASS PLACE!...CALL ME AT 623 217 5867.....SEE LINK BELOW....
  • NEW RECORDING......coming out soon....all JONES TONES....with some of the valley's finest musicians!

  • Check out the Phoenix Jazz Quintet edited demo from Sacred Grounds...
  • recorded by Charles Woods and edited by James Kass
  • If you would like to purchase the unedited(every delightful minute)/partially edited(just music, no talking), contact me at jones_5@hotmail.com   $10 for partially edited (1 CD)   $15 for unedited (2 CDs)         I pay shipping!

  • Also...check out the You Tube links below for some nifty work on The String Emporiums' reasonably priced basses!

THANKS STEVE KOSCICA!!!!!!



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Warren L. Jones III has spent more than 30 years as a professional bassist, composer, clinician and teacher.

He has performed and recorded with national and local musicians and entertainers in the Valley of the Sun since 1980.

A Jazz Bass Performance graduate of the Arizona State University School of Music in 1986, he has

taught in high schools, community colleges, and was an adjunct faculty member of the ASU Jazz  department and Mesa Community College.

 He appears with both local and national artists on more than 30 CDs and DVDs. Mr. Jones has composed over 30 pieces of music for various diverse ensembles. His compositions and arrangements have been performed locally and internationally.


He was a founding member of the award winning Craig Render Quartet in the 1980's and has been mentioned in Downbeat magazine as a musician to be noticed in Arizona. He has performed as a sideman on many jazz recordings, including two releases by the Phoenix Jazz Quartet, several with the Keith Greko Trio, “Live at Inspirations” with Bob Kindred and Chuck Marohnic, "The Complete Phoenix Recordings" with the Carl Fontana/Conte Condoli Quintet, "A Cool Brassy Night at the North Pole" with Summit Brass, Fred Forney's "Into the Mist", and the critically acclaimed Bob Ravenscroft Trio's , “Live at Taliesen West”. Jones has been, and is a leader of several jazz ensembles, including the Trio 2000, the Quartetto del Sol, and the Phoenix Jazz Quartet with Armand Boatman and the Moio Brothers. His most recent group "BRIDGES" features Jacob Koller on piano and is a critical success.


A performance/recording project titled “EARWORM” features various creative musicians interpreting original compositions and jazz “standards”. The first “EARWORM” CD, both PJQ and the BRIDGES CDs are available through CDbaby. Two reviews of BRIDGES from CDbaby appear down the page a bit.

In 2005, Warren earned his AZ teaching certificate and spent 3 years at Horizon Elementary School teaching 5th graders their 3 Rs. He spent 18 months as an adjunct teacher at Mesa Community Coolege, and is currently teaching K-8 music at Thompson Ranch Elementary School in the Dysart School District. He continues his playing, concentrating on his own lyrical compositions.

tune from new CD.....:"I Imagine So..."
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  • MUSIC AROUND THE GLOBE

    • THIS IS WHERE I WILL BE PERFORMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE
      Contact warren at jones_5@hotmail.com for bookings
       
    • every sunday at Asbury Church......9:30-11:00....16th ave and Indian School....w/Barb and Dom......AMEN!
    • 7/25...Kazimers in Scottsdale w/ "Slave to the Groove"....geezers having fun   9-12    you pay.....we play
    • 11/11....YEP....WATCH FOR IT.....NEW CD RELEASE AND PERFORMANCE....SACRED GROUNDS.....AMAZING!!!


Links to Musical Friends
 

Winston Recording

ON SALE-ON SALE-ON SALE

I have only 8 copies left of the new DVD "Live at the Royal Palms Inn" Kenton alumni series from 1993. Bob Cooper, Carl Fontana, Keith Greko, Dave Cook, and myself swinging through 16 jazz standards.

ONLY $10.00 each, while they last.....email me at jones_5@hotmail.com   

 If, during your travels through webland you feel the need to listen to and hopefully purchase or download some of the music, please click
cdbaby or type this address into your URL box (that sounds wrong)..
 
http://cdbaby.com/cd/warrenjones1 and you'll go directly to my stuff.

buy Warren L. Jones III MP3s here:

PHOENIX JAZZ QUARTET: Twice Blessed
http://cdbaby.com/cd/phoenixjazz

WARREN L. JONES III: Ohrwurm:kopfen musik
http://cdbaby.com/cd/warrenjones1

WARREN L. JONES III: Bridges
http://cdbaby.com/cd/warrenjones2
 



 
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Here's the not-so-new "Bridges" CD. Recorded and mixed by Clarke Rigsby at Tempest Studios. Mastered by Dave Shirk at Sonorous Mastering. Design by Tony Amato at Amato Image Design. Packaged by Andy Beatty at Tempe Tape and Disc. 



 Here are two reviews...

Reviewer: CD Baby
The beauty of Warren L. Jones III's album, "Bridges" is that one could spend hours picking apart the subtle touches that give it that special "something", those almost imperceptible nuances of syncopation, the delicate back and forth conversational strands between guitar and piano, the gentle twist of a melody outlining a surprisingly fresh chord that pricks the imagination and lifts the eyebrows, the effortless transition between the sly and moody atmospheres transitioning into the sassy and proud ones- all of these artistic and mind-blowing is components could be explored endlessly, but regardless it suffices to say that if music theory escapes you, there will be no loss of pleasure or appreciation in listening to this album. While the ingredients alone are stunning, the final product, the journey of this eleven-track album is thoroughly unforgettable.



Reviewer: A Fan
I came across this CD while randomly browsing here at CDBaby and was wowed when I listened to the samples. I bought it and now can't stop listening to it. Where did these guys come from?! Every track is superb. The piano is great and the guitar playing is awesome. The writing is top notch and the standards have great twists. Plus the recording sound is perfect. Please make a follow-up to this album with the same lineup!




 

 




 

Sub Stop from the 80's
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