- Vince Jones
::"This is an article about the Australian Jazz musician. For the British football player and actor see
Vinnie Jones ".Vince Jones (b. 1954) is an
Australian jazz artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions ofjazz standards . His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.He attributes his love of jazz to hearing a recording of
Miles Davis 's "Sketches of Spain" when he was about 14. He taught himself to play the trumpet.Vince was born in
Glasgow ,Scotland and his family moved toWollongong , Australia when he was 11 years old. He began his career as a bebop trumpet player.He has sold more than 200,000 albums world-wide.
Currently he is living on the south coast of New South Wales, on the edge of the
Royal National Park .Discography (Albums)
* Watch What Happens 1982
* Spell 1983
* For All Colours 1984
* On The Brink Of It 1985
* Tell Me A Secret 1986
* It All Ends Up In Tears 1987
* Trustworthy Little Sweethearts 1988
* One Day Spent 1992
* Future Girl 1995
* Here's To The Miracles 1996
* Virtue - Best Of 1997
* Live 1999
* Moving Through Taboos 2004External links
* [http://www.vincejones.com.au/index.html Offical site]
* [http://www.vincejoneslive.com Fanclub website with articles,photos and lyrics]
* "Rewind 1986", in "Sunday Life" magazine, "The Sunday Age ", 23 September 2007
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