Bruce Jones is a long standing and established member of the Canadian music scene community whose contributions have been so vast and singular that it has been said that no other musician in the country has managed to integrate rock, Brazilian and various other folkloric elements into such a personal and ongoing series of musical statements.
Bruce commenced his musical studies in earnest at the Academia Paulista de Musica in Sao Paulo, Brasil, and upon his arrival in Canada, continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Master classes with Baden Powell, Leo Brower, Norbert Kraft and Eli Kassner (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001816) inspired and informed his music.
This background has contributed to his extraordinary range of abilities in the areas of composition, arranging and performance as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist notably on guitar and brazilian percussion instruments.
Both of the CDs, SARAVA CRIOLA and CANADA EH! have received acclaim from critic, Andrew Sun, as "among the most fascinating Canadian records ever made". Da and other musical ensembles led by Bruce have been featured in concert situations across Canada, Brazil, Cape Verde, West Africa and Argentina in venues from worldbeat to jazz and dance.
His performances never fail to get the people moving.
DISCOGRAPHY
* 2006 Flash of Fuchsia (currently in production)
* 2004 Vaca Malhada
* 2004 Amazon Dreams II
* 1999 Proyecto Patagonico: "The Passenger"
* 1998 Extreme Flute: "Desvio" (A Bill McBirnie/Bruce Jones Collaboration
* 1995 DA: "Sarava Criola"
* 1993 DA: "Canada Eh!"
* 1992 New Canadian Women Singers (A CBC Compilation)
* 1991 Amazon Dreams
* 1991 Vela e Barco
* 1990 DA
* 1989 It Changes All
* 1988 Where Two Waters Meet
* 1986 Cocada: "Dialects"
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Hey Bruce!!!! I hope you read this really soon!!! Sending you a lot of energy and good wishes. Soon you'll be up and about, hang in there!!! Hermeto Pascoal is coming in June!!!! We'll go see him. Zule
