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About Me:: bruce jones
18 Dawson Ave. toronto ontario brusarava@yahoo.ca
647-238 9605
composer / performer / independent record producer / teacher

Bruce Jones is an established member of the Canadian music community. 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 has a long and successful performance career. In the past year he led bands performing several times in Niagara on the Lake and Toronto. He also was featured in Manzanillo Mexico at the Karmina Palace (now the Barceló) and Charlie’s Place, Manzanillo’s leading jazz club.

In previous years, Bruce has successfully led bands performing at the all the Harbourfront festivals, including WOMAD and Hispanic festivals and others, to widespread acclaim. Bruce’s regular performances at the The Bamboo and all major venues in Toronto attracted a large following of music aficionados and enthusiastic dancers. His bands Cocada and Da also incorporated some of Canada’s best young jazz musicians who appreciated his original sound and traditional Brazilian rhythms. Da and other musical ensembles led by Bruce have been featured in concerts across Canada, Brazil, Cape Verde, West Africa and Argentina in venues from worldbeat to jazz and dance.

• His CDs, *SARAVA CRIOLA* and *CANADA EH!* were acclaimed by critic Andrew Sun, as "among the most fascinating Canadian records ever made".
• Bruce founded the first samba school in Canada; “Unidos do Canada”. He inspired many excellent musicians to continue the samba tradition in Canada.
• He had a ten year involvement with Toronto’s Caribana, where he won ‘best traditional ensemble’ 7 years running.
• His song ‘Africa Feliz’ won third place in the John Lennon Songwriting contest.

This background has contributed to his extraordinary range of abilities in the areas of composition, arranging and performing as both an instrumentalist notably on guitar and Brazilian percussion instruments and as a vocalist.

Bruce’s teaching career began at the Eli Kassner Academy and continues today. Bruce is a gifted teacher who has taught a generation of guitarists, many of who now have successful musical careers of their own. Bruce commenced his own musical studies at the Academia Paulista de Musica in Sao Paulo, Brasil, and upon his return to Canada, continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Players in his bands have included: Perry White, Steven Donald, Chi Sharpe, Rick Lazar, Daniel Barnes, Dave Field, Bill McBirnie, Armando Larry Borg, Mike Sereny, Bill Norman, Art Avalos, Phil Dwyer, Etric Lyons, Bob Siboney, Zulema Clas, Ron Allen, Lionel Williams, Penner Mackay, Marl Lalama, Steve Goldberger, Jessie Mackay, Andy Mackay, Eliane Abolicao.

Bruce has also been the recipient of numerous arts awards from “FACTOR”, the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. His production and engineering abilities have also been utilized by various artists through his production house “Dada Music Productions”. Bruce lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake performing, writing and recording music, teaching music and raising a young family.

Festivals

2003 Folk Arts Festival, Montebello Park, St.Catherines
2002 Latinfest, Harbourfront, Toronto
1995 North by Northeast, Toronto
1995 Summer Folk Festival, Owen Sound
1993 Festival Baja das Gatas, Cape Verde Islands
1989-95 International DuMaurier Downtown Jazz Festival, Toronto
1989-95 Caribana (with G.R.E.S. Unidos do Canada), Toronto
1989-93 Earth Song Multicultural Festival, Hamilton
1992 Urban Alliance on Race Relations
1992 Big Squeeze Festival, Harbour front, Toronto
1991 Mariposa Folk Festival, Toronto
1991 Cultures Canada, Ottawa
1991 WOMAD Festival, Harbourfront. Toronto
1990 Brazil, Brazil Festival, Bamboo, Toronto

Performances With

1996 Zap Mamma, Harbourfront
1990 Les Negresses Vertes, Bamboo Club
1990 Djavan, The Copa
1989 Gilberto Gil, The Copa
1987 Parachute Club, The Concert Hall

Arts Awards

1997 The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Third Place, “Africa Feliz”, NYC
1995 Ontario Arts Council Popular Music Grant
1995 Toronto Arts Council Composers Grant
1995 Toronto Arts Council Cultural Incentives Grant
1994 FACTOR Touring Grant
1994 FACTOR Professional Publishers Award
1993 FACTOR New Talent Demo Award
1992 Ontario Arts Council Popular Music Grant

Discography

Film Soundtrack
 2006 FLASH OF FUCHSIA
 2004 VACA MALHADA
 2004 AMAZON DREAMS II
 1999 PROYECTO PATAGONICO
 1995 SARAVA CRIOLA
 1993 CANADA EH!!
 1992 AMAZON DREAMS
 1991 VELA E BARCO
 1990 DA
 1989 IT CHANGES ALL
 1988 WHERE TWO WATERS MEET
 1986 DIALECTS

 1995 TIME IS ON MY SIDE directed by JACQUES HOLENDER
(nominated for a Genie)
 1993 LATIN NIGHTS directed by ANTHONY AZZOPARDI

Record
Productions  1999 SALVA TE GRUPO ENIGMA (PATAGONIA)
 1998 EXTREME FLUTE / DESVIO (BILL McBIRNIE)
 1992 AMOR E EVOLUCAO (DUDU ARAUJO)
 1992 ADVENTURES OF A RED CROCODILE (YANA)
 1991 BEACHES (IAN SCOTT)
Education
 Academia Paulista de Musica (Sao Paulo, Brasil)
 Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)
 Daniel Lanois / Brian Eno / Ron Allen at Grant Ave Studio (Hamilton) summer 1989

Master Classes

 Leo Brower
 Turibio Santos
 Julian Bream
 Baden Powell
 Carlinhos Brown

 Eli Kassner
 Norbert Kraft
 Roman Toi
 Dr. Richard Dawson
 James Lawless

Website:: http://www.myspace.com/brucedajones

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At 5:08am on June 1st, 2008, Tim 'tbone' Tapling said…: Hello ,
brother of the rhythm ,
very nice deep songs
you are making !

Love the percussive content .

tbone

At 12:31am on May 11th, 2008, bruce jones said…: i added all these songs because i believe in you guys i truly believe this is the way to go....for all of us...who believe in music.....