Lee Jones Trio **FREE FRONT BAR GIG**

Lee Jones is a British jazz guitarist and composer, combining influences from modern jazz, rock, blues and free improvisation. Lee has regularly performed throughout the UK scene and recorded/performed/studied alongside Larry Coryell, Martin Taylor and Mike Stern. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course in 2007, he has released seven solo albums with former WEA producer Simon Tittley and in 2019 completed a Ph.D. in music composition at the University of Salford, Manchester. Lee is now based in Melbourne, Australia recently gave a solo jazz guitar tour of Japan in April 2025. Lee released his latest solo guitar project, A World Away, in late 2023 and is currently working on a new compositional project.

Tonight, Lee will be uniting a very special trio honouring leading giants of jazz guitar including Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery. Tonights lineup, featuring some of Melbournes finest musicians, will be performing a range of diverse repertoire from classic albums including Boss Guitar, Smokin at the Halfnote, and Jellybeans with a soulful, blues-inflected passion throughout.

...an excellent composer and one heck of a guitarist... Larry Coryell
...a fully developed personal style... The Observer
...an emerging talent *** Jazzwise UK
...tuneful originals and fluent solos... London Evening Standard

Personnel:
Lee Jones (Guitar)
James Lockwood (Double Bass)
Edward York (Drums)