Michael Jones (Canadian musician)
Canadian new-age pianist and composer (1942–2022)
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Personal life
Jones was born in Surrey, England, and grew up in Kitchener and later Queenston, Ontario.[2] He died on 19 January 2022, at the age of 79[3] at Mariposa House Hospice[4] in Orillia, Ontario.
Career
Jones' first album, Pianoscapes, was released on the newly formed Narada record label.[5] The album sold more than 100,000 copies.[6] Since then he has released more than a dozen albums of piano music.[7] In 1990 he conducted a concert tour.[2]
He published three books about creative leadership; the most recent is The Soul of Place: Re-imagining Leadership Through Nature Art and Community. Jones was a columnist for the business and leadership website, Management - Issues. He often combined the two sides of his career by performing his compositions at leadership conferences.
In 2015 Jones co-chaired the Mariposa Roundtable, an initiative to improve the economy of Orillia through increased tourism.[8]
Original discography
- Michael's Music (Pianoscapes, 1981)
- Reissued as Pianoscapes (Narada, 1983)[9]
- Windsong (Antiquity, 1983)
- Seascapes (Narada, 1984)[10]
- Wind and Whispers (Sona Gaia, 1985)
- Solstice (Narada, 1985)[11]
- Sunscapes (Narada, 1986)[12]
- Amber (Narada, 1987)
- After the Rain (Narada, 1988)
- Magical Child (Narada, 1990)
- Michael's Music (Narada, 1990)
- Morning in Medonte (Narada, 1992)
- Air Born (Narada, 1994)
- Touch (Narada, 1996)
- The Living Music (Narada, 1998)
- Echoes of Childhood ( Pianoscapes, 2002)[13]
- Almost Home (Pianoscapes, 2006)
- Deep Song (Pianoscapes, 2015)
Compilation appearances
- The Living Music (Narada 1998)
- 20 Years of Narada Piano
- Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)
- Pianoscapes The Deluxe Edition (Narada 2002)
Books
- Michael Jones (1 January 1991). Solos and Sketches for New Age Piano. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7935-0059-8.
- Creating an Imaginative Life Trafford (1995, 2006) ISBN 978-1-57324-011-6
- Artful Leadership, Awakening the Commons of the Imagination Trafford (2006) ISBN 1-4120-8578-0
- The Soul of Place:Re-Imagining Leadership Through Nature, Art and Community Friesen Press (2014) ISBN 9781460237960
