The Ed Jones Quartet

Ed Jones (Tenor Sax), Leon Greening (Piano), Riaan Vosloo (Bass), Troy Miller (Drums)
Ed formed the first "Ed Jones Quartet" in 1987. They were the first band to play at the old Jazz Café and were regularly performing on the emerging Acid Jazz scene at clubs such as The Wag and Dingwalls, he was signed by Giles Peterson and recorded his first album ”The Homecoming" (Acid Jazz, 1989). A further 4 albums followed with different line-ups.
In 2005 he formed Killer Shrimp (co-led) with Trumpeter Damon Brown. The group recorded the highly acclaimed Sincerely Whatever which was top of many critics ‘best of’ lists that year and was nominated for Jazz CD of the year 2007, parliamentary jazz awards. The group were awarded Best Jazz Ensemble 2007 at the same awards.
He has made musical connections in many countries particularly in Japan, Finland and Denmark.
Originally influenced by Dick Heckstall-Smith and John Stevens, Ed’s style blossomed into a distinctively powerful voice, with music projects as diverse as his own musical tastes.
”A formidable saxophonist. Ed Jones may have hit his highest profile through his work with bands US3 and Incognito, but he’s an improviser to his fingertips, a player of forceful imagination, and one of the Uk’s most distinctive saxophonists." John Fordham The Guardian.

”The Vigorous, sometimes downright volcanic tenor sound of Ed Jones has long been one of the great live delights of British Jazz. His barnstorming ‘terrier with a rat’ approach raises the music’s temperature whenever he solos“. Chris Parker, Jazzwise. www.myspace.com/edgarjones