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Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio

Classic Guitar & Hammond Trio!

About Me

"There should be a Government Health Warning on this baby - 'cos each note smokes its own cigarette!"......Beni Williams (musician/producer)

Hi!My name's Jon Dalton & I am a jazz guitarist and music writer.

My music's been played all over the world on TV and Radio and I've released two albums with another on the way.

I guess my musical style falls at the "soul" end of the jazz guitar spectrum with the great Wes Montgomery being at the top of that tree.

I'm interested in all styles of music with a leaning towards soulful tunes, R&B, latin and widescreen orchestral stuff.
I'm originaly from the UK but my home base is now in Los Angeles. I've recently returned from a near two year trip to England where I was working on a trio project with a fantasic Hammond organist John-Paul Gard and rounding out the trio is drummer Andy Roger whose funky swinging style is the engine that allows John and I to fly.

I've uploaded a couple of new tracks from our forthcoming CD: Earthmover and The Eclipse. Unlike my last album The Gift which was, very much, a studio production this CD has been recorded live-to-mike and has a rawer, fresher, quality in keeping with the spirit of jazz.
I hope you like the tunes and will keep you posted on the album's progress

If you have any questions (general please, not technical) about the history of the jazz guitar or where and what to listen to, please contact me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can

Have fun!.....Jon

PLEASE CHECK OUR BLOG FOR DETAILS OF UP-COMING GIGS!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/11/2007
Band Website: cdbaby.com/jondalton
Band Members: Jon Dalton, guitar.

John-Paul Gard, Hammond organ.


Andy Roger, drums.

Influences: Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, Pat Martino, Joey DeFrancesco.
Sounds Like: A dry Martini with a twist of hot love!
Record Label: Dit Da Communications, Innervision Records.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

David Sanborn/Grover Washington jnr. Tribute Spaghettini CA: 30th May 08

Hi!Just wanted to let you know on Friday May 30th I'll be playing at Spaghettini, Seal Beach, California with the Mike Parlett band, 8-11pm.The gig is a tribute to the two great sax meisters David San...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Fri, 30 May 2008 12:01:00 PST

David Sanborn/Grover Washington jnr. Tribute Spaghettini CA: 30th May 08

Hi!Just wanted to let you know on Friday May 30th I'll be playing at Spaghettini, Seal Beach, California with the Mike Parlett band, 8-11pm.The gig is a tribute to the two great sax meisters David San...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:30:00 PST

Friday Jan 11th 8pm BBC2

Hi! If you're in the UK watch out for the documentary "Raising Sancho" this Friday 11th at 8pm on BBC2. It follows a Brazillian conservation worker as she adopts an orphaned Giant Otter cub and attemp...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:29:00 PST

Thank you and goodbye!!

Hi! Last night we played our last UK gig at The Langley in Bristol. What a spectacular evening. The venue was packed with people ranging from 17 to about 90 years old and everybody, including us, had ...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:01:00 PST

It's nearly over :-(

Hi! Sunday August 5th sees our last UK date. We're playing at The Langley which is one of our favourite venues. John-Paul is then taking the rest of August off from work and I plan to return to the US...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST

UP-COMING GIGS!!!

Having some problems posting up-coming dates on the page so here's another way of letting you know. For the sake of ease I'll just refer to us as trio and differentiate any other gigs: All gigs are UK...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:04:00 PST

Dolphin Hotel Newbury

Big thanks to Mark for taking the trouble to shoot countless photos of the trio for this website. I've picked a couple for our rolling montage and over the coming weeks will look at them all (the...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:24:00 PST

Langley Arms April 1st

This was a lovely gig for us with friends old and new in attendance. It was great to see so many people from the former Huntsman jazz club there. Thanks for being there people and a spe...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:19:00 PST

Monmouth Gig Date Change.

Please note our Queens Head, Monmouth gig has been postponed and will now be held on Wed. 25th of April 2007. 
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:50:00 PST

Devizes Jazz Club.

There's a lovely Jazz club in the basement of The Bear Hotel in Devizes, Wiltshire, UK. Last night we played our second gig there and the response was great. I think we played three encores! The audie...
Posted by Jon Dalton / John Paul Gard Trio on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:27:00 PST