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Emily Jones

... Have you met Miss Jones? (www.emilyjones.ca now finished!)

About Me

Hi, I'm Emily, I'm rather obsessed with music, and a DJ, amongst other things; Feel free to check out my website ( www.emilyjones.ca ), to add my other djing myspace profile ( myspace.com/djemilyjones ), or read further for my official (and detailed!) bio.
As of the end of February, 2008, I am now based in Milan, Italy.
Official Bio:
Emily Christina Jones, born in Canada in 1979, is the daughter of European immigrants and youngest of 3 girls. She was raised in a family where music and reading were encouraged, and team sports and television were discouraged, and as a result became fascinated with music at an early age. Her father, a noted meteor physicist and multi-instrumentalist, especially inspired Emily, and passed on his tremendous passion for music to her.
As a teenager, in part motivated by her mother's love of classical music, she studied voice (Royal Conservatory lessons) with a trained opera singer, and was also a choir member, but paused in her vocal training at age 17, due to the demands of her studies, and soon began to re-direct her energy towards seriously collecting music, as she completed her computer science degree at university.
Miss Jones represents a refreshing escape from the modern electronic dance music landscape. Instead her sets are full of music with real instruments, bright songs, and swinging rhythms, that make your toes tap. Recognized for groovy, upbeat music matched with a glowing smile, Emily whisks you off (in style) to a sunny coastal town you've never heard of, where it's always summer, drinks have little paper umbrellas and you're never the only one dancing.
Her recipes for refined atmosphere are culled from the global jazz movement at large - from old greats, to fresh interpretations of jazz standards, splashed with many forms of Latin music, funk, jazzy hip-hop, organic house, and funky breakbeat, along with music from lesser-known modern jazz / bossa pioneers. From contemporary Finland, Germany, and Japan to the latest British and Italian jazz aimed squarely at the dance floor, Miss Jones has come forth to play records that few have heard and most fall instantly in love with.
Emily Jones has held multiple weekly and monthly DJ residencies in the Ottawa, Canada region (2004-2008) and completed her first European mini-tours in 2007, playing DJ gigs in Germany, Italy, France, Belgium and the UK.
For booking information, please send a myspace message or (preferably) contact emily[dot]jones[at]gmail[dot]com
For more information on Emily's DJing activities/charts/tracklists/MIXES etc. go to her website at www.emilyjones.ca .
Check out the photos from Emily's Summer trip / Mini DJ Tour - Myspace Photo Album ,
Miss Jones's Holiday, Europe, Summer, 2007
Please also add Emily's DJing profile (click on the photo below)...
www.myspace.com/djemilyjones
NJLC
Myspace Editor
Pimp MySpace
New Mix! Recorded August 9/07, Bossa Nova Garden Party
Listen (or right click Em's suitcase and "save-target-as" to download)
*** please note, i am very sorry if i do not respond to every request, message or comment in a timely manner, the friends requests are somewhat out of control.
unfortunately now i must mass approve friends requests (although I would prefer not to) - if you have something to tell me, please message me, thanks! :)also, please do not post big ugly comments on my page. if i do not approve comments, it is usually because they are too big and/or too ugly, not because i don't like you or your band.***
Myspace Contact Tables

My Interests

hunting for and playing records, dancing, writing, baking/cooking (when i have time), reading, singing, sewing, or attempting to sew - possibly resulting in the use of glue and/or staples, walking, day dreaming...

I'd like to meet:

big music geeks who can teach me more about the music i love!!! confident, interesting, amusing, intelligent, quirky people; musicians; people with good taste; people who make me laugh, creative opinionated people; people who can surprise me (in a good way), people who show me things about art and fashion that I'm not familiar with; all or any of the above; quite possibly you!

...And (you might want to pause the player on the left for this)...

Astrud Gilberto in Italy, 1967

My Friend Space
I have some lovely friends.

ricky tick

freestyle records

schema records

deja vu

eighteenth street lounge

cal tjader

lalo schifrin

james brown

mongo santamaria

ed lincoln

gerardo frisina

emily jones

isabelle antena

denis moulin

BSC

rosalia de souza

stefania dipierro

timo lassy

dalindeo

quantic

zattar

mizz malik

chris joss

franck

com você

g. deligny

christine moritz

lasonic

arkestra one

rory more

spasmo

gu

stuart chalk

scan dura

s-tone inc

jean honeymoon

richard e.

dj caroll

miaso design

samp brothers

paolo

neurz

adriano cantatore

julianne

dj moolinex

marcos torres

dante fontana

universal paupiette 2.0

nicola conte

m.path.iq

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Music:

jazz, old and new in varying forms, but particularly 60's / dancefloor / latin / cinematic jazz, bossa nova and other forms of latin music, old and new funk, boogaloo, slow funky breaks, good hip hop, stylish downtempo, select house and afrobeat, brazilian dnb, and more...

specific artists/bands you may hear in my sets: ahmad jamal, air, aldemaro romero, alice russell, allison crocket, antonio carlos jobim, art blakey, astor piazzolla, astrud gilberto, baby mammoth, banda black rio, beatfanatic, benjamin herman, billy brooks, birds and brass, bobby hughes in his various incarnations, bonobo, booker t & the mgs, brasil 66, briskey, bud powell, cal tjader, casbah 73, celso murilo, che, chris joss, colman brothers, combo moderna, dalindèo, dave brubeck, dave pike, desmond williams, diesler , dino & franco piana, dizzy gillespie, dj krush, don pablo de havana, dusko goykovich, dzihan & kamien, ed lincoln, eddie cano, eddie fischer quintet, eli goulart, elis regina, ella and louis, esthero, everything but the girl, fabio nobile, federico aubele, five corners quintet, fila brazillia, fk5, frank walton, freddie cruger, fumi, funky dl, fuzz against junk, george levin, gerardo frisina, gotan project, hank mobley, henry mancini, herbaliser, hi fly orchestra, hint, horace silver, ian friday, ian pooley, idea 6, isabelle antena, jaime delgado aparicio, james brown, jazz invaders, jimmy sabater, john coltrane, johnny lytle, jon lucien, jp duet, jukka eskola, k&d, kenny clarke / francy boland, kero one, kira neris, koop, kraak en smaak, lalo schifrin, latin brothers, les hommes, lorez alexandra, los amigos invisibles, ltc, maelstrom & napz, manfred , margie hendrix, marva whitney, marvin gaye, meirelles, micatone, miles davis, milt jackson, milton banana, mjq, mo' horizons, mongo santamaria, mop mop, morcheeba, mr. scruff, nicola conte, nils krogh, nitin sawhney, nu tropic, patchworks, paul desmond, paulo alencar, piero umiliani, plastyc buddha, povo, primo trio, quantic, quantic soul orchestra, quartet tres bien, quarteto em cy, quarteto novo, quasimode, ray baretto, ray barretto, red astaire, reel people, roberto menescal, rosalia de souza, royksopp, santana, sergio mendes, sharon jones, sia , sleeve , solar apple quarktette, solo moderna, sono rhizmo, soulstance, soulstance, stan getz, starcrost, steamboat, stereolab, s-tone, tamba 4, tania maria, tata vasquez, terea, the bossa rio sextet, the dining rooms, the gilbertos, the juju orchestra, the voices, thievery corporation, thunderball, timo lassy, tito puente, tm juke, tortured soul, tubby hayes, ursula 1000, wagon cookin, waiwan, willis jackson, xavier cugat, zero 7, zero db, zimbo trio... and many more, check my set lists and website for more details...

also, please check out my friends at The Bahama Soul Club .

Movies:

i am one of the movie narcolepsy sufferers of this world, but some of the more modern movies i've really enjoyed in the not-so-distant past are harold and maude (ok that's 1971 but whatevs), little miss sunshine, ghost world, science of sleep, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (yes, i like everyone on myspace, also like this movie ;) ), kinky boots.. and of course high fidelity (which i have seen about 6 times, and only fell asleep in about 2 of those times).

of old films i like pretty much anything including julie christie or audrey hepburn, and many things directed by truffaut.

these days i particularly appreciate italian movies with english subtitles!

Television:

i do not own a tv. as a child, my parents didn't believe in letting me watch very much tv at all (we only got about 2 channels), and this kind of stuck with me. i was allowed to watch only a very select number of things, basically only educational programmes and films made prior to 1970. anything else they considered "far too vulgar" and capable of corrupting my tender sensibilites ;). these days i have very little time for any sort of tv, but like to watch the occasional movie if I can stay awake long enough (see above).

Heroes:

my Parents, mio dolce Amore, aaaaaaaaaaand...


My Blog

Gerardo Frisina on Myspace!

go listen to his beautiful music, and add him, per favore click here: http://www. myspace. com/gerardofrisina...
Posted by Emily Jones on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:25:00 PST

Set list from Social, Thursday Feb 7/08, and Moving to Milano

I don' t normally double post (go check out the new page, myspace.com/djemilyjones) but I think this is important enough to do so!Yes, I guess I better make the official announcement, I am moving to M...
Posted by Emily Jones on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:55:00 PST

Set list as kept at Mambo, October 27/07

Set list as kept at Mambo, October 27/07.. guess who got the new Quantic LP in the mail this week :)also continuing to loving new Mo' Horizons albumlots of "emily favourites" in here...1. Los Hermanos...
Posted by Emily Jones on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:43:00 PST

Radio Pellenera (IT) - Good Taste Radio Show Guest Mix Up Now

Check it out, Em's guest mix on this week's edition of the Good Taste radio show on Radio Pellenera (Italy).http://www.radiopellenera.com/playlist/playlist_papi to.htmlPlaylist Here: Papito: Ed Linco...
Posted by Emily Jones on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:33:00 PST

New Mix! "Summer Saudade"...

All from vinyl.. I would post the link, except I can't figure out how to get the scratchy-ness out (it is REALLY scratchy this time, all old records except for one re-issue) so if anyone has...
Posted by Emily Jones on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:56:00 PST

Set list as kept at 18, Friday August 10/07

ok, it is more important for me to go home and do laundry right now (so i have something to wear to my next 3 gigs!) rather than translate this into a proper set list but if you would like bits of it ...
Posted by Emily Jones on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:53:00 PST

New Mix! "Bossa Nova Garden Party"

So you in case you didn't notice, I've posted a new mix on my page, inspired by one of the garden parties I played at while I was in Italy (and the lovely new records I bought in Paris and London!)......
Posted by Emily Jones on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:32:00 PST

Upcoming European Gigs, Top 6 & New Mix, "Miss Jones's Holiday"

Thought I would make a mix before I left for my trip, as I've been getting a few requests recently.  All from vinyl...  If you check my set lists below you can see most of these are tracks i...
Posted by Emily Jones on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

Set list from Social, June 28, 2007

All vinyl!! Yay for getting the ricky tick promos in the mail today! thanks also to solo moderna for sending me his nice record!! :)1.    Jorge Ben comanche2.    Miguel a...
Posted by Emily Jones on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:00:00 PST

Set lists from 18 and Mambo this weekend... (June 8/9, 2007)

2 Set lists for the price of one.. didn't have much time to pick out new records between the nights, so some overlap.  All vinyl.Set list as kept at Mambo June 9/071.  Gerardo - Chirpy2.&nbs...
Posted by Emily Jones on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:15:00 PST