Musicians: J
David J.
Legendary bassist of Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, and a well-established solo artist.
OFFICIAL SITE
JACK OR JIVE
Japan’s experimental/prog outfit fronted by singer Haco.
OFFICIAL SITE
Ronald Shannon JACKSON
Great experimental guitarist.
OFFICIAL SITE
Claudio JACOMUCCI
Italian accordeonist.
OFFICIAL SITE
JADE WARRIOR
Fine British prog/jazz/eclectic music group.
FRIENDS OF JADE WARRIOR – Fan site.
Andrzej JAGODZIŃSKI TRIO
Polish jazz and classical pianist.
OFFICIAL SITE
Los JAIVAS
Chilean folk-rock.
OFFICIAL SITE
JAKAM
Electronic music from Japan that packs in some rather nice dub touches.
MYSPACE SITE
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The JAM
Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler mixed punk, mod and soul music to stunning effect in the early 1980s. Weller and Foxton are still relatively active and making vital music.
THE JAM: INFORMATION PAGES – A fansite.
JAMS
East German folk music sung in Low German!
PROPHETS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY – FolkWorld article.
JANDEK
Weirdo folk guitarist.
GUIDE TO JANDEK
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Horst JANKOWSKI
Painist from Germany famous for the song A Walk Through The Black Forest, one of the funkiest songs ever.
OFFICIAL SITE
JAPAN
Rob Dean (lead guitar, vocals), Richard Barbieri (keyboards), David Sylvian (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Mick Karn (bass guitar, saxophone, vocals), and Steve Jansen (drums) had a wonderful band that started out as contemporaries of bands like Duran Duran and Talk Talk, and ended up becoming one of the most progressive groups of the Eighties. All of the member, I believe, are still active and making quite valid music, with the exception of Dean.
THE JAPAN FANLISTING – Fan site.
NIGHTPORTER – Official Site.
JARBOE
Former Swans chanteuse.
OFFICIAL SITE
Achim JAROSCHEK
Wild free-jazz piano player based in Germany.
OFFICIAL SITE
Jean-Michel JARRE
French electronic music forefather and incredible composer. He is also the son of legendary soundtrack composer Maurice Jarre.
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Keith JARRETT
One of the most critically acclaimed pianists of our day, best remembered for his ECM Records masterpiece, “The Köln Concert.” Don’t let that stop you from exploring his vital body of work, though! He has not yet ceased in making vital music.
FAN SITE
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ARTICLE – From Salon Magazine.
Fuad JAVADOV
Pop jazz musician from Azerbaijan, now living in Los Angeles.
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The JAZZ BUTCHER CONSPIRACY
Pat Fish’s quirky English alt-pop band.
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JEGA
English electronic act.
MYSPACE SITE
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Concha JEREZ
Spanish electroacoustic composer who sometimes collaborates with fellow Spaniard José Iges.
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The JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Scottish alternative giants.
APRIL SKIES – A fan site.
JEUNESSES MUSICALES MACEDONIA YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Young ones trained in classical music, based in Skopje.
OFFICIAL SITE
John JEWEL
A fine American composer and singer who I came across while I was living in the Balkans and he was living in Moldova. An amazing talent. He is now a resident of Los Angeles and you can catch him at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion performing now and again.
OFFICIAL SITE
JIANG Xiao-Qing
Chinese zither player and a member of the Li Hua Ensemble.
BREATHING SPACES SITE
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Tomas JIRKU
Electronic musician from Finland.
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JLIAT
Sumptuous drone from England.
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JOB
Massachussets-based experimental trio.
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JOB KARMA
Polish post-Industrial project.
OFFICIAL SITE
Antonio Carlos “Tom” JOBIM
The king of Bossa Nova.
CLUBE DO TOM
Daniel JOHNSTON
Weird, weird singer, and a long-time fixture in new music (and art, which he’s quite good at!).
HI, HOW ARE YOU? – Official site.
Tom JONES
The man, the myth, the legend is the hippest, coolest singer to ever come out of Wales. Truly, in terms of music, he’s ‘King of the Taffies.’
OFFICIAL SITE
JOSEF K
Paul Haig fronted this jangly buzzpop band from Scotland.
THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC ENTRY – Piero Scaruffi’s entry on the band.
Arsenije JOVANOVIĆ
A Serbian-born composer now residing in Croatia, and perhaps the greatest master of the “sound opera,” which he tells marvellous stories without having singers or musicians utter a word.
KUNSTRADIO BIOGRAPHY – Arsenije’s site for Austrian Radio.
THE LISTENING ROOM: WORKING WITH ARSENIJE – The Australian Broadcasting Company’s interview with the composer.
Jovan JOVIČIĆ
Serbian classical guitarist and composer who is now a faculty member of the Fakultet muzi?ke umetnosti u Beogradu.
WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
JOY DIVISION
Hands down, the greatest band ever, recording two of my favorite songs ever (Ceremony and Atmosphere still fill me with emotion when I hear them). They were the perfect picture of what a post-punk band should have been, and they continue making wonderful music as New Order.
DISCOGRAPHY SITE – Fansite listing the discography of both Joy Division and New Order.
JOY DIVISION CENTRAL – A site for bootleg recordings of the band.
WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
Les JOYAUX DE LA PRINCESSE
Apocalyptic industrial music from France, and sometime collaborator with Death In June.
RUSSIAN FANSITE
Kepa JUNKERA
Trikitixa player from the Basque Country in Spain.
OFFICIAL SITE
Ibrica JUSIĆ
Croatian pop-folk singer.
HAZARDER – A tribute to Leonard Cohen.
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