Anson Jones
Soulful Jazz Composer
NYC-based vocalist and composer blending jazz, folk, and R&B with intricate harmonies and sensitive songwriting.
About
Anson Jones is a vocalist, songwriter, and composer from New York City whose eclectic style spans jazz, folk, rock, R&B, and pop. She graduated from Princeton University in 2022, where her composition thesis 'City Veins' won the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. After graduation, she spent a year in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship composing instrumental jazz-classical music.
Music Style
Her music is soulful and ethereal, layering folk-inspired melodies with intricate harmonies. Described by Downbeat Magazine as finding 'all the right tones of jazz, R&B, and singer-songwriter,' her work balances vintage warmth with modern vibrance.
Background
- Hometown
- New York City, USA
- Education
- Princeton University
- Instruments
- vocals, piano
- Active
- 2018-present
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