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Name
  
Jonathan Crayford

Children
  
Chelsie Preston-Crayford

Role
  
Composer

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Albums
  
Rita's Blue River Stone, Concierto En La Iglesia, Dark Light, Duel Pianos, Madrugada

Music director
  
Ruby and Rata, Mr. Wrong, Pallet on the Floor

Similar People
  
Chelsie Preston‑Crayford, Gaylene Preston, Alda Rezende, Robert Gillies

I Got Rhythm


Jonathan Crayford (born 28 September 1964 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a composer/multi instrumentalist.

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Jonathan studied classical piano and learned jazz by ear. After leaving school he worked in the film industry as a composer, being awarded the GOFTA (Guild of Film and Television Awards) for his original film music.

During the 1990s he lived and worked in New York playing and recording with Mambo Macoco, Groove Collective, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Ware, Jay Rodriguez, Eddie Bobe and the Dave Binney group as well as performing his own music. His return to New Zealand in 2000 enabled him to tour and record with Trinity Roots, Cornerstone Roots and Brazilian singer Alda Rezende. Jonathan currently lives in Cadaques, Spain.

He was the partner of film maker Gaylene Preston and is the father to their daughter, actress Chelsie Preston Crayford.

Discography

  • Big Foot with Riki Gooch (Translations 2007)
  • Madrugada (do Brazil musica 2004)
  • Jonathan Crayford plays Terry Crayford (Intone 2000)
  • Where Light Meets Water (Intone, 2001)
  • Jazz at the St. James and Where Light Meets Water (both Intone, 2001)
  • Eddie Bobe/Eddie Bobe (Piranha, 1999)
  • Bill Ware's Y2K Jazz Quartet/Keeping up with the Jones' (Cathexis, 1999)
  • Nicholas McBride with Mali drum master Madou Dembele (Tap, 1999)
  • Groove Collective/Dance of the Drunken Master (Shanachie, 1998)
  • Soul Bossa Trio (1998)
  • Malcolm McNeil/Songdance & Shadowing You (EMI: 1986 and 1988)

    • Filmography

  • Spooked
  • Pallet on the Floor
  • Ruby and Rata - Orchestral
  • Dangerous Orphans - Orchestral
  • Mr Wrong – Orchestral (released in the U.S. as Dark of the Night)
  • Instincts

    • Songs

    Rita Finds the Light
    Bikes in Space
    Galois' Candle
    Skyscraper Scaffold
    Canoa canoa
    Ne me quittes pas
    Joana francesa
    Visgo da jaca
    Madrugada
    Big foot
    Piano Improvisation No 2 in B Flat - E 2
    Trust in Me
    In Your Own Sweet Way
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    Bonita
    Panties
    Piano Improvisation No 2 in B-Flat Major - R 2
    Janet
    Golden Earrings
    Virtual
    Piano Improvisation No 4 in B Flat - E 4
    Liza
    Piano Improvisation No 4 in G Major - R 4
    Piano Improvisation No 3 in E Major - E 3
    I Got Rhythm
    Piano Improvisation No 6 in B-Flat Major - R 6
    Impetus
    Piano Improvisation No 3 in A Minor - R 3
    Piano Improvisation No 5 in D Major - E 5
    Besame mucho
    Piano Improvisation No 1 in D Major - E 1
    Dark Light

    References

    Jonathan Crayford Wikipedia
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