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'''Stephen Charles Jones''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] session [[bassist|bass player]], [[songwriter]],[[record producer]] and [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] winner.<ref name=[[AllMusic]]>{{cite web |title=Charlie Jones|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-jones-mn0000172456/credits| publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=faroumagazine>{{cite web|title=Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 10 Best Songs|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-10-best-songs/| publisher=Far Out Magazine|accessdate=6 October 2020}}</ref>
'''Stephen Charles Jones''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] session [[bassist|bass player]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]], and [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] winner.<ref name=[[AllMusic]]>{{cite web |title=Charlie Jones|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-jones-mn0000172456/credits| publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=faroumagazine>{{cite web|title=Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 10 Best Songs|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-10-best-songs/| publisher=Far Out Magazine|accessdate=6 October 2020}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:40, 10 March 2021

Charlie Jones
Background information
Birth nameStephen Charles Jones
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Instrument(s)Bass
Years active1981–present
Websitewww.charliejones.net

Stephen Charles Jones is a British session bass player, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy winner.[1][2]

Career

Jones's career as a recording and touring artist has spanned well over three decades.He has worked with Robert Plant, Page and Plant, Goldfrapp, Siouxsie Sioux and others.[1][3] He plays both electric and double bass.

Jones received a Grammy Award in 2009 as a co-writer of the song "Please Read the Letter" from the album Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.[2]

On 16 September 2013, Jones released his debut solo album Love Form through Stranger Records which highlighted his jazz and classical influences.[4]

Recording Credits

Year Artist Release Version Role Notes Ref.
1985 Violent Blue "You've Got To Stay Young" LP electric bass / song-writer
1988 Ofra Haza "Shaday" LP electric bass
1990 Various "Live At Knebworth" LP / Video electric bass [1]
1990 Robert Plant "Manic Nirvana" LP electric bass / song-writer [1]
1993 Robert Plant "Fate Of Nations" LP double bass & electric bass /song-writer [1]
1995 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "No Quarter - Unledded" LP / Video double bass & electric bass [1]
1996 Definition Of Sound "Experience " LP electric bass
1996 The Chernobyl Poppies "The Chernobyl Poppies " LP electric bass
1997 Innes Sibun "Stardust" LP electric bass
1997 A Rainer Ptacek Tribute / Various "The Inner Flame" LP electric bass
1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Walking Into Clarksdale" LP electric bass / song-writer 2 Grammy's. [1]
1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Walking Into Budapest" LP / Video electric bass
1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Most High" LP track electric bass / song-writer Grammy for Best Rock Performance. No. 1 in Mainstream Rock Chart[5] [1]
1999 Strange Fruit "Still Crazy" Soundtrack electric bass Nominated for Golden Globe Award [1]
1999 Robert Plant "A Tribute to Skip Spence" LP double bass [1]
2002 The High And Lonesome "From The Playground " LP double bass
2002 Robert Plant "Dreamland" LP electric bass / song-writer Nominated for Grammy for Best Rock Album [1]
2003 Goldfrapp "Black Cherry" LP electric bass [1]
2003 Innes Sibun "East Monroe " LP electric bass
2003 Tom McRae "Just Like Blood" LP electric bass [1]
2003 Robert Plant "Sixty Six To Timbuktu" LP electric bass / song-writer [1]
2004 Goldfrapp "Wonderful Electric (Live In London)" LP / Video electric bass
2005 Goldfrapp "Supernature" LP electric bass [1]
2006 Loreena McKennitt "An Ancient Muse" LP double bass & electric bass
2006 Robert Plant "Nine Lives" LP electric bass / song-writer [1]
2007 Siouxsie "Mantaray" LP Producer / double bass & electric bass / song-writer [1]
2007 Robert Plant | Alison Krauss "Raising Sand" LP track song-writer Grammy Award [1]
2008 Merz "Loveheart" LP double bass & electric bass
2008 Shelleyan Orphan "We Have Everything We Need " LP double bass & electric bass [1]
2008 Goldfrapp "Seventh Tree" LP electric bass [1]
2008 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Live At Irvine Meadows" LP / Video electric bass [6]
2008 Siouxsie "If It Doesn't Kill You (Live From Le Tour Eiffel, Paris, France)" LP / Video double bass & electric bass
2009 Polly Scattergood "Polly Scattergood" LP electric bass [1]
2009 Goldfrapp "Nowhere Boy" Soundtrack double bass
2009 David Rhodes "Bittersweet" LP double bass & electric bass
2009 The Proclaimers "Notes & Rhymes" LP harmonica [1]
2010 Goldfrapp "Head First" LP electric bass [1]
2010 Jim Kerr "Lost Boy" LP electric bass
2013 David Rhodes "The David Rhodes Band" LP electric bass
2013 Goldfrapp "Tales of Us" LP electric bass [1]
2013 Little Boots "Nocturnes" LP electric bass [1]
2013 Charlie Jones "Love Form" LP artist, producer, song-writer [1]
2014 Novastar "Inside Outside" LP electric bass
2014 Susheela Raman "Queen Between" LP electric bass
2015 Laura Pausini "Simili" LP electric bass [1]
2016 Jennifer Crook "The Year, She Turns " LP electric bass
2017 Goldfrapp "Silver Eye" LP electric bass [1]
2017 Jimmy Copley "Psychefunk (Live On Through The Music)" EP electric bass
2018 Laura Pausini "Fatti Sentire" LP electric bass
2020 Robert Plant "Digging Deep: Subterranea" LP electric bass / song-writer [1]

Touring Credits

Years Artist Role
1988 - 1995 Robert Plant double bass & electric bass
1995 - 1998 Jimmy Page double bass & electric bass
2000 - 2002 Robert Plant double bass & electric bass
2003 - 2019 Goldfrapp double bass & electric bass
2008 Siouxsie Sioux double bass & electric bass
2012 Crybaby double bass & electric bass
2013 David Rhodes double bass & electric bass

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Charlie Jones". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 10 Best Songs". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ Lewis, Dave; Pallett, Simon (1997). Led Zepplin: The Concert File. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125743. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Charlie Jones Love Form". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Mainstream Rock: May 09, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ Jimmy Page & Robert Plant : Live at Irvine Meadows. WorldCat. OCLC 874930617. Retrieved 12 October 2020.