Michael Jones (1942 – 19 January 2022) was a British-born Canadian

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pianist and composer, known for his improvisational new age performance style. He was also a writer and leadership educator.

Personal life

Jones was born in

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, and grew up in

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and later

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."New Age Music"
''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. He died on 19 January 2022, at the age of 79.

Career

Jones' first album, ''Pianoscapes'', was released on the newly formed

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record label. The album sold more than 100,000 copies. Since then he has released more than a dozen albums of piano music. In 1990 he conducted a concert tour. He published three books about creative leadership; the most recent is ''The Soul of Place: Re-imagining Leadership Through Nature Art and Community''. Jones was a columnist for the business and leadership website, ''Management - Issues''. He often combined the two sides of his career by performing his compositions at leadership conferences. In 2015 Jones co-chaired the Mariposa Roundtable, an initiative to improve the economy of Orillia through increased tourism.

Original discography

*''Michael's Music'' (Pianoscapes, 1981) ** Reissued as ''Pianoscapes'' (Narada, 1983) *''Windsong'' (Antiquity, 1983) *''Seascapes'' (Narada, 1984) *''Wind and Whispers'' (Sona Gaia, 1985) *''Solstice'' (Narada, 1985) *''Sunscapes'' (Narada, 1986) *''Amber'' (Narada, 1987) *''After the Rain'' (Narada, 1988) *''Magical Child'' (Narada, 1990) *''Michael's Music'' (Narada, 1990) *''Morning in Medonte'' (Narada, 1992) *''Air Born'' (Narada, 1994) *''Touch'' (Narada, 1996) *''The Living Music'' (Narada, 1998) *''Echoes of Childhood'' ( Pianoscapes, 2002)"Album Review: Almost Home"
''Mainly Piano'', Review by Michael Debbage *''Almost Home'' (Pianoscapes, 2006) *''Deep Song'' (Pianoscapes, 2015)

Compilation appearances

*''The Living Music'' (Narada 1998) *''

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'' * ''Grand Piano'' (Narada Anniversary Collection) *''Pianoscapes The Deluxe Edition'' (Narada 2002)

Books

* *''Creating an Imaginative Life'' Trafford (1995, 2006) *''Artful Leadership, Awakening the Commons of the Imagination'' Trafford (2006) *''The Soul of Place:Re-Imagining Leadership Through Nature, Art and Community'' Friesen Press (2014)

References

External links

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Pianoscapes

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