Described by Downbeat Magazine as “all the right tones of jazz, R&B, and singer-songwriter”, Anson Jones stands out with her versatile voice and multi-genre writing. Her second EP, Unspoken, was released May 31 on Secret Sun Recordings, co-written and produced by songwriter and guitarist Jesse Harris. At times introspective, at times carefree, the six songs balance vintage warmth with modern vibrance.
Her first EP, A Way With Words, was released on Modern Icon Recordings via Ropeadope and got a 4 1/2 star review from Downbeat Magazine, which praised it as “poppy, expressive, vibrant, rich and textured”. Bursting with ideas, this collaboration between Anson and the drummer-producer Adrian Harpham landed on Downbeat’s “Best of 2022” list.
Anson shone as a vocalist from an early age, winning 6 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards before attending Princeton University. There, she studied jazz composition and won both the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts and the Isodore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize in Music. Alongside her studies in composition, architecture, and computer science, she continued to play her solo project at venues like the Mercury Lounge, the New York Songwriters Circle at the Bitter End, and the 2020 Litchfield Jazz Festival. After graduation, she won a 2022 Fulbright Scholarship and Harriet Hale-Wooley Award in Paris to compose and live as artist-in-residence at the Fondation Des États-Unis. Since then, she won the 2022 John Wallowich Award for songwriters from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and has performed both in Paris and New York at venues like Les Disquaires, the Sultan Room, and Chelsea Table and Stage.
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