Music Department

Andrew Jones

Instructor
Jazz/Electric Bass

Since arriving in Portland in 2009, multifarious bassist Andrew Jones has been difficult to categorize. Locals might have seen him on stage at a jazz club, playing balkan folk music at the Laurelthirst, or accompanying experimental theater in a chicken coop in deep SE. He may have been getting deeply weird with guitar astronaut Mike Gamble at NO FUN or singing a haunting duet with powerhouse singer-songwriter Kelli Shaefer at Mississippi Studios. He’s also spent time traversing Europe, Australia and North America with artists like the critically acclaimed Julia Holter, Brooklyn art rock veterans Barbez and DIY avant-pop power couple Teton. While his work as a session player, improviser, arranger, recordist, and mixer has appeared on dozens of records and hundreds of gigs stretching across a multitude of stylistic universes, Jones has also been crafting his own unique musical world. The Crenshaw, a self-titled full length album documenting his duo with drummer Christopher Johnedis combined dastardly vocal/upright bass counterpoint with 90s EDM inspired beats and shimmering virtual synths to earn him a reputation among pacific northwest avant gardists. Under the moniker and/or you, Jones is distilling those elements into a more focused and lyrically driven art song.