Jon Button
Encyclopedia
Jon Button is an American bass player born in Fairbanks
, Alaska
, and based in Los Angeles
, California
. Button has played on commercial, film and television scores and toured with a number of well-known artists. He plays both electric and upright string bass.
' music program.
Button moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and found work playing on film and television scores, including the Emmy Award
winning Batman Beyond
. He has played on a number of recordings, including Borrowed Heaven
by the Corrs and Tour Fijación Oral
by Shakira
. He has performed live and toured with such well known artists as Michelle Branch
, Rachael Yamagata
, Mandy Moore
, Shakira, Sheryl Crow
, Roger Daltrey
and Pete Townshend
of The Who
. Button also played at the musical benefit Live 8
and played upright bass with The Who
during an acoustic concert associated with The Who's Super Bowl performance.
In 2009, Button toured as bassist in Roger Daltrey's band for the Use It or Lose It tour. The band also opened for Eric Clapton
during several dates in 2010.
Fairbanks
Fairbanks may refer to:Places in the United States*Fairbanks, Alaska, city*Fairbanks, California, unincorporated community in El Dorado County*Fairbanks, Mendocino County, California, former settlement*Fairbanks, Indiana, unincorporated community...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, and based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Button has played on commercial, film and television scores and toured with a number of well-known artists. He plays both electric and upright string bass.
Biography
Jon Button was born into a musical family in Fairbanks, Alaska. The youngest of five siblings, Button started learning piano at age four, and bass at seven. During his teen years, he played in jazz and blues bands and with local symphonies and orchestras. In high school, Button won music scholarships and later attended the University of North TexasUniversity of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
' music program.
Button moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and found work playing on film and television scores, including the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winning Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
. He has played on a number of recordings, including Borrowed Heaven
Borrowed Heaven
Borrowed Heaven is the fourth studio album by Irish Celtic folk-rock band The Corrs, released through Atlantic Records on May 31, 2004. The album was produced by Olle Romo...
by the Corrs and Tour Fijación Oral
Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It is also the first Spanish language album released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award. This album...
by Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
. He has performed live and toured with such well known artists as Michelle Branch
Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...
, Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums...
, Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
, Shakira, Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
, Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
and Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
of The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
. Button also played at the musical benefit Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
and played upright bass with The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
during an acoustic concert associated with The Who's Super Bowl performance.
In 2009, Button toured as bassist in Roger Daltrey's band for the Use It or Lose It tour. The band also opened for Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
during several dates in 2010.
Discography
- Batman BeyondBatman BeyondBatman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
- Original Soundtrack (1999) - Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBatman Beyond: Return of the JokerBatman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film featuring the comic book superhero Batman and his archenemy, the Joker...
- Original Soundtrack (2000) - Loud On Earth - Daniel Cage (2000)
- A Place to LandA Place to Land (Dakota Moon album)A Place to Land is the second studio album released by the American R&B group Dakota Moon. It was released in 2002 on Elektra Records and it produced a chart single in "Looking for a Place to Land", which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts and #27 on the Hot Adult Top...
- Dakota MoonDakota MoonDakota Moon was a band formed in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1990s. The band played a meld of pop rock, country and urban R&B; all four of the band members sang as well as played instruments. The group is composed of Ray Artis , Joe Dean , Malloy , and Ty Taylor...
(2002) - Identity CrisisIdentity Crisis (Shelby Lynne album)Identity Crisis is the eighth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in 2003. It has a blues and traditional rock sound. According to Metacritic, Identity Crisis holds a score of 83 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".-Track listing:...
- Shelby LynneShelby LynneShelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time...
(2003) - Chapter 2 - Jessica JacobsJessica JacobsJessica Madison "Jessie" Jacobs was an Australian actress and singer. She was known for her roles in children's television series in Australia including The Saddle Club, Fergus McPhail, and Holly's Heroes....
(2003) - Valhalla - Emily Richards (2003)
- Borrowed HeavenBorrowed HeavenBorrowed Heaven is the fourth studio album by Irish Celtic folk-rock band The Corrs, released through Atlantic Records on May 31, 2004. The album was produced by Olle Romo...
- The Corrs (2004) - Como Me Acuerdo - Robi Draco Rosa (2004)
- Freedom - Kristy FrankKristy FrankKristy Frank is a recording artist with Transcontinental Music Group.Kristy currently serves as a StarPower Ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation, encouraging other young people to commit their time, energy and resources to help other kids and working with Starlight to brighten the lives...
(2006) - MettaMettaMettā or maitrī is loving-kindness, friendliness, benevolence, amity, friendship, good will, kindness, love, sympathy, close mental union , and active interest in others. It is one of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism, and the first of the four sublime states...
- YogiYogiA Yogi is a practitioner of Yoga. The word is also used to refer to ascetic practitioners of meditation in a number of South Asian Religions including Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.-Etymology:...
(2006) - Tour Fijación OralFijación Oral Vol. 1Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It is also the first Spanish language album released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award. This album...
- Shakira (2007) - Talking To Me - Jeremy KayJeremy KayJeremy Kay is a singer/songwriter. He released his first self titled album in 2000 and then released a second one in 2003 titled Idol American. He has achieved some notoriety when his music was featured in several soundtracks. His songs have been featured in television series like Scrubs in its...
(2007) - Bonfires - Kirk Wheeler (2007)
- Earning Her Wings - Angela Easterling (2007)
- Soul On TenSoul on Ten (album)Soul on Ten is an album by American jazz guitarist Robben Ford and The Blue Line. Recorded for Concord Records, it was released August 11, 2009. Eight of the tracks are live recordings from an appearance in San Francisco California in April 2009...
- Robben FordRobben FordRobben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
(2009) - Life Is Not a Snapshot - Josh WilsonJosh Wilson (musician)Josh Wilson is a contemporary Christian musician from El Dorado, Arkansas. He is best known for the radio singles "Savior, Please" from his 2008 album Trying to Fit the Ocean In a Cup and "Before the Morning" from his 2009 EP, Life is Not a Snapshot....
(2009) - ElectricidadElectricidadElectricidad is the second studio album by Mexican duo Jesse & Joy. The album was released 15 September 2009 and reached number twenty-one on the Mexican Albums Chart.-Background:...
- Jesse & JoyJesse & JoyJesse & Joy are a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by siblings Jesse and Joy .-History:...
(2009) - Soy - Ednita NazarioEdnita NazarioEdnita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
(2009)