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CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS - WAYNE JONES You may have heard the phrase musician s musician! You know the type ... they re such established players in the scene that everyone wants them on their sessions. Australian bass player, songwriter, arranger, and performer Wayne Jones fits the term perfectly. He has played with so many of Australia s leading artists over such a long period of time. However, It took until 2006 for Jones to show his true colours with the release of his first solo album Forgotten Melody . Luckily for music lovers we only had to wait until 2009 for the follow up Saturday Street , further cementing Jones reputation as a world-class instrumentalist and tunesmith. Since Jones presented us with Saturday Street, he sold his much loved vintage car, packed his bags and traversed the world spreading the word on his music, resulting in club gigs in Tokyo, performances on the foreshore in Florida, chart topping tracks in the Canary Islands and has achieved airplay from radio stations at all points of the global compass. Now in 2011, Jones unleashes his finest work yet, the six track recording Closed For The Holidays . The folks at iTunes define it as it an EP, in vinyl-speak, you d call it an album. Call the format whatever you want, the music is yet another classy collection of high-quality smooth/contemporary jazz grooves featuring Jones signature sound. Closed For The Holidays includes an incredible array of international musicians supporting Wayne on the recording including sought-after US trumpet player Rick Braun, Mike MacArthur on sax, Fallon J Williams III on drums and percussion, Dave Carter (Keys), Ron Peers (guitar), and Paulo Vargas (percussion). While Jones has accumulated many miles of travel with his music career, his world journey is far from over, in fact it s only just beginning. Yet with Closed For The Holidays you can t help but feel he s arrived anyway! Closed For the Holidays is ideal ammunition for Jones to take his music to the world with confidence and that s what he intends to do. The future looks bright with stand-alone gigs, festivals and promotional activity planned in territories where Jones has already established a name for himself. It s a great progression, Jones says of the new album. The last two were good and I think I have learned things while over in the States and I feel I have progressed in my writing and playing. Having the involvement of Mike on sax and Rick Braun on trumpet ... I love the players that usually play with me but I was after a different flavour this time. I really have a great feeling about this one. I feel I have arrived. By Greg Phillips, editor Australian Musician magazine.