Jon Brion

Jon Brion

Jon Brion (born December 11, 1963 in Glen Ridge , New Jersey , USA ) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer .

biography

Brion was born in Glen Ridge , New Jersey . He comes from a musical family. His mother was a jazz singer, his father led an orchestra at Yale University , his brother Randy became a composer, his sister Laurie a violinist.

At 17, Brion left school and tried his hand at being a professional musician. After an unsuccessful album with his band "The Bats" he moved to Boston in 1987 , where he became the live guitarist with Aimee Mann's new wave band 'Til Tuesday . After their dissolution in 1989, he began to work as a studio musician for artists such as Marianne Faithfull , The Wallflowers and Jellyfish . With their guitarist Jason Falkner he founded the short-lived band The Grays .

His first job as a music producer was Aimee Mann's debut album Whatever in 1993 . He also produced albums by Fiona Apple , Rufus Wainwright , Eleni Mandell , Rhett Miller , Evan Dando and Kanye West . As a composer of film music, he was recognized for his works on Magnolia (1999) and Forget Mine Not! (2004) nominated for the Grammy Awards .

Brion is known for his regular appearances in the Largo discotheque in Los Angeles , with cover versions and own songs, various instruments and famous guests. In addition to guitar, Brion mainly plays piano / keyboards.

Discography

Film music (selection)

• 1996: Last Exit Reno (Hard Eight)
• 1999: Magnolia
• 2002: Punch-Drunk Love
• 2004: don't forget mine! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
• 2004: I Heart Huckabees
• 2006: Separation with Obstacles (The Break-Up)
• 2008: Synecdoche, New York
• 2008: The Step Brothers
• 2010: The Other Guys (The Other Guys)
• 2010: Mean old man (Jerry Lee Lewis)
• 2011: The Future
• 2012: Always Trouble at 40 (This Is 40)
• 2012: ParaNorman
• 2013: The Delivery Man - Unexpected Often (Delivery Man)
• 2013: The Blue Umbrella (The Blue Umbrella)
• 2014: The Gambler
• 2015: Dating Queen (Trainwreck)
• 2017: Lady Bird
• 2017: Wilson - The World Doer (Wilson)
• 2018: Christopher Robin
• 2018: A basin full of men (Le grand bain)

solo

• 2001: Meaningless

As a producer

• Aimee Mann: Whatever , (1993)
• Aimee Mann: I'm With Stupid , (1995)
• Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright , (1998)
• Eleni Mandell: Wishbone , (1998)
• Fiona Apple: When the Pawn , (1999)
• Brad Mehldau : Largo , (2002)
• Rhett Miller: The Instigator , (2002)
• Evan Dando: Baby I'm Bored , (2003)
• Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine , (2006)
• Kanye West: Late Registration (co-producer), 2005
• Dido: Safe Trip Home , (2008)
• Mac Miller : Circles , (2020)

Web links

• A Jon Brion Resource
• Jon Brion Discography
• Largo homepage
• Jon Brion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Works by and about Jon Brion in the catalog of the German National Library