What began as a simple piano improvisation got a few overdubs added to it for some ambience..  incorporates an old original composition called Tasmania at the end, hence the title

Tasmanian Reprise

A particularly poppy upbeat number, with words and vocals by Steve Schmidt, from the Toronto busker act Holy Smoke, with music and piano by Colman Jones, and guitar by Dave Martin, July 1992.

You Don't Know (Steve Schmidt/Colman Jones) - Holy Smoke

An idle improvisation recorded in Paris, on a Fender Rhodes, on Rue de Tolbiac in the 13th arrondissment

Rhodes on Tolbiac

Just an idle piano improvisation, set sometime in the future

Some Day

A fresh rendition of one of my oldest compositions, so if it sounds like it's some old thing from some bygone era, that's because it is!

Who Am I?

Another improvisation, somewhat indecisive in character, hence the title

Indecision

An interesting mix of sounds, some of them generated with IOS apps Bloom and rain.. 

October Octaves

A short excerpt of the track "The Endless Zone" from the upcoming album by Colman Jones

The Endless Zone - excerpt

What began as a simple piano improvisation got some strings and horns added to it, resulting in this rather cinematic passage. Original photo by Colman Jones.

Pensive

A rather busy and layered piece, starting with a momentous introduction leading into an echo-driven piano improvisation, accompanied by several woodpeckers, various birds, wolves, a chimpanzee, some explosions, and guitar samples courtesy of Tony Lewis - not to mention that strange sound reportedly heard in Kiev (hence the title)

Kiev

Originally conceived as a soundtrack to a short timelapse film, this track is taking on a life of its own

Speeding

A soft piano-based piece for a rainy Tuesday afternoon (although you are free to listen to it at other times!)

Tuesday Reflection

A spur of the moment thing, might make for good elevator music!

2B Or Not 2B

A long keyboard improvisation streamed over the internet, with the return delayed signal fed back into the realtime recording and live stream, resulting in layers of echo and some interesting effects..

Delayed Reaction

A demo sampling of various instrumental tracks for film and television

Film/TV music demo

A shorter 1:28 version of an already short 2:20 piece posted at  and originally described as a "rather aimless contemplative little thing" - which it still is, only shorter now.

Afterthought (edit)

The sounds of the bells from the old church in central London where the life of my father, Dr. Gerald Colman O'Brien Jones, who passed away January 15, 2012, was celebrated at a memorial service held there January 20

The bells of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London

A short meditation on free will, my first uploaded work featuring my new Roland FA-08

When There's A Will There's A Way

Originally written for piano, this little piece has been redone for guitar, and might get some overdubs done at some point, but sounds nice as is as well..

Six for guitar

An old track recorded with a doubled Yamaha CP-30 piano, recorded way back in the early 1980s, if anyone can remember that far back! More vintage tracks to come..

Reflections

A short demo of a song recorded in the 1980s, with lyrics and vocals by Ron Laver, who was also a talented flautist... I've no idea where he is now, but was pleased to rediscover this while going through some old cassettes.. forgive the rough sound - perhaps it will get re-recorded properly one day

Across The Ocean

A soft instrumental piece, featuring piano, double bass, bassoon, oboe and strings

Just A Memory

Somewhat electronic ambience recorded a few years ago.. music best listened to at high altitudes, while soaring over spectacular mountain vistas, if possible...  Dedicated to Felix Baumgartner

Aerial Flight

Speechless

A piano ditty from years ago with a few new instruments added (within the chaos of a busy newsroom, no less)

Idle thoughts

Awkward beauty

While experimenting with how many simultaneous MIDI-triggered sounds I could get going at once, I stumbled onto these chords, likely the result of how many hymns I've been listening to recently!

Finally

Just a soft little thing that came to me one night during a full moon...

Moonsong

Colman Jones is a Canadian composer, pianist and visual artist, who enjoys interacting and collaborating with other creative souls.. His work is all over the map musically, from soft ambient pieces to more conventional pop/rock tracks, and some pretty strange electronic sounds as well.

Also available on Soundcloud are some selected solo piano works (https://soundcloud.com/solo-piano-colman-jones), as well as a collection of odd noises and soundscapes (https://soundcloud.com/colmans-odd-noises) and some tracks from bands Colman has performed with, namely 241-2121 (https://soundcloud.com/241-2121-the-band) and NRG (https://soundcloud.com/nrg-the-band). 

His original photography and art can be found on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/colman.jones/),  500px (https://500px.com/p/colmanjones?view=photos), and Tumblr (https://lookwhatcolmanfound.tumblr.com/ 

Colman’s videos can be found on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/colmanjones), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/colmanjones) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@colmanjones). 

His other interests and passions are chronicled in his posts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/colmanjones), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/colman.jones) and Mastodon (https://mas.to/@colmanjones)

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