Welcome to my website, DavidLeeJonesMusic.com! I am a musician/ performer/ arranger/ composer and have performed at your favorite Central Florida theme park for nearly 40 years. Checkout my music on the Music Player and Downloads section, as well as in the Videos below. Thanks!
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Starting in the 6th grade, opportunities to perform for the public began to present themselves. The McFarland German Junior Band was booked for parades and community events. Forming or joining bands in high school and college became a regular thing. Majoring in music at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin provided for more playing opportunities, from playing in "horn" bands, doing covers of Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Chase, to performing in the University of Wisconsin Marching and Varsity Band, to being selected to perform in the 1975 Disneyland College Kids of the Kingdom.
Performed for
dignitaries and celebrities including:
-Michael Jackson
-Cyndi Lauper
-Don Johnson
-Jimmy Page
-President Gerald Ford
-President Jimmy Carter
-VP George H.W. Bush
Venues include:
-Citrus Bowl -House of Blues at Downtown Disney
Opening Act performances
for:
- James Brown
- Maynard Ferguson
- Neil Sedaka
- Woody Herman
- Buddy Rich
- Count Basie
Performances
with:
-Dorothy Hamill (IceCapades) -Meredith Macrae -Tom Wopat
-Melissa Manchester -Fabian -Bobby Rydell -Pat Travers
-The Four Freshmen -Little Anthony and the Imperials (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
-The Jordanaires (Elvis Presley) -The Sweet Inspirations (Elvis Presley)
Sitting orchestra member from 2006 to 2011 with former Miles Davis sideman and 2 time Grammy award nominee
Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra
Performances include:
-2006 Vision Festival at the Angel Orensanz Center, NYC
-Columbia University 2007, NYC
Recording: Trilogy,
Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orch.,
on Mosaic Records.
Truly an original American Jazz Master, Sam would always end his concerts and admonish the crowd with the phrase: "Tell 'em what they missed!"
Performed as a student at the very first UW Varsity Band concert in 1975.
Invited in 1994, 2012, 2016, and 2019 to return to alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, and perform as a guest soloist with the 300+ member UW Varsity Band at their year end concert. Every April the band puts on a show that rivals most arena and stadium rock concerts, averaging an attendance of 10,000 each of 3 nights at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
