ABOUT

Jonny Ford is a saxophonist, composer/arranger, band leader, educator and multi-instrumentalist based in London. Recently graduating from the Royal Academy of Music with first class honours in jazz performance (2020), Jonny leads his own band the Jonny Ford Jazz Orchestra.

Jonny has worked with a diverse array of artists/bands including Mica Paris, Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, Cory Wong, NDR Big Band, Gareth Lockrane Big Band, Matt Carter, Lydian Collective, Ashton Jones, Emma Smith, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Glen Miller Memorial Orchestra, Nigel Price, Down For The Count Orchestra, Mick Foster, Martin Shaw, Mark Bassey, Dominic Ashworth, Malcolm Earle Smith, and Patchwork Jazz Orchestra at prestigious venues across the UK and Europe including Ronnie Scott’s, EFG London Jazz Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Cadogan Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, 606 Club, Band on the Wall, 100 Club, Bridgewater Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Eden Court Inverness, Théâtre Galli, Le Gouvy, ED&N, Le Théâtre Sébastopol, Théâtre Jean Ferrat, Théâtre Municipal Castres, Cheltenham Town Hall, Worthing Assembly Hall, and St George’s Hall Liverpool,

Jonny regularly performs with the Matt Carter Octet, Sam Every Bigband, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Glen Miller Memorial Orchestra and Down For The Count. Jonny appears on album’s including Matt Carter’s debut Read Between the Lines, Guilty Pleasures Vol.1 (LIVE) with the Sam Every Big Band and Lydian Collective x Capital Orchestra (Live at Cadogan Hall).

During his studies at Chetham’s School of Music, Jonny was one of two UK students chosen to attend the Internationally renowned Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony 2015, in California, receiving tuition from Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Stefon Harris, Matt Brewer, and the Ed Simon Trio.