Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition 2012

Since being voted Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards "Most Promising Newcomer" in 1991, Jonathan Gee has enjoyed a highly successful ten-year collaboration with bassist Steve Rose and drummer Winston Clifford.

Jonathan has also worked with many of the country's leading jazz musicians including Steve Williamson, Iain Ballamy, Orphy Robinson, Ed Jones, Claire Martin, Tim Whitehead and Christine Tobin. He has also collaborated with top US artists David Murray, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, Mark Murphy, Harry Allen, James Spaulding, Sonny Fortune, Ted Curson and poet Lemn Sissay.

Jonathan has performed in 18 countries around the world including most recently, Finland, Sweden, Spain and Italy. His trio has toured Azerbaijan, Israel, Cameroon, Singapore, and performed in Nicosia with the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra.

Current projects include the Monk Liberation Front, a band dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk, trios based in the UK, Italy and Scandinavia, a fusion band, and duets with singer/pianist Dominic Alldis.

Jonathan has released five albums in his own name. They include three trio recordings and a solo album ~ Wishbone ~ featuring songs by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

He appears on Tony Kofi's recent tribute to Thelonious Monk, All Is Know, BBC Jazz Line-up Album of the Year, 2005.

In November 2004 Jonathan's Italian Trio released its first album, Cream of Mandarins