This trio has no single leader - all its members are equal masters of improvisational music who have proven their talent on numerous occasions in various outstanding projects.
Vladimir Tarasov probably needs no introduction to Lithuanian jazz listeners. He is a member of the legendary trio awarded this year's National Prize for Culture and Art (with Vyacheslav Ganelin and Vladimir Chekasin), a composer and performer of music for theatre performances, a painter and a book author, whose playing has been described by the US Wall Street Journal as "a drummer of rare subtlety, who touches his instruments with sensual pleasure".
Jones Jones is joined by two prominent members of the US improvisational and free jazz music scene.
Contrabassist Mark Dresser is a composer, educator, and participant in interdisciplinary art projects, and has been playing professionally since 1972. His technique has been documented in books and his playing has been heard on over 100 albums, over 30 of which he has recorded as a leader of various ensembles.
Larry Ochs is a founding member of the Rova Saxophone Quartet, which debuted four decades ago. Inspired by composers as diverse as John Cage and John Coltrane, the group has become one of the most important avant-garde jazz groups in the world.
Jones Jones first played together in San Francisco in 2006. From the very first performance, it was clear that this band was special. No leaders or compromises - just a raw, moving, meditative exploration of three musical hearts.
A volcano of improvised music that has erupted and subsided over the past 11 years. In 2008, the group played in the Netherlands, Russia and Lithuania, and later appeared at the New American Music Festival in California and the Moscow Biennial. Incidentally, a recording of the latter performance in 2010 was released last year on the album The Moscow Improvisations.
The striking musical dialogues are also recorded on the album We All Feel The Same Way, and a recording of the performance in California is expected to be released at the beginning of next year on the album A Jones In Time Saves Nine, which is to be released by the Lithuanian label NoBusiness Records, famous in the worlds of jazz and the avant-garde.
Jones Jones doesn't perform often, as the members' schedules are packed with projects and projects.
This short series of concerts in Europe will see Jones Jones playing in Finland, Ukraine, Austria and Slovenia. But perhaps the most anticipated performance will be in Vilnius to celebrate the anniversary of Vladimir Tarasov.
