Jonathan Noyce
| Jonathan Noyce | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jonathan Mark Thomas Noyce |
| Born |
15 July 1971 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England |
| Genres | Progressive rock, folk rock, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments |
bass guitar keyboard (Mini Moog) |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Labels | RandM, Fuel 2000, Chrysalis, Eagle, Roadrunner, EMI, Capital, Island |
| Associated acts | Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Rick Wakeman, Gary Moore, ARCHIVE |
| Website | Mr. Noyce's page at twitter |
| Notable instruments | |
| 1960 Fender Precision Bass guitar | |
bass guitar
Jonathan Mark Thomas Noyce (born 15 July 1971) is an English musician. He is a bass guitarist primarily known as a member of British rock group Jethro Tull, with whom he toured and recorded as a member from 1995 until 2007. Noyce is also widely known for his long association with renowned guitarist Gary Moore.
Jonathan Noyce was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. His father, Peter, was Choirmaster and Assistant Organist at Lichfield Cathedral, and Jane, his mother, has been a town planner. Jonathan grew up within the sounds of choirs, organs and the orchestral music on small record collection of his parents. First he tried many different instruments before he did chose the bass. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Noyce enjoyed his first success with the British pop group Take That, for whom he supplied bass in the studio in 1993. During this period Noyce worked closely with producer Joey Negro aka Dave Lee.
In 1995, Noyce met and was asked to play on Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre's solo album The Meeting. This became a stepping stone to meeting Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who subsequently asked Jonathan to join him on his Divinities world tour later that year. A few months later Dave Pegg announced his retirement from Jethro Tull. Noyce was a natural first choice and joined the band in August 1995. During his eleven-year stint with the band, he travelled the globe, recorded a (few) studio albums plus a few more live ones.
In his own words he plays stealth bass: "you can't hear it, but you feel it."
Outside of Jethro Tull, Noyce had a long establishment with guitarist Gary Moore, playing with him on his Old New Ballads Blues CD, the DVD recording of the concert to commemorate the life of Phil Lynott, One Night in Dublin, which featured members of Thin Lizzy, and the release of Gary's final recorded show Live at Montreux 2010.
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