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David Paul Jones is an Edinburgh-based composer, pianist and vocalist specialising in music for piano, the human voice and music for theatre. He has written and performed throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide including Australia, The Middle East and South America.

His back catalogue consists of an extensive range of instrumental and vocal scores together with several soundtracks and sound designs for theatre. His theatre work includes Those Eyes, That Mouth and The Devil's Larder (Grid Iron); Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (NTS); Something Wicked This Way Comes (Catherine Wheels/NTS); Dolls (Hush Productions/NTS); Four Men & A Poker Game (Metis Arts); Lamb To The Slaughter (Grid Iron); Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (NTS); Our Teacher's A Troll (NTS) and most recently his children's musical The Songbird (Giant Productions). As a performer of his own work in theatre, he appears as a vocalist, pianist and occasionally as an actor. His most recent stage appearance was as 'Silent Dave' in the highly acclaimed and multi-award winning production of Barflies based on the writings of Charles Bukowski for Grid Iron at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival. His theatre work has received several nominations for Best Use Of Music at the CATS Awards and he has been a shortlisted artist for the Creative Scotland Awards.

His live concert performances include work with DPJ Ensemble, solo vocal and piano performances and collaborations with a diverse range of artists including Alyth McCormack, Catriona McKay, Zoey Van Goey, Orquestra Scotland Brasil and Sidewinder.

His debut album Something There is recorded on Linn Records.

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