Editing John Paul Jones (musician) (section)

===After Led Zeppelin===
====1980–2000====
Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980 with the death of [[John Bonham]]. "At the time that John died, I had just moved to [[Devon]] to bring up my family", Jones said. "So, after the split, I was completely out of everything. And I must say I didn't miss it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Robert|last=Sandall|author-link=Robert Sandall|title=The Q interview|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=258|date=January 2008|page=46}}</ref>

Jones subsequently collaborated with artists including [[Diamanda Galás]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Jars of Clay]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Ben E. King]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]], [[Mission UK|The Mission]], [[La Fura dels Baus]], [[the Harp Consort]], [[Brian Eno]], the [[Butthole Surfers]], and [[Uncle Earl]].<ref>Jeff Melton. [http://www.expose.org/jpjint.html Trampled Underfoot – The John Paul Jones Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219101821/http://www.expose.org/jpjint.html |date=19 December 2010 }}</ref><ref name=Adams2012>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Rob|title=Showing his mettle in a new approach|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/showing-his-mettle-in-a-new-approach.19318435|access-date=29 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=7 November 2012|location=Glasgow|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329231037/http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/showing-his-mettle-in-a-new-approach.19318435|archive-date=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?HT_SEARCH=XARTIST&HT_SEARCH_INFO=John+Paul+Jones&style=music&page=1 John Paul Jones Discography].</ref>

He appeared on sessions and videos for [[Paul McCartney]] and was involved in the soundtrack of the film ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]''. In 1985, Jones was asked by director [[Michael Winner]] to provide the soundtrack for the film ''[[Scream for Help (album)|Scream for Help]]'', with [[Jimmy Page]] appearing on two tracks. Jones provides vocals for two of the songs. He recorded and toured with singer [[Diamanda Galás]] on her 1994 album, ''[[The Sporting Life (album)|The Sporting Life]]'' (co-credited to John Paul Jones). In 1985, Jones joined Page and Plant for the [[Live Aid]] concert, with [[Phil Collins]] and [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] on drums. The former members again re-formed for the [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary]] concert on 14 May 1988. Page, Plant and Jones, with [[John Bonham]]'s son [[Jason Bonham|Jason]], closed the event. In 1992, Jones [[Arrangement|arranged]] the orchestration on the [[R.E.M.]] album ''[[Automatic for the People]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Runtagh |first=Jordan |date=5 October 2017 |title=R.E.M.'s 'Automatic for the People': 10 Things You Didn't Know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/r-e-m-s-automatic-for-the-people-10-things-you-didnt-know-126545/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1995, the band [[Heart (band)|Heart]] released a live acoustic album called ''[[The Road Home (Heart album)|The Road Home]]''. It was produced by Jones, and featured him playing several instruments. Also in 1995, [[Andrew Lawrence-King]]'s Harp Consort released a set of three Spanish language songs in 17th-century style of Jones's own composition, accompanied by baroque instruments including [[harp]]s, [[chitarrone]], [[Baroque guitar|guitars]], [[lirone]], [[viola da gamba]] and percussion (this 10-minute CD, titled ''Amores Pasados'', was coupled with The Harp Consort's debut record, ''Luz y Norte'').<ref name=Adams2012/><ref name=Lawrence-King1995>{{cite book|last=Lawrence-King|first=Andrew|title=Luz y Norte – Amores Pasados|year=1995|publisher=[[Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]], [[BMG Music]]}}</ref><ref name=Luz-WorldCat>{{cite book|title=Luz y norte – Amores pasados (Loves of the past)|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=312393982}}</ref>

====2000–present====
''[[Zooma]]'', his debut solo album, was released in September 1999 on [[Robert Fripp]]'s [[Discipline Global Mobile|DGM]] label and followed up in 2001 by ''[[The Thunderthief]]''.  Both albums were accompanied by tours, in which he played with [[Nick Beggs]] ([[Chapman Stick]]) and [[Terl Bryant]] (drums).

In 2004, he toured as part of the group [[Mutual Admiration Society (collaboration)|Mutual Admiration Society]], along with [[Glen Phillips (singer)|Glen Phillips]] (the front man for the band [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]]) and the members of the band [[Nickel Creek]].<ref name="rollingstone2004">Dansby, Andrew. [https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6388374/toad_singer_up_the_creek/print "Toad Singer Up the Creek"]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''Rolling Stone''. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2008.</ref>

[[File:John Paul Jones.jpg|thumb|right|Jones playing [[mandolin]] in 2007]]
Jones plays on two tracks on the [[Foo Fighters]]' album ''[[In Your Honor]]''. He plays mandolin on "Another Round" and piano on "Miracle", both of which are on the acoustic disc. The band's frontman [[Dave Grohl]] (a big Led Zeppelin fan) has described Jones' guest appearance as the "second greatest thing to happen to me in my life".

He has also branched out as a record producer, having produced such albums as [[The Mission (band)|the Mission]]'s album ''Children'', [[the Datsuns]]' second album ''[[Outta Sight, Outta Mind]]'' (2004) and [[Uncle Earl]]'s ''Waterloo, Tennessee'' album of [[Old-time music]], released in March 2007 on [[Rounder Records]].

In May 2007, he accompanied [[Robyn Hitchcock]] and Ruby Wright<!-- This is the niece of Robyn Hitchcock. Do not link to the country singer or big band singer. --> in performing the song "Gigolo Aunt" at a tribute for [[Pink Floyd]] founder [[Syd Barrett]] in London, which he did on mandolin.<ref>[http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-and-pink-floyd-at-syd-tribute-full-details.html Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage – Roger Waters and Pink Floyd at Syd tribute – full details<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513030514/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-and-pink-floyd-at-syd-tribute-full-details.html |date=13 May 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:John-Paul-Jones1.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jones playing [[Lap steel guitar|a lap steel]] on stage, 2009]]
He played at [[Bonnaroo]] 2007 in a collaboration with [[Ben Harper]] and [[the Roots]]' drummer [[Questlove]] as part of the festival's all-star Super-Jam, which is the festival's annual tradition of bringing together famous, world-class musicians to jam on stage for a few hours.
Jones appeared and played mandolin with [[Gillian Welch]] during the festival during the song "Look at Miss Ohio" and a cover of the [[Johnny Cash]] song "[[Jackson (song)|Jackson]]". He also appeared during the set of [[Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals]] where they played a cover of "[[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]". Jones then closed [[Gov't Mule]]'s first set, playing part of "[[Moby Dick (instrumental)|Moby Dick]]" and then "Livin Lovin Maid" on bass, then proceeded to play keyboards on the songs "[[Since I've Been Loving You]]" and "[[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]". Jones also performed on mandolin with the all-female bluegrass group Uncle Earl, whose album he had produced in 2007.

Mandolin-slinging Jones jammed on Led Zeppelin's "[[Whole Lotta Love]]" with Winnipeg's energetic [[Duhks]] at April 2007's [[MerleFest]] in North Carolina.<ref>{{YouTube|l4ajuc59X1s|"Whole Lotta Love with the Duhks"}}{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref>

Jones played in the [[Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert|Led Zeppelin reunion show]] at London's [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] on 10 December 2007 with the other remaining members of Led Zeppelin as part of a tribute to [[Ahmet Ertegun]].

In 2008, Jones produced [[Nickel Creek]] singer-fiddler [[Sara Watkins]]' debut solo album.<ref name="endoftheroad">Dickens, Tad. [https://archive.today/20121208222437/http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/podcasts/wb/138113 "End of the road for Nickel Creek?"]. ''[[The Roanoke Times]]''. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2008.</ref><ref name="rollingstone2008">Fricke, David. "Reunited Zeppelin Plot Their Future". ''Rolling Stone''. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.</ref><ref>Watkins, Sara. "And then my friend yelled 'put your fists in the air.'". ''MySpace''. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2007.</ref> As previously mentioned, Jones toured with Watkins, [[Glen Phillips (singer)|Glen Phillips]], and the rest of Nickel Creek in late 2004 in a collaboration entitled Mutual Admiration Society.

On 10 February 2008, Jones appeared with the Foo Fighters on the [[Grammy Awards]] conducting the orchestral part to the song "[[The Pretender (Foo Fighters song)|The Pretender]]". On 7 June 2008, Jones and Jimmy Page appeared with the Foo Fighters to close out the band's concert at [[Wembley Stadium]]. Jones performed with [[Sonic Youth]] and [[Takehisa Kosugi]], providing the stage music for [[Merce Cunningham]]'s ''Nearly 90'', which ran 16–19 April 2009 at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref name=wwd>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/john-paul-jones-on-merce-cunningham-2104771 |title=John Paul Jones on Merce Cunningham |access-date=14 April 2009 |date=14 April 2009 |work=Lifestyle News |publisher=Women's Wear Daily |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417143035/http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/john-paul-jones-on-merce-cunningham-2104771 |archive-date=17 April 2009 }}</ref>

[[File:John Paul Jones TCV.jpg|thumb|right|Jones playing bass in [[Them Crooked Vultures]], 2009]]

In 2009–2010 he was part of a supergroup with [[Dave Grohl]] and [[Queens of the Stone Age]] frontman [[Josh Homme]] named [[Them Crooked Vultures]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122919 |title=Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl Collaborate on New Project |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704214952/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122919 |archive-date=4 July 2009 }}</ref> The trio played their first show together on 9 August 2009 at the [[Metro Chicago|Metro]] in Chicago, and their [[Them Crooked Vultures (album)|first album]]'' ''was released on 17 November 2009.

In February and March 2011 he appeared in the onstage band in [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]'s opera ''[[Anna Nicole]]'', about the ''[[Playboy]]'' model [[Anna Nicole Smith]], at the [[Royal Opera House]], Covent Garden, in London. In August 2011, he appeared at [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] to play alongside [[Seasick Steve]]. On 16 September 2012, Jones appeared at the Sunflower Jam charity concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, performing alongside guitarist [[Brian May]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], drummer [[Ian Paice]] of [[Deep Purple]], and vocalists [[Bruce Dickinson]] of [[Iron Maiden]] and [[Alice Cooper]].<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/66153 "Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and Queen band members perform at charity rock show"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102102014/http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/66153 |date=2 November 2012 }}. NME. Retrieved 4 November 2012</ref>

In November 2012, Jones toured the UK with the Norwegian [[avant-garde]]/improvisational band [[Supersilent]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/09155-supersilent-john-paul-jones-tour-uk |title=News &#124; Supersilent & John Paul Jones To Tour UK |magazine=The Quietus |access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref> On 6 December 2012, Jones performed on bass, guitar and mandolin with Robyn Hitchcock as 'Biscotti' at [[Cecil Sharp House]], London.
On 30 April 2013, Jones appeared live on the BBC TV Show ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'', playing bass for [[Seasick Steve]] on "Down on the Farm" from Seasick Steve's new album ''Hubcap Music''. On 1 May 2013, Jones appeared with Seasick Steve at a concert at the Roundhouse in Camden, London. Introduced by Seasick Steve as a member "of the best rock band ever", Jones played bass, mandolin, and steel guitar, and provided vocals.
[[File:John Paul Jones - 2010.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jones playing bass guitar in 2010]]
On Saturday 29 June 2013, Jones played guitar whilst appearing with [[Rokia Traoré]], who opened the Pyramid Stage that morning at Glastonbury 2013. He also supported Seasick Steve on the West Holt's stage at the same festival.
During November 2013, Jones joined a seven-day tour of the Southeast US, playing mandolin with the [[David Rawlings|Dave Rawlings Machine]]. The Atlanta show (21 November 2013) included a rendition [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Going to California]]."  Jones also toured with the [[David Rawlings|Dave Rawlings Machine]] in autumn 2014. On 5 and 6 September 2015, Jones, along with [[Queen (band)|Queen]] drummer [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]], joined [[Foo Fighters]] on stage in [[Milton Keynes]] to perform a cover of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s "[[Under Pressure]]," with [[Taylor Hawkins]] and [[Dave Grohl]] singing. Stepping outside his normal genre, he composed three [[lute song]]s for the 2015 album Amores Pasados<ref>{{Cite web|last=Records|first=E. C. M.|title=ECM Records|url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752074|access-date=12 June 2021|website=ECM Records|language=en}}</ref> by [[John Potter (musician)|John Potter]], [[Anna Maria Friman]], [[Ariel Abramovich]] and [[Jacob Heringman|Jacob Herringman]].

In 2017 Jones formed a trio, the "Tres Coyotes" with the Finnish composer, [[Magnus Lindberg]] and the Finnish [[cellist]], [[Anssi Karttunen]], they have performed in Helsinki (Savoy Theatre 2017), Torino (Torino Jazz Festival 2019) and Strasbourg (Festival Musica 2022). In 2019 he formed a duo, called the "Sons of Chipotle" with Anssi Karttunen. The group premiered with a tour in Asia in Seoul at [[Place Vib]] and in Tokyo at the [[Pit Inn (jazz club)|Pit Inn]] in Tokyo, Japan in September of that year. For the Tokyo shows they were joined by musicians [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] and [[Otomo Yoshihide]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Schatz |first=Lake |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/07/john-paul-jones-sons-of-chipotle-new-band/ |title=John Paul Jones Forms New Band Sons of Chipotle |publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date=24 July 2019 |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>  The band's first scheduled U.S. date at the [[Big Ears Festival]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] was cancelled in March 2020, due to the [[COVID-19]] outbreak and finally took place at the Big Ears in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bigearsfestival.org/big-ears-festival-covid-19-cancellation/|title=Big Ears 2020 Cancellation|last=Capps|first=Ashley|date=11 March 2020|website=Big Ears Festival 26–27 March|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>