Percy Jones

Percy Jones (born 3 December 1947) is a Welsh bass guitarist best known as a member of the jazz rock ensemble Brand X, with whom he played during three stints: 1974 to 1980, 1992 to 1999, and 2016-2020, with the group ending shortly before the passing of their founding guitarist John Goodsall in 2021.

Jones, who was born near Llandrindod Wells, has also done extensive work as a session musician, and has been active with other groups. He played with a trio called Stone Tiger (featuring guitarist Bill Frisell) in 1982/83. Jones was also one of the driving forces behind Tunnels, a fusion collective which released four albums between 1994-2006. While residing in New York, he also worked with the improvising group MJ12.

Jones was also briefly a member of the group Soft Machine in 1976, the "poetry rock" group The Liverpool Scene (featuring poet Adrian Henri) in the late 1960s, and has contributed to albums by prominent artists such as Kate Bush, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Steve Hackett, Suzanne Vega, Richard Barbieri, Fovea Hex, Mark Wingfield, and Paranoise, amongst others.

He released the solo album Cape Catastrophe in 1990. In 2021, he started touring and recording with an improvisational ensemble called PAKT, featuring guitarists Alex Skolnick and Tim Motzer, and drummer Kenny Grohowski.