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Billingham, County Durham, England, UK
Best known as Frank Zappa's right-hand man and as one of the first electric-violinists in rock, Eddie Jobson first came to prominence as the 17-year-old keyboardist/violinist for Curved Air. He studied piano, violin and music theory from the age of 7, and had the premiere of his first string quartet at the age of 13. An early pioneering synthesist and rock prodigy, he garnered his first…
Known for
- Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2022
- UK - Curtain Call2015
- Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music — Self2009
- Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982 — Self2008
- Jethro Tull: Slipstream — Himself1981
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As recently as 2006, the Editor-in-Chief of Emmy magazine wrote: “The word ‘genius’ is bandied about a bit too freely these days, but in Jobson’s case, the term not only applies, it’s been used to describe him since his northern England childhood, when he was such a violin and piano prodigy that he wrote his first string quartet at 13 [and] performed with his first professional symphony at 14…” His performances and compositions have received press accolades <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Billingham
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- art rock
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Record label
- Private Music
- Official website
- www.eddiejobson.com
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- EJobson09.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1955-05-28
- name in native language
- Eddie Jobson
- Commons category
- Eddie Jobson
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- birth name
- Edwin Jobson
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