Jon Button
{{Short description|American bassist (born 1971)}}
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Jon Button (born February 10, 1971) is an American bass player based in Los Angeles, California. Button has played on commercial, film and television scores and toured with a number of well-known artists. He plays both electric and upright string bass.
Biography
Jon Button was born into a musical family in Fairbanks, Alaska. The youngest of five siblings, Button started learning piano at age four, and bass at seven. During his teen years, he played in jazz and blues bands and with local symphonies and orchestras. In high school, Button won music scholarships and later attended the University of North Texas' music program.{{cite web|url=http://web.mac.com/jbutton/iWeb/Jon%20Button/Jon%20Button.html|title=Jon Button|access-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102212503/http://web.mac.com/jbutton/iWeb/Jon%20Button/Jon%20Button.html|archive-date=November 2, 2010|df=mdy-all}}
Button moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and found work playing on film and television scores, including the Emmy Award winning Batman Beyond.{{cite web|url=http://walker.filmmusic.com/batman_beyond.html|title=Batman Beyond|access-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821224413/http://walker.filmmusic.com/batman_beyond.html|archive-date=August 21, 2010|df=mdy-all}} He has played on a number of recordings, including Borrowed Heaven by the Corrs{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6730073/a/Borrowed+Heaven.htm|title=Borrowed Heaven|access-date=August 31, 2010}} and Tour Fijación Oral by Shakira.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/shakira-oral-fixation-tour/5481|title=Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour|access-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125021047/http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/shakira-oral-fixation-tour/5481|archive-date=January 25, 2008|df=mdy-all}} He has performed live and toured with such well-known artists as Michelle Branch, Rachael Yamagata, Mandy Moore, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Roger Daltrey and The Who. Button also played at the musical benefit Live 8 and played upright bass with The Who during an acoustic concert associated with The Who's Super Bowl performance.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArEwvWtMCa8 Jon Button plays with The Who]
In 2009, Button toured as bassist in Roger Daltrey's band for the Use It or Lose It tour.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267863/roger-daltrey-plots-north-american-tour|title=Roger Daltrey Plots North American Tour|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 31, 2010}} The band also opened for Eric Clapton during several dates in 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-tour-1211|title=Clapton Tour|access-date=August 31, 2010}} and scheduled more tour dates for 2012. He is currently playing on tour with The Who to replace Pino Palladino.
Button has been married to actress Terryn Westbrook since 2011. They have one child.
Discography
- Batman Beyond – Original Soundtrack (1999)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker – Original Soundtrack (2000)
- Loud on Earth – Daniel Cage (2000)
- A Place to Land – Dakota Moon (2002)
- Identity Crisis – Shelby Lynne (2003)
- Chapter 2 – Jessica Jacobs (2003)
- Valhalla – Emily Richards (2003)
- Borrowed Heaven – The Corrs (2004)
- Como Me Acuerdo – Robi Draco Rosa (2004)
- Freedom – Kristy Frank (2006)
- Metta – Yogi (2006)
- Tour Fijación Oral – Shakira (2007)
- Talking To Me – Jeremy Kay (2007)
- Bonfires – Kirk Wheeler (2007)
- Earning Her Wings – Angela Easterling (2007)
- Soul on Ten – Robben Ford (2009)
- Life Is Not a Snapshot – Josh Wilson (2009)
- Electricidad – Jesse & Joy (2009)
- Soy – Ednita Nazario (2009)
- The Who's Tommy Orchestral – Roger Daltrey (2019)
- Lover & a Fighter – Devil Doll (2020)
- The Who with Orchestra Live at Wembley – The Who (2023)
References
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External links
- [http://www.jonbutton.com jonbutton.com]
- [http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/jon-button/984688 Jon Button's page at Artist Direct]
- [http://www.thewho.com The Who Official Website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArEwvWtMCa8 Jon Button plays with The Who]
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Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American rock double-bassists
Category:American male double-bassists
Category:People from Fairbanks, Alaska
Category:University of North Texas College of Music alumni
Category:No Plan B (band) members
Category:Guitarists from Los Angeles
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:21st-century American double-bassists
Category:21st-century American bass guitarists