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Oskar Jones is an up and coming, award-winning composer, saxophonist and bandleader active in the jazz sphere and beyond. His practice spans many facets of contemporary music that include jazz, electronic, and experminental, as well as artistic collaborations that have seen his work reach international audiences.

 

Oskar’s music simultaneously embraces space and groove, generating a sonic atmosphere that is active but not busy, whilst possessing a unique sound that lies at the intersection of modern jazz and ambient. Previously likened to the Esbjörn Svensson

"Fresh, contemporary jazz talent", "Cinematic soundscapes and lush grooves"

-GSMD

Trio, his compositions focus on the intentionality of expression, honesty, and authenticity through pellucid, lyrical melodies and fierce grooves that straddle through-composition and improvisation, drawing inspiration from the deeply emotive music of John Coltrane and Tigran Hamasyan. His current creative outlet exists in quartet and quintet form as the Aedos Quartet.

In 2025 he hosted sold out shows at Next Door Records, Oxford House, and the Chelsea Physic Garden, before re-forming the project as the Aedos Quartet in 2026. He was also one of ten musicians from London conservatoires selected to be part of the London Transport Museum’s 2025 “Transported by Culture” programme.​

Oskar is a first-class 2025 graduate of the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Dramas Jazz Performance Masters, where he spent two years honing his saxophone and improvisational skills under the guidance of leading UK jazz musicians and composers Trish Clowes, Jean Toussaint, Iain Ballamy, and Mark Lockheart, among others, and for which he was a receiver of the 2024 Help Musicians Postgraduate Award.

As a composer he has been commisioned work for BBC Radio 4, including for the documentary "The Lowball Tapes" in 2022, and was a receiver of the Andrew Grant Bequest Prize for Portfolio of Compositions from The Reid School of Music at The University of Edinburgh in 2023, where he graduated with a first-class with honours degree, as well being awarded the Bucher-Fraser Scholarship and Reid School of Music Recognition award.

Additionally, he frequently works in collaboration with artist Caroline Areskog Jones, producing scores and soundscapes for video works and installations that explore a range of sensitive, subtle narratives and spatial relationships. In 2020 'Sounding Line' was screened internationally at the Nature & Culture – International Poetry Film Festival Copenhagen, The World of Light Exhibition Auckland and the Montreal International Film Festival.

Contact:

oskarjones.official @ gmail.com

Photo credit:

Kayla Raquel Studio

Events - 

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Aedos Quartet

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30th April 2026

Next Door Records 1, 304 Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ

7:30pm

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The first outing of Oskar Jones' re-formed quartet presents​ two sets of original contemporary jazz music.

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Aedos Quartet

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7th June 2026

Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Rd, SW3 4HS

7:00-9:00pm

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The Aedos Quartet return to the Chelsea Physic Garden with fresh material, set in a beautiful botanic garden.

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