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JOE JONES



JJ (BORN 1934 NEW YORK CITY/1993 WIESBADEN) WAS AN AVANT-GARDE MUSICIAN ASSOCIATED WITH FLUXUS EXPECIALLY KNOWN FOR HIS CREATION OF RHYTHMIC MUSIC MACHINES. HE RECEIVE A CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION. IN THE LATE 1950'S STARTED A SHORT CAREER AS A JAZZ DRUMMER. IN 1960 HE BEGAN TO STUDY AVANT-GARDE EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITION WITH JOHN CAGE AND EARLE BROWN.

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