Jono Grant

Jono Grant (Jonothan Jonas Grant) is a Toronto-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was nominated for a Genie award for "Achievement in Music/Original Score" on his first film score Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang in 1999. The feature was created by Shaftesbury Films and Directed by George Bloomfield; starring: Gary Busey, Miranda Richardson and Ice-T. He was also nominated for a Gemini award in the category "Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series" in 2006 for the first episode of Captain Flamingo, an animated series created by Breakthrough Films and Television. Jono has scored hundreds of television episodes and numerous films from his personal studio Victory Drive Music located in Toronto's Leslieville. In the mid 90s, Jono made his early mark as a composer, producer, arranger and performer with a multitude of bands including the eccentric jazz/lounge outfit Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra, producing the first three albums for BMG and co-writing the debut album with lyricist Bee. The band toured across Canada and did multiple television appearances with Jono as musical director, keyboardist and guitarist. During this time Jono was introduced to pop artist John Southworth, producing and arranging on his first album: "Mars Pennsylvania" in 1996.That same year he also produced The Shuffle Demons album: "Get Right". (Jono would later co-produce three Juno-nominated albums with Toronto Jazz saxophonist and Shuffle Demon Richard Underhill including the Juno award winning album: "Tales From the Blue Lounge")