Jaz Coleman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jaz Coleman
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1960(1960-02-26)
Age	64
Birthplace	Cheltenham
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Pisces

Jaz Coleman Biography

Jaz Coleman is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on February 26, 1960 in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. Jeremy “Jaz” Coleman (born 26 February 1960) is an English musician, composer, singer- songwriter and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist of post-punk group Killing Joke.

In 1990, in collaboration with Anne Dudley, Coleman released his first purely instrumental album entitled Songs from the Victorious City, which is formally classified as “World Music,” but is primarily composed of a mixture of middle eastern folk themes mixed with western pop-oriented themes.

In 1999 Jaz Coleman and Maori singer Hinewehi Mohi formed Oceania (with Hirini Melbourne and many others) which recorded the album Oceania. The record went double platinum in New Zealand. The song “Pukaea” appeared in the film Year of the Devil (2002). Oceania II appeared in 2002.

In 2001, Coleman recorded the multi-platinum album Proměny with Czech band Čechomor, which won three Anděl (Angel) awards.

Coleman once quit Killing Joke temporarily following a gig in 1982—the day after, he travelled to Iceland and announced his intention to become a classical composer. Ten years of studying and ongoing Killing Joke involvement later, he commenced conducting and worked with some of the world’s leading orchestras. Conductor Klaus Tennstedt described him as a “new Mahler”.

Jaz Coleman Net Worth

Jaz Coleman is one of the richest Musician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jaz Coleman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1978 Coleman founded Killing Joke with drummer Paul Ferguson in Notting Hill, United Kingdom. The pair then recruited guitarist Geordie Walker and bassist Martin Glover (aka Youth). The group released their first single in October 1979 and their first eponymous album was released in 1980. Coleman contributed lead vocals and keyboards to the band’s songs, which are categorised as post-punk, and the music later inspired the industrial rock and metal genres.

Coleman studied in Leipzig DDR in 1978 and Cairo Conservatoire in 1979, completing an extensive study of Arabic quartertones at the latter institution. According to his own account, Coleman also studied international banking for three years in Switzerland and is an ordained priest with a church in New Zealand.

In 1996 he releases Pacifica: Ambient Sketches, recorded with the New Zealand String Quartet.

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In 2004 and 2005, Coleman arranged the Sarah Brightman album Harem and wrote a further 12 Arias to be recorded with her. He also continues with his work as composer in residence of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. In early 2006 Joseph McManners performed Coleman’s Daughter of England at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic to standing ovation.

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Yorgos Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jaz Coleman celebrates birthday on February 26 of every year.

In 1995 Coleman released his first of three albums of symphonic rock music: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd, which peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top Classical Crossover Albums chart, and Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin were both written and produced by Coleman with Peter Scholes conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. On 8 June 2007, Coleman collaborated with over 150 youth musicians in the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to perform the entirety of Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin along with additional orchestrations of Led Zeppelin’s music. In 1999 he produced and arranged an album of Doors material for orchestra, performed by classical musicians including Nigel Kennedy and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, called Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto (CD released in 2000). He has worked with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, who have issued a CD of his Symphony No. 1 “Idavoll” with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and as composer in residence to the Prague Symphony Orchestra.