"Jones ... offering some of the finest collaborative pianism in recent memory ... his playing was superlative."
— Boston Herald, 12/4/99
"Jones ... playing throughout the evening was just flawless."
— Boston Globe, 12/4/99
"Jones' contributions were deeply satisfying."
— Louisville Courier-Journal, 11/21/99
"Just call me a pianist!"
— La Scena Musicale, Nov. 99
"Jones ... was a show on his own!"
— Durham News and Observer, 11/20/99
"Warren Jones.. superb piano performance."
— The Madison Wisc. Capitol Times, 10/15/99
"Pianist Warren Jones played a shimmering accompaniment."
— The Kansas City Star, 10/11/99
"Jones ... Excellent partner."
— Dallas Morning News, 10/7/99
"Jones proved the perfect musical partner. His boundless taste, chameleonlike lexicon of style, coloristic fluency and unerring gift for complementing without overpowering enriched every part of the evening."
— Tucson Citizen, 10/4/99
"Jones' pianism was flawless and his ensemble with Te Kanawa was so perfect that musical impulses arose as if from both artists at once."
— The Arizona Republic, 10/4/99
"Pianist Warren Jones, a veteran of the song recital circuit, played impeccably."
— The Washington Post, 10/1/99
"Jones ... provided refined accompaniment ... played parts to perfection. Jones ... consistently fluent and musical, was the mainstay of the evening."
— The Montreal Gazette, 6/14/99
"interpretation ... well-surrounded by ... the piano of the well-known Warren Jones. ... supported by the lively, scintillating four-handed piano of Jones..."
— La Presse, Montreal, 6/14/99
"... the estimable Warren Jones"
— The Los Angeles Times, 6/8/99
"Jones' partnership was masterfully controlled and expressive."
— San Antonio Express News, 5/20/99
"Acclaimed pianist takes his place with Olmos Ensemble ... 'the single finest accompanist now working,' the praise was deservedly high ..."
— San Antonio Express News, 5/15/99
"... magnificent support of pianist Warren Jones..."
— San Francisco Chronicle, 4/24/99
"... accompanied with uncommon empathy and stylistic versatility by Warren Jones."
— San Francisco Examiner, 4/23/99
"... marvelous accompanist, Warren Jones."
— Washington Post, 4/19/99
"Praise without qualification, though, to pianist Warren Jones who seemed incapable of playing a single phrase on automatic pilot. This was pianism of exquisite color and voicing, dramatic where called for, playful elsewhere, but without a hint of fuss ..."
— Kansas City Star, 3/19/99
"Graves, Jones: Perfection in artistic collaboration."
— Birmingham News, 3/1/99
"Like the right setting complements a fine jewel and makes it sparkle, so Warren Jones makes the world's greatest singers shine."
— Tucson Citizen, 2/4/99
"Warren Jones nominated for a Grammy ..."
— The Recording Academy, January 1999
"Jones ... more of a musical partner than an accompanist ... alongside some of the greatest singers of music's modern era."
— Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, 12/4/98
"... He is a singer's greatest partner."
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11/16/98
"Denyce Graves, ... masterfully accompanied by pianist Warren Jones."
— Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, 12/9/98
"... accompanist ... the matchless Warren Jones"
— New York Times, 11/21/98
"Jones, as usual, was in masterful form ... living up to his reputation as the greatest concert accompanist ... in the world ..."
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11/18/98
"Warren Jones, an accompanist of uncommon talent, supports the singer in the best possible way"
— New York Times, 5/3//98
"The pianist Warren Jones was the exceptionally sensitive accompanist, bringing lovely colorings and supple support to every turn of phrase."
— New York Times, 2/5/98
"... an indispensable partner throughout ... remarkably sensitive."
— Washington Post, 1/20/98
"At the piano, Warren Jones was what he long has been: an exquisitely sensitive and fluent partner for top singers."
— Miami Herald, 12/6/97
"Jones worked miracles at the keyboard."
— St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/31/97
"With his vibrant, sensitive playing, the great Warren Jones once again proves himself the single finest accompanist now working."
— San Francisco Examiner, 1/17/97
"Jones is a pianist with a remarkable ability to shape, share, and balance."
— Cleveland Plain Dealer, 5/23/96
[ recent reviews ]
Warren Jones with soprano Lauren Skuce and pianist Spencer Myer at a January 2002 master class was presented under the auspices of The Marilyn Horne Foundation during our mini-festival "The Song Continues ... 2002." The class was held at the Juilliard Theater here in New York. Photo by Beth Bergman
Benita Valente and Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West
Kathleen Winkler (violin) and Denis Brott (cello) at the Music Academy of the West
Hi-Myung Choo in a master class at the Music Academy of the West
Warren Jones and Rosie O'Donnell with Ruth Ann Swenson on the set of the show.