Gordon G.G. Gebert performs Eddie Jobson's Theme of Secrets - Piano Solo

Gordon G.G. Gebert performs Eddie Jobson's Theme of Secrets on piano.
Besides being an accomplished musician, Gordon is also the author of books including "KISS and Tell", the hilarious best-selling book on Ace Frehley of the band KISS
Jobson was born in in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England.

He began playing the piano at age 7 and violin at age 8. Later he attended Bede Hall Grammar School, leaving at age 16. At that point he joined the band Fat Grapple, playing locally in venues such as Redcar Jazz Club. It was at this venue that they played in support of Curved Air, which Jobson joined the following year.

At this time Jobson fronted Fat Grapple on electric violin, opening with a spirited rendition of the current hit piece "Jig-a-Jig". The band played original compositions and were well regarded, but failed to break out beyond the Newcastle area. Nonetheless, Jobson's playing won him a place in Curved Air.

In 1973 he replaced Brian Eno in Roxy Music, getting the job partially through a connection between his sister and the sister of singer Bryan Ferry, who knew each other in college. Jobson found himself playing three roles: Eno's, Ferry's (who had stepped up as a frontman after first playing piano), and his own. Jobson stayed with the band for three studio albums and many tours.

In 1976, with Roxy on a hiatus, Jobson recorded an obscure solo single, "Yesterday Boulevard" b/w On a Still Night", playing all instruments himself with the exception of drums (by Simon Phillips). These two instrumentals have become a sought-after collectors' item, having never been reissued.

After turning down an offer to join Procol Harum, Jobson became a member of Frank Zappa's band in mid-1976. He appeared on the cover of the Zoot Allures album in spite of not playing a single note on it. He did however perform on the Zappa in New York live double album.

In 1977, Eddie helped form the cult prog rock supergroup UK. Other members included former King Crimson members Bill Bruford (drums) and John Wetton (bass and lead vocals) (Wetton had previously worked with Jobson when he joined Roxy Music as a session and touring bassist after the disbanding of King Crimson, and Jobson returned the favor by overdubbing violin and keyboard parts of King Crimson's 1975 live album USA) and Allan Holdsworth (guitar). They released three official albums. The eponymous debut UK, Danger Money and the live set Night After Night, the latter two albums on which Terry Bozzio of Frank Zappa's band performed drums/percussion.

After UK broke up in early 1980, Jobson started work on a solo project, but was then asked to participate in Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson's solo album, which became the Tull album A, on which Jobson was credited as a 'special guest'. He stayed on for the subsequent world tour, playing his final live show in France in February 1981.

In the 1980s, Jobson released two albums. Zinc - The Green Album (1983) was performed in a rock-band format with session musicians, and Theme of Secrets (1985) was an electronic album and one of the first releases from New Age record label Private Music. That same year Jobson wrote and performed three pieces on Piano One also from Private Music. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he also built a successful career as a composer of TV and film soundtracks.[1] He scored nearly 100 episodes of the TV series Nash Bridges.[2] He also produced the Bulgarian Women Choir's 2000 album Voices of Life, contributing three new compositions (from an abortive UK reunion project called Legacy) and playing violin on two of the new pieces. Since 2000, he has run Globe Music Media Arts [3], which describes itself as a music/video production company, music publishing company, and online store. The official Eddie Jobson web site [4] and forum went online in 2006.

The Creation of Peace Festival in Kazan, Tartarstan on August 30, 2008 saw Jobson's return to the stage in more than 27 years. He played violin on one song with the Patti Smith Group, one song with Fairport Convention, and two songs ("Red" and second part of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic") with the King Crimson Project. This band featured Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Eric Slick and Julie Slick; it was created specifically for this festival, and one additional performance, a few days later on September 3, 2008 at the B1 club in Moscow. In addition to joining this collection of musicians, Jobson also performed piano and violin solos at the B1.

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[trup1963]

amazing!!! How come I cant get my piano to sound like that when I play it.... You ROCK!!! Thanks for sharing..

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@trup1963

Thank you very much!

[lauriemonk]

love Eddie Jobson's Theme of Secrets. Great job

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[PrincessNemi]

G; you are amazing!!! This is very very beautiful! Love xxxx

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[MsOhagansimages]

Soooo beautiful G.G!!!!!