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Polo Jones is an accomplished professional musician. He started playing Bass Guitar when he was 10 years old. His first band experience was with his parents, Paul Sr., who blows a mean saxophone and Inez, a legendary pianist and singer in her own right. At the age of 14, Polo was asked to go on tour with Blues legend John Lee Hooker. His love for music drove him to expand his abilities to include Rock, Funk and Jazz as well as Blues. A versatile and talented musician by the early seventies, Polo was working with Larry Graham, “Hot Chocolate,” Walter Hawkins, and Sly Stone.
After touring through the seventies and early eighties, Polo pursued a short solo career. In 1985, he received a call from Corrado Rustici, Producer (Zucchero, Andrea Bocelli) to join “Holiday of Hands”, a fusion pop band. Shortly thereafter Polo began recording albums in Europe. Now with many multi-platinum recordings under his belt, Polo is again reinventing himself.
Polo’s Bass style is both solid and expressive, which has made him an asset to the many rhythm sections he has been a part of. Other instruments include Bass synthesizer, Guitar, Drums, and Keyboards. But a world class entertainer is only the beginning for Polo. Polo has produced some varied and innovative projects, from language tapes to Movie Soundtracks, and from Rock n’ Roll to Country. He has worked closely with Dean Markley, Peavey, and Sever guitars in product design. Matter of fact, Polo is the man responsible for the World Famous SR2000 Bass Strings which we manufacture and offer to our customers.
Constantly updating and improving his skills, producing, arranging and songwriting, as well as improving and expanding his playing abilities, Polo has kept himself entrenched in the music industry when he’s not recording or touring.
Currently Polo is musical director for ZU and Co featuring such artists as: Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston, Soloman Burke, Cheb Mami, David Sancious, Brian May, Luciano Pavarotti, and Delores O Rioidian—to name a few.
Polo uses our Blue Steel NPS, which is Dean Markley's
Nickel Plated Blue Steel bass strings.
Here are Polo Jones's thoughts on his Dean Markley strings:
“The SR2000 have an articulated core going over the bridge, which allows the string to be able to achieve an open-strings sound on even closed tones, all the way up and down the neck. I think that these strings are very good for Rock players, they’re good for Funk players, and they’re good for just about anybody who wants to get out there and have their bass be right in your face.”
“The Nickel Plated Blue Steel bass string is a great string because it has a very round sound!”
Enjoy watching Polo Jones at the Dean Markley's NAMM booth.
Be sure to visit Polo at his website:
PoloJones.com.
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