Jayme Stone is a

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and producer who makes music inspired by sounds from around the world. His solo album ''

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'' won the

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for Instrumental Album of the Year. Stone has studied with Béla Fleck's teacher,

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, among others. Stone traveled to Mali in 2007 to learn about the banjo's African roots,

Discography

* 2007: ''The Utmost'' * 2008: ''Africa to Appalachia'' (with Mansa Sissoko) * 2010: ''Room of Wonders'' * 2013: ''The Other Side of the Air'' * 2015: ''Jayme Stone's Lomax Project'' (collaborative project with Tim O'Brien,

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, Moira Smiley, Brittany Haas,

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and others) * 2017: ''Jayme Stone's Folklife'' * 2020: ''AWake''

Awards

* 2008

for ''The Utmost'' * 2009

for ''Africa to Appalachia'' * 2009

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for ''Africa to Appalachia'' * 2011

for ''Room of Wonders'' * 2014

for ''The Other Side of the Air''

Producing

* 2010 Grant Gordy—''Grant Gordy'' * 2011 Kyle James Hauser—''Oh Oh'' * 2011 Jake Schepps—''An Evening in the Village: The Music of Béla Bartok'' * 2013 Kyle James Hauser—''You A Thousand Times'' * 2015 John Bullard—''The Perfect Southern Art'' * 2016

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—''The Beautiful Not Yet'' * 2019 Sumaia Jackson—''Möbius:Trip''

References

External links

Jayme Stone
official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Jayme Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian jazz composers Male jazz composers Canadian folk musicians Jazz banjoists Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year winners Canadian banjoists Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year winners Canadian Folk Music Award winners