“地球上很少有音乐家能让我因他们演奏的美妙与技巧而哑口无言。Jon Gomm 就是其中之一。” – Randy Blythe（Lamb of God）
Jon Gomm 是一位来自英国约克郡的创作歌手和原声吉他独奏表演者，以其令人难忘的高超吉他技巧而闻名。他的演奏风格包括拍打、敲击和重新调弦，通过一把吉他演奏出充满低音、鼓点和近乎交响乐般深度与复杂度的多层次声音。
他的歌曲通常情感深刻，无论是配有他温柔动人的嗓音，还是单纯的吉他演奏。他的现场演出既充满亲和力，又充满力量，但总是带有他自然的北英格兰幽默感和自嘲。
2020年，Jon 被评为“世界最佳原声吉他手”，这是由 MusicRadar / Guitar World 进行的最大规模在线投票结果。
2021年，Ibanez 吉他推出了 Jon Gomm 签名款 JGM10 和 JGM5 吉他。他是第三位与 Ibanez 合作设计签名款原声吉他的人，前两位分别是 Joe Satriani 和 Steve Vai。
2023年，Jon 的歌曲《Passionflower》在 Total Guitar 评选的“史上50首最伟大的原声吉他歌曲”中排名第六，仅次于 The Beatles 的《Blackbird》和 Eric Clapton 的《Tears In Heaven》。
Jon 还是一位积极倡导心理健康和神经多样性的社会活动家。
“Jon，你是个天才，我喜欢你的音乐和演奏！” – Steve Lukather（Toto）
“太棒的吉他演奏。全能的天才。” – Stephen Fry（演员、作家），在 BBC《The One Show》节目中谈论 Jon Gomm
Jon 2岁时便要求父母为他准备一把吉他作为圣诞礼物。虽然父母给了他一把尤克里里，但在他因沮丧而将其砸烂后，他们给他买了一把吉他，并为他找了老师。Jon 在英国布莱克浦长大，父亲是一位记者和当地报纸的音乐评论员，经常带他去听演出，且许多巡演中的乐队会住在他们家。年轻的 Jon 很幸运地遇到并请教了 Jack Bruce（Cream）、Walter Trout 和 BB King 等音乐大师。
Jon 放弃了牛津大学的学位，选择进入伦敦吉他学院（The Guitar Institute），然后是利兹音乐学院（Leeds Conservatoire）。利兹成为了他的新家，2021年，利兹博物馆还要求将 Jon 的一把吉他纳入永久收藏。
从那时起，Jon 开始自发发布音乐并进行巡演，尽管他仍然是一位坚守独立的艺术家，但他凭借个人努力，突破重重困难，卖出了成千上万张专辑，并在欧洲、北美、南美、澳洲、亚洲和非洲等地巡演。
“创作音乐往往是技术吉他手与情感表达之间的博弈。但如果你是 Jon Gomm，你可以写出最复杂的段落，同时拥有一段让人心碎的旋律。” – Andy McKee（吉他手）
“毫无疑问，这是我见过的最棒的吉他手！” – Tommy Lee（Motley Crue）
Jon 的突破性作品出现在2012年，当时他发布了自己的第一首单曲《Passionflower》，并附上了演奏视频，这段视频迅速在网络上传播，累计观看量突破2000万次。突然从小众的默默无闻到主流的广泛认可，这对一个如此专注于自己音乐创作的人来说，是一种奇特的经历。Jon 也因此成为了一位意外的吉他英雄，但他始终忠于自己在英国原声吉他圈的根基。
Jon 已经发行了四张录音室专辑，最新的一张是由 Kscope 唱片公司发行的《The Faintest Idea》。英国《吉他手》杂志评价道：“虽然《The Faintest Idea》首先是一堂创作的硕士课——Jon 探索了生活中美丽与痛苦的方方面面——但这并没有阻止他在创作过程中随意挑战原声吉他技巧的固有定理，编织出一段段听起来像六只手演奏的吉他片段。”
专辑中包括了单曲《Cocoon》和《Deep Sea Fishes》。
Jon 继续与他忠实的“Gommunity”粉丝群体保持互动，并目前正在创作新音乐并进行世界巡演。
媒体评价
“一旦你克服了令人震惊的技巧和演奏，你将会被一些极其美丽的歌曲所打动。” – Blues & Soul 杂志（英国）
“世界上最具创新性的指弹吉他手。” – Gitarist 杂志（荷兰）
“每一个观众都陷入了敬畏的沉默，目不转睛地注视着台上的他，用如此强大而真挚的力量展现他的灵魂。他那自谦的才华和创造独特、丰富多层次的音色的方式令人叹为观止。” – Qmunicate 杂志（英国）
“作品充满了部落节奏、流行旋律感和 Jon 那流畅的嗓音，足以让连 Eric Clapton 都脸红。” – National Post（加拿大）
“世界上最有天赋和启发性的吉他手之一。” – Acoustic Magazine（英国）
“推动吉他的极限，在每一首歌曲中融入小小的天才之处。” – The Sunday Herald（苏格兰）
“这些歌曲只有死人才无法被感动。” – Musical Melting Pot 博客
“精彩的演奏和歌唱，完美的全能。” – David Crosby（Crosby, Stills and Nash）
“我非常喜欢你的作品和风格，你真是太特别了。” – Jon Anderson（Yes）
“他是这一领域最棒的吉他手之一，非常有启发性！” – Joe Satriani
“继续加油，你是个怪物级的吉他手。” – Jennifer Batten（Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson）
与指弹中国合作项目
2013年5月指弹中国音乐季“Jon Gomm中国行”巡演
2022年 与指弹中国合作推出系列视频教学《敲击指弹必修课》
2024年7月“摩登指弹吉他之夜”中国巡演（with Josephine Alexandrar）
2024年8月担任指弹中国WAGF指弹大赛评委
“There are very few musicians on the planet who can actually strike me speechless with the beauty and skill of their playing. Jon Gomm is one of those musicians.”
— Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God)Jon Gomm is a singer-songwriter and acoustic solo performer based in Yorkshire, UK, known for his once-seen-never-forgotten virtuoso guitar style. This involves slapping, tapping, and retuning as he plays, producing a huge, multi-layered sound filled with bass, drums, and near-orchestral depth and complexity from a single guitar.
His songs are often deeply emotive, whether with or without his soft, affecting voice. And his live performances are intimate and powerful, but always punctuated by his natural North of England wit and self-deprecation.
In 2020, Jon was voted “Best Acoustic Guitarist In The World” in the largest online poll of its type, conducted by MusicRadar / Guitar World.
Ibanez guitars launched the JGM10 and JGM5 Jon Gomm Signature Model guitars in 2021. He’s the 3rd guitarist ever to design a signature acoustic with Ibanez, the previous two being Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
In 2023, Jon’s song “Passionflower” was placed 6th in Total Guitar’s “50 Greatest Acoustic Guitar Songs Of All Time,” just behind The Beatles’ “Blackbird” and Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton.
Jon is also a passionate advocate for mental health and neuro-diversity.
“Jon, you are a genius man, I LOVE your music and playing!”
— Steve Lukather (Toto)”Wonderful guitar playing. An all-round genius.”
— Stephen Fry (actor, writer), speaking about Jon Gomm on The One Show (BBC, UK)
When he was 2 years old, Jon demanded a guitar for Christmas from his parents. They gave him a ukulele instead, but after he summarily smashed it to pieces in frustration, they got him a guitar and found him a teacher. Growing up in Blackpool, UK, Jon’s dad — a journalist and music critic for the local newspaper — would take him to gigs, and often bands on tour would stay at their home. The young Jon was lucky enough to meet and pick the brains of such luminaries as Jack Bruce (Cream), Walter Trout, and BB King.
Jon turned down a place at Oxford University to instead attend The Guitar Institute in London, then Leeds Conservatoire. Leeds became his adopted home, and in 2021, the city museum requested one of Jon’s guitars for its permanent collection.
From there, he began self-releasing music and touring, and while still a fiercely independent artist, he defied the odds to sell thousands of albums and tour countries across Europe, North and South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa.
“Making music can be a battle between trying to be a technical guitarist and trying to convey emotion. Unless you’re Jon Gomm. Then you can write the most complicated passages and have a heart-breaking melody as well.”
— Andy McKee (guitarist)”Hands down the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen!”
— Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)
Jon’s breakthrough came in 2012, when he released his first ever single, “Passionflower”, along with a video of him performing the song, which went viral, totaling well over 20 million views across platforms. Suddenly being catapulted from cult obscurity to mainstream acceptance has been a strange experience for someone so devoted to his craft, and Jon is an unlikely guitar hero who remains very much true to his roots in the UK acoustic circuit.
Jon has released 4 studio albums, his latest being The Faintest Idea on Kscope records. Guitarist magazine (UK) said:
“While The Faintest Idea is first and foremost a songwriting masterclass — with Gomm exploring the beauty and pain of life’s travails — it hasn’t stopped him casually ripping up accepted truths of acoustic technique along the way, with a slew of sounds-like-six-hands guitar parts.”
It included the singles Cocoon and Deep Sea Fishes.
Jon continues to interact regularly with his loyal “Gommunity” of fans online and is currently writing new music and playing concerts around the world.
PRESS QUOTES
“Once you get over the jaw-dropping maneuvers and technique, you will be rewarded with some spectacularly beautiful songs.”
— Blues & Soul magazine (UK)
“The world’s most innovative fingerstyle guitarist.”
— Gitarist magazine (Netherlands)
“Every single member of the audience fell into reverential silence, mesmerized by the man on the stage baring his soul with such power and authenticity. The self-effacing brilliance with which he creates a uniquely rich and layered texture of sounds is breathtaking.”
— Qmunicate magazine (UK)
“Masterpieces infused with tribal rhythms, pop melodic sense, and Gomm’s flowing, draped-over vocals that would surely make even Eric Clapton blush.”
— National Post (Canada)
“One of the world’s most gifted and inspirational guitar players.”
— Acoustic Magazine (UK)
“Pushes the guitar’s envelope, fitting small moments of genius into each and every song.”
— The Sunday Herald (Scotland)
“These are the kind of songs only the dead could fail to be moved by.”
— Musical Melting Pot blog
“Wonderful playing and singing. The whole package.”
— David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash)“I love your work and style so much. You are very special.”
— Jon Anderson (Yes)“One of the best in his field. Very inspiring!”
— Joe Satriani”Keep kicking ass. You are a monster player.”
— Jennifer Batten (Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson)
Here is the translation into English:
Collaborations with Fingerstyle China Projects
●May 2013: “Jon Gomm China Tour” as part of Fingerstyle China Music Season
●2022: Collaborated with Fingerstyle China to launch a series of video tutorials “Essential Lessons in Percussive Fingerstyle”
●July 2024: “Modern Fingerstyle Guitar Night” China Tour (with Josephine Alexandrar)
●August 2024: Served as a judge for the Fingerstyle China WAGF Guitar Competition