"Jon Nickoll. Remember the name" The Sun newspaper

"He's going up folks. Most definitely going up" Jeff Katz, Ragazine 


If ever anyone was a hundred people in one, Jon Nickoll is that kind. A massively in demand performer, a prolific composer, a multi instrumentalist and frequent presence on both stage and screen.

 

Since forever, Jon Nickoll has been a musician. He began playing guitar and singing in folk clubs from the age of 11, formed numerous high school bands and has written 100s of songs. At 18 he began a 3 year tour of Scandanavia, gigging in bars, clubs and blues cafes, and returned to the UK with record industry interest. With a switch of instrument, he became the youngest ever resident pianist/ singer in London's world famous, Savoy Hotel American Bar. He balanced that commitment with gigs in Hong Kong, New York, Spain, Amsterdam, Paris, Ireland and Scotland as well as being the featured artist two years running at The Olympic Ball 2006 and 2007 and even a performance for former US President Bill Clinton at the Dorchester Hotel, London. 2008 started with the release of his first album "Arena Parade/ London Demos," the launch of his own record label "Paradise Cove Records" and performances four nights a week at the Dorchester Hotel in London (The Savoy Hotel closed for a major refurbishment.) 2009 brought about his first major national album release "Cinema Music" gaining glowing reviews in the press (including a 3.5 out of 5 review in The Sun Newspaper,) writing the score to the San Francisco Short Film Festival shortlisted film "Just Say Yes" by Marco Espirito Santo, performing at the annual Togfest Festival, and an acting role in the Revolver Films production "Shank" (released Autumn 2010.) Oct 10th 2010 saw the historic re-opening of The Savoy Hotel, and Jon being personally invited to return to his former role as resident musician in The Amercian Bar, where he currently performs 5 nights a week (Mon-Fri.) 

2011 kicked off with a performance on ITV show "Dancing On Ice."And the Spring release of his third album "Bowl Food."