Jump

Jump is a British progressive rock band from Buckinghamshire, England, active from 1990 to the present. The original line-up consists of Andy Barker on drums, Mo on keyboards, Hugh Gascoyne on bass, Steve Hayes on guitars, Pete Davies on guitars and John Dexter Jones on vocals.

Career

The band starts on the live circuit and builds a reputation as a live and studio act, playing with a range of other artists and appearing in more than 1,000 live shows. It also supports a number of later-known acts in the British prog and rock scene, helping to introduce them to wider audiences.

Jump releases three studio albums in quick succession on the independent Salad Records: The Winds of Change, World of Wonder and ...and All the King's Men. It then signs to Cyclops Records, a label focused on progressive rock, and Mark Kelly of Marillion produces the fourth studio album, The Myth of Independence.

Later releases and line-up changes

The band follows with Living in a Promised Land and the live album The Freedom Train. Hugh Gascoyne leaves and is replaced by Andy Faulkner on bass. With that line-up, Jump continues with Matthew, On Impulse and Home Songs, recorded between live dates and tours. Pete Davies later leaves and Steve 'Ronnie' Rundle takes over the string duties. The group then moves from Cyclops Records to Den-Tel Records.

Further releases include A Man Was Made, Faithful Faithless and the live album Something of the Night. Jump also issues The New EP, which contains three new compositions. The band performs both as a full group and as an acoustic trio.