iMPROMPTU Music

Native son of New Brunswick, NJ born like all humans with a creative
soul by nature and nurture Jonathan Ware cultivated his creativity.
Gravitating towards the Piano and Tuba at the early age of 7. He
started playing for his church in middle school and soon after joined
the Jazz Institute of New Jersey where he Studied under Radam Swartz
learning how to Improvise and compose music. In high school he
started experimenting with writing song lyrics and soon after got
trapped into the realm of poetry. Mixing both music and poetry and
art he strives to use everything that he has in performance. Jargon
his stage name is actually a nick name he got while he was captain of
the Low Brass in marching band ,once he started to perform poetry it
all made sense so he stuck with it. He has played an important role
in the starting of Montclair State University's Slam team and poetry
club organization Speaking Through Silence. In Undergraduate studies
he was the principle Pianist for M.S.U’s premier Jazz ensemble. He has
performed at NJPAC, Crossroads Theater, George Street Playhouse,
Delta’s, Makeda’s, Cecil’s Jazz Club, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater
in NYC, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Metropolitan room, 12 grapes in
Peekskill, NY, Kean University, Rutgers University, William Paterson
University, University of Southern Alabama, Franklin Township Library,
Nyak College, Fuze Poetry Slam, Verses Open mic in Newark, High
schools and Churches all through out the Tri-State Area. Currently he
is a member of Mass Transit a new Jazz quartet that plays at Van
Gogh's Ear Cafe in Union, NJ, Bounce Back Quartet which plays at
Highland Place in Maplewood, NJ, and Free Thought a trio
specializing in Jazz, gospel, funk and neo soul based out of Newark.
He is also a founding member of a super group of poets, musicans, and
artists called IMPROMPTU based in Somerset, NJ. Along with Impromptu
he helps run "THE REACTIVATION SERIES" which is an open mic series
featuring a wide range of spectacular performers from the tri state
area, from world renown artists like HBO Def poet Gemineye to first
timers.