Jonny King
King (born 2 February 1965) is an American jazz pianist, attorney, fisherman, and writer. Raised in New York City, King graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School and works as an intellectual property attorney. He has performed around the world and is a regular in New York City's jazz clubs.
Also recorded as Jonathan Z. King
Jonny King
- Born
- 1965 · New York City.
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- United States
- Occupation
- lawyer · writer · pianist · composer · musician
- Fields
- jazz
- Education
- Harvard Law School · Princeton University
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Jonny King is recorded as lawyer, writer, pianist, composer and musician.
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1965
Jonny King born at New York City.
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He is the author of What Jazz Is (Walker Publishing), a primer on jazz listening published in conjunction with a CD prepared by Blue Note Records. King is also a fly tyer and fisherman. He is a member of the "Pro Team" for Tuffleye and has hosted tying classes and demonstrations. King is credited for creating his own variation of the Muddler Minnow pattern he named the "Kinky Muddler" and written numerous articles on the topic for magazines such as Fly Fisherman and Salt Water Sportsman.
• 1994: In from the Cold (Criss Cross) with Vincent Herring, Mark Turner, Ira Coleman, Billy Drummond • 1996: Notes from the Underground (Enja) with Joshua Redman, Steve Nelson, Peter Washington • 1997: The Meltdown (Enja) with Larry Grenadier, Milton Cardona, David Sanchez, Steve Wilson, Steve Davis • 2012: Above All (Sunnyside) with Ed Howard and Victor Lewis
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- 1.Yanow, Scott. Jonny King. AllMusic.
- 2.PRO - JONNY KING - WET A HOOK TECHNOLOGIES "TUFFLEYE". WET A HOOK TECHNOLOGIES "TUFFLEYE". 2017-02-16.
- 3.Jonny King. TIGHTLINESFLYFISHING.COM. 2019-02-09.
- 4.King, Jonny. The Kinky Muddler. Fly Fisherman. 2015-02-28.
- 5.King, Jonny. The BULKhead Deceiver. Fly Fisherman. 2016-01-29.
- 6.King, Jonny. Fly Tying Bob Quigley's Splitsville Caddis. Fly Fisherman. 2014-03-11.
- 7.Jonny King. Salt Water Sportsman. 2013-07-17.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.
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