About Jonathan
Jonathan Jacky is a Washington born, Ohio raised, Midwest rooted musician and producer currently residing in the Sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. Jonathan regularly performs trumpet and flugelhorn with several bands in the region stretching across multiple different genres: in the blues/rock/jazz style with Jimmy Ray & The Stingers (Custer), and Wild Blue (Hot Springs), in the neo soul style with Lucas Olson Trio, and Neon City (Spearfish) in South Dakota, and with the psychedelic jam band Ghosts of Endor from Whitefish, Montana.
Jonathan earned a Bachelor’s of Music (BM) in Music Performance from Wright State University (Dayton, OH) in 2017, and a Master’s of Music (MM) in Music Performance from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2019. While in school Jonathan won the 2016/17 edition of the Wright State University School of Music Concerto/Aria Competition, advanced as a finalist in Wright State School of Music honors recital in 2016 and 2017, and sang as a member of the Wright State University Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall in New York City in February of 2014.
Jonathan's horns can be heard on Yellow Springs, Ohio band Speaking Suns’ sophomore album Range (2017), and also on tracks from bands Bummers (Columbus, OH), and The Zygotes (Dayton, OH). Recording collaborations with solo artists include Chad Diamond Dann (Vancouver, WA) and Jack Blair (Cincinnati, OH). Check out all these recordings and more in the discography.
Jonathan’s studio work as a multi-instrumentalist can be heard under the pseudonym QUAKEQUATION and is a staple of the psychedelic genre of the midwest. He can be seen regularly performing a solo live looping version of his music across the country. The debut QUAKEQUATION album is currently being recorded.