Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to post-punk/metal/industrial band Killing Joke. In addition, he was also the band's keyboardist and has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces and produced diverse musical groups, such as Oceania.
Coleman was born in Cheltenham to an English father and an I...
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Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to post-punk/metal/industrial band Killing Joke. In addition, he was also the band's keyboardist and has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces and produced diverse musical groups, such as Oceania.
Coleman was born in Cheltenham to an English father and an Indian mother who are both school teachers. He began piano and violin lessons at the age of six, and was a member of several cathedral choirs in England. He won prizes for violin throughout his teens, and in adulthood has studied opera, composition, and orchestration. According to his own account, Coleman also studied international banking for three years in Switzerland.
He is a supporter of the concept of environmental sustainability and has invested in the creation of two eco-villages in the South Pacific and in Chile. Coleman holds four...
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