Jon Solo began playing the piano at four years old. In his youth he went on to become a top ten finalist in The International Young Keyboard Artist Competition, and a regular cast member of the television show Music Magic, which was regionally broadcast and filmed in Seattle.

Solo was awarded a scholarship from Cornish College of the Arts where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano. He moved to New York and began cutting his teeth playing in renowned Jazz Clubs throughout the city. In the last 15 years he’s been a regular band member for Angus and Julia Stone, Brett Dennen, Passenger, and Dope Lemon, playing sold out world tours and major music festivals, such as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governor’s Ball, Outside Lands, Hang Out Festival, Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot, Osheaga Festival (Canada), Rock Werchter (Belgium), Pink Pop (Netherlands), Hurricane Festival (Germany), Montreaux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) Falls Festival (Australia), and many others.

Other career highlights include national television performances on The Dave Letterman Show, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, and Ellen. Notable recording credits include Angus and Julia Stone’s self-titled album released in 2014, produced by Rick Rubin which went Platinum in France, and Gold in Australia. Brett Dennen’s Por Favor, produced by Dave Cobb, released by Elektra Records, #1 in the iTunes singer-songwriter category. Passenger’s Young as the Morning Old as the Sea, #1 in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland, released in September 2016, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, released in August 2017, and Runaway, released in 2018. He recorded with DOPE LEMON which was released at the end of 2021.

In 2017, Jon Solo created Naneum, an ambient-piano based project. Since then, he’s released five full length albums and one EP. He was featured on NPR’s regularly broadcasted show, Echoes with John Diliberto, playing a live concert and interview. In 2018 he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and licensed a song to Apple, which is on the iOS in the photo memories section. His latest release in 2022, Autumn was #1 on the NACC Chill charts. John Diliberto nominated Autumn as the top 30 albums of 2022. Naneums next release is slated for February of 2024 on Heart Dance Records.

Solo was brought onto the Artist Relations team 2014 and is a Nord Keyboard, Warm Audio and Sequential artist.