Jonas Berkeley


Jonas Berkeley is a saxophonist from the Southern Ontario region of Canada. In 2003 the Constantines received a Juno Award nomination for their Shine A Light LP release that Berkeley had provided saxophone assistance on. He has been playing for 17 years and is conversant on tenor and baritone sax, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet. He has worked on cruise ships, and in a variety of musical theatre productions, such as Grease! and Jesus Christ Superstar. His West-coast funk band, Foundation, was named The Nerve Magazine Best Local Band of the Year by their in-house critic, Filmore Mescalito Holmes. He is also a background performer/extra, having appeared in , RV, Wildfires, the 4400, Eureka, Kyle XY, The Evidence, Stargate: Atlantis, Dungeon Siege and more. He is a traveller, having visited most of the Western Hemisphere in a plane, van or ship. He is an accomplished sailor, having done some racing on the Eerie Witch out of Port Dover. He has lived in the Caribbean for the last 3 winters and does not plan on remaining in Canada for another.