Jonathan Cohen (Musician)
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Jonathan Cohen is an pianist, composer and musical director.
He is particularly well known for his work on many BBC children's programmes from the 1960s to the 1980s, including Play School, Play Away, Rentaghost and Jackanory. He had joined Play School in 1967 after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music.
He would frequently appear on some of these programmes, like Play Away where he would front the Play Away Band and sometime present some of the musical items. A standard item, much loved by children, would be to watch K'Too, the Play School cockatoo dance along to Cohen's playing. He also had prominent roles in other musical based children's shows like The Music Arcade and Music Time.
He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall in a show called Christmas Carol Singalong, where he performed his own arrangements of traditional Christmas songs and carols.
In 2005 he staged a theatre production called Still Playing Away alongside former Play Away presenter Brian Cant which was a trip down memory lane of the 60's, 70's and 80's.
[edit] External links
- Jonathan Cohen at the Internet Movie Database
- [1] - Bucks Free Press 'Brian goes back to playschool'
