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==Early life==
Brion was born in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]], [[New Jersey]], on December 11, 1963. He comes from a musical family; his mother, LaRue, was ana administrative assistantsinger and singeradministrative assistant, and his father, [[Keith Brion]], was a band director at [[Yale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/17/Jon-Brion.html |title=Jon Brion Biography (1963?-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2012-02-08}}</ref> His brother and sister became a composer/arranger and a violinist, respectively. Brion grew up in Connecticut, where he dropped out of [[Hamden High School]] at the age of 17, opting instead to play music professionally. From 1980 to 1985 Jon was part of the band The Excerpts, along with Stephen Harris, Dean Falcone, Jim Balga, Bobby Butcher & Spike Priggen.<ref>{{cite web|author=US |url=http://www.myspace.com/theexcerpts |title=The Excerpts &#124; Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=2012-02-08}}</ref>
 
==Career==
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Brion is renowned for his regular Friday-night gigs at the Los Angeles club [[Largo (nightclub)|Largo]], which feature covers and original songs, a variety of instruments and occasional guest musicians and comedians. He works without a set list, instead using audience suggestions as a jumping-off point. He uses a "jigsaw puzzle" approach to performing songs, and uses looping systems to record himself starting often with drums, then adding piano, bass, guitar, and vocals. Over the years, shows have featured spontaneous appearances with [[Jackson Browne]], [[Gillian Welch]], [[Fiona Apple]], [[Rickie Lee Jones]] with upright bassist Stephen Patt (ex-[[The Chambers Brothers]]), [[Aimee Mann]], [[Elliott Smith]], [[Ben Folds]], [[Nels Cline]], percussionist [[Matt Chamberlain]], [[Tori Amos]], bassist [[Sebastian Steinberg]] (ex-[[Soul Coughing]]), and fiddler [[Sara Watkins]] ([[Nickel Creek]]).
 
In April 2006, recurring tendonitis in Brion's right hand forced him to cancel all of his upcoming Largo shows.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Battling Tendonitis, Brion Tiptoes Back Into Performing |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/battling-tendonitis-brion-tiptoes-back-into-performing-57991/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> As a temporary 'farewell', he played one show only using his left hand, even looping his songs as he normally does and playing the drums with one stick. He resumed playing at Largo on a regular weekly basis later that year, transitioning to a monthly show in 2016,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Brion Concert Setlists |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/jon-brion-33d6a451.html |website=Setlist.fm |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> until the COVID-19 Pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=TBS's 'Conan' to Broadcast from Largo Los Angeles |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/conan-to-broadcast-from-largo-los-angeles.html |website=Vulture |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> In summer 2023, Brion stated to Largo at the Coronet that he intended to resume shows in the near future.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon Brion at Largo July 2023 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CvNZOCTJf3z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=August 25, 2023 |website=Largo Los Angeles Instagram}}</ref> Brion resumed shows at Largo in September 2023.[https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxN28HMLDRV/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]
 
Recalling his approach to the Largo shows with ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' music editor Lou Carlozo, Brion said: "I taught my hands to follow whatever was coming into my head—and wherever my consciousness would go, I had to push my hands to follow. And at some level, you just had to abandon any concern about how you'd look. Performing without a set list: That was special."
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Brion lives and works in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-12-20 |title=From Largo fame to major-label outcast: Inside the 20-year saga of Jon Brion's lost album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-12-20/jon-brion-meaningless-fiona-apple-mac-miller-aimee-mann |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Brion had relationships with [[Aimee Mann]] during the late 1980s-early 1990s and with [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]] from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lost in the Music |work=The New York Times |date=August 17, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/lost-in-the-music.html |access-date=August 25, 2023 |last1=Rodrick |first1=Stephen }}</ref>
 
==Discography==
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* ''[[Christopher Robin (film)|Christopher Robin]]'' (2018) (with [[Geoff Zanelli]])
* ''[[Fool's Paradise (2023 film)|Fool's Paradise]]'' (2023)
* ''[[Beating Hearts]]'' (2024)
 
===Production and guest appearances===
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