Early career Jonathan Noyce started working professionally whilst studying at the
Royal Academy of Music in London. During this time he began to make a name as a studio musician, primarily with
DJ Dave Lee, consequently enjoying his first commercial success with the British pop group
Take That, for whom he supplied bass in the studio in 1993. In 1993, Jonathan's path crossed with that of former
Jethro Tull band member
Dee Palmer whilst working on an orchestral version of
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was recorded at
Abbey Road Studios with an orchestra from the
Royal Academy of Music. As a direct result Jonathan was recruited to play on
Jethro Tull guitarist
Martin Barre's 1995 album The Meeting.
Jethro Tull frontman
Ian Anderson subsequently asked Noyce to join him on his
Divinities world tour later that year. Noyce joined
Jethro Tull in August 1995 following the departure of
Dave Pegg. joining him on the
Old New Ballads Blues album,
One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott, a DVD/CD recording of the concert to commemorate the life of
Phil Lynott which featured members of
Thin Lizzy, and the release of Moore's final recorded show
Live at Montreux 2010. In 2010 Noyce re-united with Gary Moore for his Summer of Rock shows throughout Europe. This band also included drummer and friend
Darrin Mooney and, following a 21-year hiatus, keyboard and guitar player
Neil Carter. This Celtic-Rock project came to an end with the sudden death of Moore on 6 February 2011. On 1st and 2nd May 2009 Noyce played at two sold-out concerts at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, UK where Rick Wakeman performed the music from his progressive rock concept album 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'. The two shows were recorded; a 2-CD copy of which were available for attendees to purchase at the end of each performance. Wakeman said that the general release CD and subsequent video were from the second night's concert, with no overdubs or editing. In 2010 Noyce had commercial successes with the release of French
Mylène Farmer's album
Bleu Noir, for which he supplied all the bass guitar tracks. He played for
Love Amongst Ruin's debut gig at
Eurosonic Festival in January 2010. In 2012 Noyce joined his old
Jethro Tull bandmate
Martin Barre for live shows across Europe. In 2013 Noyce played on Martin Barre's solo album
Away With Words. The same year he had been joined
Sixto Rodriguez for a run of shows that included the
Montreux Jazz Festival and
Glastonbury Festival. In 2014 Noyce joined the
Gentle Giant offshoot band Three Friends, featuring former members
Gary Green and
Malcolm Mortimore. Other work includes playing on the soundtracks to the films
I Am Ali and
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the later with
Daniel Pemberton.
Archive released a film, Axiom, and returned to
Montreux Jazz Festival to perform the soundtrack live. In 2015
Archive's album
Restriction features Noyce on
bass guitars. In 2016 Noyce played bass on the soundtrack of the film
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword by
Guy Ritchie. The same year, he played on the album
The False Foundation by
Archive. In 2019, Noyce performed on the soundtrack of the film
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