People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.

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. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "Riff" Fertman and together formed The Bats (not to be confused with the New Zealand group of the same name). "


Discography


Collaborations
The Bats - How Pop Can You Get? (1982)
E - Vocals on "Shine It All On" from the album Broken Toy Shop (1993)
The Grays - Ro Sham Bo (1994)
Elliott Smith - Background vocals in the song "Happiness" (2000)
Fiona Apple - "Everyday" from the album Rave On Buddy Holly (2011)


Solo
Meaningless (2001)


Film scores
Hard Eight (with Michael Penn) (1996)
Magnolia (1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
The Break-Up (2006)
Synecdoche New York (2008)
Step Brothers (2008)
Glago's Guest (2008)
The Other Guys (2010)
Stone (2010) (Main Theme Composer)
The Future (2011)
ParaNorman (2012)
This Is Forty (2012)


As producer
Aimee Mann Whatever (1993)
Aimee Mann I'm with Stupid (1995)
The Crystal Method - "Bad Stone" (1997)
Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright (1998)
Eleni Mandell Wishbone (1998)
Robyn Hitchcock Jewels for Sophia (1998)
Robyn Hitchcock A Star for Bram (1999)
Fiona Apple When the Pawn.

Jon Brion (born December 11 1963) is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter composer and record producer.