Jason Thomas Mraz or Jason Mraz She was born in June 1977 and grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Having a strong desire for music, although he actually started playing guitar at the age of eighteen adults. Mraz is studying in New York with musical theater course, but it's only for a short time. He eventually transferred to San Diego, where he played with Carlos Olmeda and Toca Rivera clubs in Southern California.
He has played with many musicians, including Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, James Blunt, Gavin DeGraw, Paula Cole, John Popper, Alanis Morissette, The Ohio Players, Rachael Yamagata, Tristan Prettyman, James Morrison, Lisa Hannigan, John Mayer, Jewel , Colbie Caillat, and Ingrid Michaelson.
Mraz is very famous not only in the United States, but also in Australia and Japan. He has a strong voice and clear with positive lyrics appropriate content, which makes the first single is called: The Remedy (I Wont Worry) big hit in 2003. It was, in fact, playing regularly for the radio station, VH1, and MTV. Single word which also helps increase the sales of his debut album: Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which turned platinum by the RIAA.
Jason Mraz has performed with renowned artists like Jewel, the Dave Matthews Band, Bob Dylan, etc. in November 2005 in San Diegos Copley Symphony Hall. He also has toured with the Rolling Stones and Alanis Morrissette. His follow up album entitled: Mr. AZ was launched several months before the show in San Diego, and the album was held fifth place on the Billboard 200 chart. Mr. AZ is sold close to 90,000 copies in its first week of release. The album that said it also was nominated for: Best Engineered Album in the Grammy Award.
Mraz has also appeared in The Gap ad called: The Favorites, where he worked with other famous singers such as Joss Stone, Michelle Williams, Keith Urban, etc. Mraz also performed from time to time with Billy Galewood, an artist who concentrates on the funk, hip-hop, and folk elements, and is a fellow student Mraz in New York. These two also collaborated on several songs, including the third single titled Mraz: curb the Prophet, from the album: Waiting for My Rocket to Come. Mraz and Galewood also went on tour together in 2005.
Some Mraz has taken home awards including: Best of 2003 Acoustic San Diego Music Awards, Artist of the Year is still in San Diego Music Awards, etc. Another trivia about Jason Mraz: Last name: Mraz is actually derived from the Czech Republic, which means frost, he never became a cheerleader, she used to perform weekly at Java Joes in California.
