Jarvis Church
Jarvis Church is the pseudonym of Gerald Eaton, a Canadian-based artist who already had a couple of impressive musical coups to his credit before he put out his own solo debut, Shake It Off, in 2002. He was one-half of the production team behind Nelly Furtado, the Canadian singer/songwriter whose recordings accumulated extremely healthy sales figures and raked in an impressive tally of honors, including a handful of Grammy Award nominations, among them one for Eaton as Best Producer in 2002, and almost as many Juno Awards. He also performed as lead vocalist with the Philosopher Kings, a Toronto-based outfit that he established with Brian West, who would later team with him in the venture Track & Field Productions, and four other musicians from the Ontario city. Sony Music Canada offered the group a contract in 1993. With the Philosopher Kings, Eaton went on to earn gold status for the group's eponymous debut album, as well as a slot in the...