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| ANDREA VICARI |
| Bmus. PGCE. DJGSM PIANO |
| Born in Miami Florida, educated at Cardiff
University and The Guildhall in London where she formed her
first important group with Julian Arguelles & Stuart Hall
on Bass. She has since released four CDs in her own name,
"Suburban Gorillas"; "Lunar Spell"; "Tryptych"
and 2007s "Mango Tango".....
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| SAXOPHONES WK1 |
www.marklockheart.co.uk
"Lockheart is a consummate saxophonist and a original
and versatile composer"
The Rough Guide to Jazz
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| MARK LOCKHEART |
| Mark is acknowledged as one of the most distinctive saxophone
voices in Britain today. He came to prominence in the mid 1980’s
with the popular British big-band Loose Tubes and after recording
and touring with Loose Tubes, Roger Dean , Django Bates, Prefab
Sprout and Annie Whitehead started his own group in 1989. This
group , which also included Huw Warren and Dudley Phillips performed
at various European festivals and played two stints at Ronnie
Scott’s in London. Mark started composing for his group and
that led to commissions from Scottish Arts to write a multi-media
piece based on the religious festival of Semana Santa (1991),
a saxophone quintet entitled Chorinho (1995) and Dance for Anne
Frank (1992) a piece for Avis Von Herder’s Dance Company.
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| TROMBONE |
"there are no barriers to his joyful appreciation of
the whole span of jazz history...the only qualification is
that the music is ‘real’ – not motivated
by posture, fashion of notes for their own sake". Digby
Fairweather |
| MALCOLM EARLE SMITH BA(hons). |
New Orleans music, Swing, Bebop, Contemporary jazz, Blues,
Soul: Malcolm Earle Smith is equally at home playing all jazz
styles. Well known for his work as trombonist, vocalist, composer
and teacher, he is one of the most versatile and entertaining
musicians on the London scene.
Central to Malcolm’s inspiration is his passion for jazz
tradition, his depth of musical knowledge, his commitment to
ensemble playing and his honest, stylish delivery. His sound
is expressive and lyrical, rooted in tradition but strongly
influenced by contemporary language.
www.malcolmearlesmith.com |
| GUITAR |
"Bratoëff's
brittle phrasing and rhythmic energy put him up there with
leading UK guitarists such as Mike Outram, Phil Robson and
Mike Walker'
The Guardian
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| JONATHAN BRATOËFF |
Since moving to London in 1998, French born guitarist, Jonathan
Bratoëff has recorded three albums. His first outing Episodes
(2000), the critically acclaimed album 'Between Lines' ( 2004
) and the latest project 'Points of Perception' ( 2005 ) due
for release in April 2006. He is currently leading various projects:
duo, trio, a quartet, a quintet and a septet.
As a popular sideman on the London jazz scene he has played
with Orphy Robinson, Soweto Kinch, The Synergy Big Band amongst
others. He is currently playing Porpoise Corpus and the Pharoah
S Russell Quartet. He is also a member of the F-IRE collective......
www.jonathanbratoeff.com
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| DRUMS |
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| NIC FRANCE |
| Loose Tubes founder member and session drummer extraordinaire;
Nic has worked with Ian Carr's Nucleus, Allan Holdsworth, Jim
Mullen, Martin Taylor, Ronnie Scott, Kenny Wheeler, Hank Crawford,
David ‘Fathead’ Newman (Ray Charles’ sax player),
John Taylor, Gordon Beck, L. Shankar, Mose Allison, Tim Whitehead
and appeared on a TV drum clinic with Billy Cobham. |
| He then started working in the Rock and Pop music
world, with such artists as: Bill Withers [2 tours U.K. &
Europe], Tanita Tikaram [3 World tours and 3 albums] and Working
Week [3 European tours + Japan and 3 albums]. Recorded with
Pete Townsend, Thomas Dolby and have recently played with Annie
Lennox and Nigel Kennedy. Most famously he has also been working
with David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) in his acoustic project of which
there is a DVD; ‘David Gilmour Live’. |
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| SAXOPHONES WK2 |
"One of the most accomplished
contemporary improvisers ...with a fearsome technique and
an advanced harmonic approach "
Time Out
" Sounds like Hendrix on sax " Noel Gallagher
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| MORNINGTON LOCKETT BA (hons) |
| Tenor saxophonist Mornington Lockett studied at Dartington
College Of Arts in Devon before moving to London to attend the
Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. As a member of the Ronnie
Scott Sextet, Mornington worked extensively in Britain and abroad.
He has recorded with Ronnie Scott, guitarist Jim Mullen, drummer
Martin Drew, singers Sarah Jane Morris, Claire Martin and Ian
Shaw and US bass guitarist, Jo Hubbard. He is a visiting professor
of saxophone at the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban
Conservatoire in London.
myspace.com/morningtonlockett
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| TRUMPET |
www.quentincollins.com
"Collins brings a bright crisply articulated Lee Morgan-esque
intensity to proceedings..and a soft, brassy lyricism"
John Fordham,
The Guardian
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| QUENTIN COLLINS |
Quentin Collins has recently joined a new group "TransAtlantic
Collective" and is currently a member of the Mike Garrick
Big Band, Jean Toussaint quintet, and has just released his
debut CD as a leader, "If Not Now, Then When ?" Quentin
lists Booker Little, Duke Ellington and Alex Spiagin amongst
his musical influences. Recently seen on a nationwide tour with
his own band featuring Micheal Janisch and Jim Hart. Currently
touring the "Transatlantic
Collective"
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| DAVE GELLY |
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| MBE MA (Cantab) SAXOPHONE |
| Award-winning writer and broadcaster,
Dave Gelly is the author of numerous books, including 'Being
Prez: the Life & Music of Lester Young' and 'Stan Getz:
Nobody Else But Me'. Dave Gelly has played or recorded (on
tenor, clarinet and bass clarinet) with a bizarre collection
of people, from Sir Richard Rodney Bennett to Arthur ’Big
Boy’ Crudup, including along the way Neil Ardley, Kenny
Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Jack Bruce, Keith Emerson, Art Themen
and John Cleese (don’t ask). |
| Dave learned clarinet as a kid, but is largely
self-taught on saxophone. Jazz studies consisted of listening
to records for hours on end, from the age of 12, and trying
to figure out what was going on. Now has a pretty good idea
of what’s going on, from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz
Band to the second Miles Davis Quintet, and he will endeavour
to explain on request. Believes in swing, melody and playing
from the heart.
"His saxophone playing is like his writing
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carefully crafted and always to the point" Jazz
UK
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| BASSES |
"one of the finest bass-players in Norbury"
Giles Davis
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| DORIAN LOCKETT |
Dorian studied at the Guildhall School of Music before carving
out a career on the London Jazz scene, playing with Phil Bent,
Alan Barnes, Dave O'Higgins, Phil Robson, Dick Pearce, Clare
Hirst, Don Weller, Chris Tobin etc. He taught bass guitar for
five years at Morley College in London and led jazz workshops
at Kingsway and Camden institute. He ran a jazz club for G.E.
Aldwinkles and the Bedford pub in Balham, under the title
"Jazz in the Round". Dorian plays on four Andrea Vicari
CD's which he co-produced. He pioneered the use of sunglasses
as a teaching aid and is a third dan at extreme kinito. He can
count Elvis
as a friend.
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| DRUMS |
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| SCOTT VICARI BA (hons) |
EMI signed singer Scott Vicari returned to the UK to pursue
his love of jazz drumming. USA born, he was educated at Middlesex
University where he produced a show for the Edinburgh festival
which later toured eastern europe. In demand as a session drummer
he has worked with "DB
clifford" and XFM favourites "Flint". His
jazz pedigree includes work with Julian Arguelles, Alan Barnes,
Theo Travis, Harry Beckett and Steve Rubie...
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