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| MUSICAL DIRECTOR |
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| ANDREA VICARI (PIANO) |
| Bmus. PGCE. DJGSM |
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| 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 |
| 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. Currently
working with the Mercury nominated "Polar Bear" alongside
Seb Rochford and Pete Wareham, he was also a featured artist
in the opera "Anna
Nicole" at the Royal Opera House in London.
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"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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| GUITAR |
| JONATHAN BRATOËFF |
During his time in London this French guitarist became an important part of the UK jazz scene. He is a founding
member of the award winning F-IRE collective playing alongside
jazz luminaries Seb Rochford, Pete Wareham, Ingrid Laubrock,
Tom Arthurs, Ben Davis, Nick Ramm and many others including
Julian Siegel, Martin Speake, Soweto Kinch, Orphy Robinson,
Shabaka Hutchings.
Jonathan has recorded five albums as a leader. His debut Episode
(2001) featuring F-IRE collective members Seb Rochford and Ben
Davis amongst others, the critically acclaimed album Between
Lines (2005) featuring Seb Rochford, Pete Wareham and Tom Mason,
the more electric and electronic sounding album Points of Perception
(2006) an experimental duo with NY drummer Chris Vatalaro (Ralph
Alessis, Michael Cain, Antibalas) entitled Chapters (2009) and
finally his last Quartet album entitled Mindscapes (2010) and
featuring Tom Mason again plus new members Mark Hanslip and
DJSS alumni, drummer James Maddren. Jonathan now lives in Berlin.
www.jonathanbratoeff.com
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| DRUMS |
| 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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| DRUMS |
| 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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| WEEK TWO |
| VOICE |
www.paolavera.com
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| PAOLA VERA Mmus |
| An experienced and highly skilled teacher, performer and workshop
leader specialising in voice and piano, having just
completed a Masters degree (Mmus distinction) from The Royal Academy of Music, London,
after taking her Bmus at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.
Also a fluent Spanish speaker from her Venezuelan heritage. |
Recent performances include Ronnie Scotts,
606 Jazz club, Pizza Express Dean St, Matt and Phreds, The
Vortex; + The Isle of Wight, Ashford and Ramsgate jazz festivals.
Paola has released her own album "Spellbound"
produced by Paul Booth (Steve Winwood), and engineered by
Grammy nominated sound-engineer James Towler. Currently working
on a new CD with esteemed producer Richard Niles (Ray Charles,
Pat Metheny, Kylie Minogue). Recent radio airplay includes
a feature of my performance at ‘The Steinway Festival’ held
at Pizza Express Dean St, broadcast on Jazz line-up radio
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"Sings with beautiful measured phrasing
and dark tones"
Jazzwise Magazine |
| WEEK TWO |
| SAXOPHONES |
"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.
myspace.com/morningtonlockett |
| WEEK ONE |
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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| TRUMPET |
| QUENTIN COLLINS |
Quentin Collins is currently a member of the Mike Garrick
Big Band, Jean Toussaint quintet, and has just released his
second CD as co-leader with saxophonist Brandon Allen, "What's
It Gonna Be?" 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.
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| WEEK TWO |
FOUNDATION COURSE LEADER |
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| DUNCAN EAGLES Bmus (hons) |
| After studying at the Dordogne Jazz Summer School (yes, we
have to take all the credit) Duncan established himself on the
UK Jazz Scene performing with top jazz musicians including Dave
O’Higgins, Derek Nash, John Etheridge, Gary Husband, Alex Hutton,
Jason Rebello, Kit Downes and Shabaka Hutchings. Duncan first
picked up the saxophone at 16 years of age and at 18 was accepted
onto the Jazz course at the the Trinity College Of Music.... |
...where he studied with Russel Van Den Berg, Jean Toussaint,
Mark Lockheart and Andrea Vicari. At just 19 years old he
won the Spike Robinson saxophone award. At 21 Duncan became
involved with Tomorrows Warriors and regularly appears in
the houseband that hosts the monthly jam session at the
Spice of Life. He is currently writing and gigging with
his trio Partikel which has just recorded their 1st album.
Most recently Duncan joined British vocalist Ola Onabule’s
touring band that regularly performs at major International
Jazz Festivals around the World. An experienced teacher,
gaining valuble skills assisting at the DJSS in Monteton,
Duncan has been running a busy JazzWorkshop
and Jam session at Hideaway in London.
www.duncaneagles.co.uk
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| DAVE GELLY |
| 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 |
| 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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