Gill Burgoyne
My parents shared their love of Big Band music with my older brother and I from an early age, and I was hooked on recordings of Stan Kenton,Woody Herman and Jimmy Dorsey. Presented with the opportunity to learn the clarinet aged 9, I applied myself to the classical charts.
Read more about Gill...Halifax, West Yorkshire – 10/06/10 – Victoria Theatre
March 11, 2010 by admin
When Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:30pm – All Ages Where Victoria Theatre (map) Fountain Street Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1BP « Back to the calendar
Read more ...Haywards Heath, West Sussex – 25/04/10 – The Chapel, Ardingly College
March 11, 2010 by admin
When Sunday, April 25, 2010 7:30pm – All Ages Where The Chapel, Ardingly College (map) Ardingly Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK RH17 6SQ « Back to the calendar
Read more ...Helen Wilson
Helen Wilson plays the flute and aged 12 took up a place at Chethams School of Music, Manchester, where she studied with Gitte Sorenson, Linda Verrier, and Richard Davis. She then accepted a scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester in 2007 to carry on her studies with Richard and now learns with Anders Ljungar Chapelon on an exchange programme at the Malmo Academy of Music in Sweden.
Read more about Helen...Henry Armburg-Jennings
Henry Armburg Jennings started playing trumpet (and piano) at the age of 5 and fifteen years later, at the age of only 20, he is already one of the hottest talents to emerge on the British jazz scene having opened the London Jazz Festival 2008 at the Bulls Head in Barnes.
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Jack Fallow
Trustee of NYJO and NYJA
Failed as a rock drummer due to lack of talent.
Assoc. Professor at Brunel University Business School. Main interest is in complexity theory and its human dimensions.
Read more ...Jazz @ The Manor – 21st February 2010
March 5, 2010 by admin
The Band: Bill Ashton directing Conor Chaplin (bass guitar); Scott Chapman (drums); Dave Elliott(percussion); Chris Eldred (keyboard); Jon Russell (guitar); Rob Greenwood, Tom Walsh, Nick Mead, Jeff Brown, Henry Armburg-Jennings (trumpets); Barry Clements (bass trombone), Alex Paxton, Callum Au, Ross Anderson, Kieron McLeod (tenor trombones); Anna Drysdale (French horn); saxophones: Lucas Dodd & Johnny Griffiths [...]
Read more ...Jazz @ The Manor – 21st March 2010
March 26, 2010 by admin
The Band: Bill Ashton directing Sandy Suchodolski (bass guitar); Scott Chapman (drums); Dave Elliott (percussion); Andy Highmore (keyboard); Jon Russell (guitar); Mark Perry, Rob Greenwood, Tom Walsh, Laura Jurd, Jeff Brown (trumpets); Barry Clements (bass trombone), Alex Paxton, Zebedy Tomkins, Ross Anderson, Charlie Valentine (tenor trombones); Anna Drysdale (French horn); saxophones: Lucas Dodd & Olli [...]
Read more ...Jon Stokes
I began playing the trombone at the age of 11 and became fascinated by big bands. I was subjected to old tapes of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey and whenever Syd lawrence or the BBC Big Band were on at the Cheltenham town hall you would be sure to see me there in the front row. Despite the slightly odd taste in music for a teenager I managed to get through school unscathed and moved to London where I had dreams of becoming the next Principle Trombone of the LSO.
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