Sunday 20th Nov
I was asked by a friend to put on a small gig at St Mary’s Church in Finchley to help raise money for the roof repairs! I’ve never played in a church before so I didn’t know what to expect regarding the acoustics! I was more than pleasantly surprised at how good it sounded as you can hear in the above clip.
I was joined by the inspiring Roger Beaujolais on Vibraphone and the wonderful Paul Carmichael on Double Bass for the concert. As this was not your ‘normal’ jazz audience I decided we would talk about our instruments in between songs and show their roles in a jazz group. This might sound odd but I felt it was really interesting to hear my fellow musicians talking about their instruments and what they feel their role is within the band.
We ended up raising £1255.46 which I hope will help towards the roof repairs. I’m currently writing a new album at the moment which I hope to have completed by the summer of 2017. I’m thinking of releasing it towards the end of the year and I hope to put a tour together to help promote it!
Photo’s by the Amanda Drummond
Butterfly
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I completed the album in 2006. All the tunes were written by myself. Musicians on the album are listed below.
- David Oliver – Keyboard
- Bernie Smith – Keyboard
- Jonny Dyke – Keyboard
- Sam Edwards -Keyboard
- Brian Henry – Keyboard
- Ffion Wilkins – Keyboard
- Emma Blanco – Violin
- Henry Broadbent – Vibes and Drums
- Orefo Orakwue – Bass
- Curtis Ruiz – Bass
- Jonty Fisher – Double Bass
- Steve Rossel – Double Bass
- Paul Harvey – Guitar>
- Alex Toff – Drums
- Jamie Little – Percussion
- Gwyn Jay Allen – Vocals
- Daniel Walker – Vocals
Free To Solo – Tenor and Clarinet
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Free To Solo – Alto
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