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Jamie Brownfield

Professional Jazz Trumpeter - British Jazz Awards Rising Star 2012

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Jamie Brownfield, 27, hails from the village of Llanrhaeadr Y.M. in Mid Wales. He started on the cornet aged 9 playing in the local brass band and by the time he was 12 was performing jazz in public, guesting wherever he could at local jazz clubs.

In 2005, when Jamie was 13, he formed his first band 'The JB Quintet' and the following year recorded his first CD 'No Animals Were Harmed......' with them, one of the tracks 'Don't do the Jamie' was co-written by Jamie and his Grandad!

Jamie has since been a regular member of various bands and guested with many more including The Merseysippi Jazz Band, Beats 'n' Pieces Big Band and TJ Johnson's Bourbon Kick at jazz clubs & festivals around the country playing all styles of jazz from New Orleans to Bebop!

Jamie was awarded 1st place in the 'Rising Star' category of the 2012 British Jazz Awards

Recordings No Animals Were Harmed...... - The JB Quintet (2006)

Keepin' it Cool - Brownfield Byrne Quintet (2009) available on itunes

Reflections of Fats - Jeff Barnhart (2012) available from Lake Records, Amazon, HMV, Tesco, Spotify etc

Key on a String - Suzanne Mott (feat. Tom Kincaid) available from Amazon, CD Baby, itunes, Spotify etc

Reprise of Swing - Paul Stone - free download of 'Could it be magic'

'BBQ' - Brownfield Byrne Quintet - 2013

Bands The Brownfield-Byrne Quintet (the BBQ) - plays straight-ahead jazz with a fresh and youthful enthusiasm for the 'Blue Note' era, hardbop styles. Performing standards and bebop favourites from the 40's and 50's as well as some slightly older material from the swinging 30's. You will be hearing a lot from this group in the future, their playing is far more mature than their faces. Jamie, just 20, is already a well recognised trumpet player with a style reminiscent of Clifford Brown, and Liam has learnt a lot from Sonny Rollins. Andy Hulme (guitar) Dave Nick Blacka (double bass) and Marek Dorcik (drums) complete the line- up. Their first CD 'keepin' it Cool' came 4th in the 'New CD' category of the 2009 British Jazz Awards. www.jamiebrownfield.co.uk

Brownfield/Byrne Hot Six - a new departure for trumpet and tenor duo Jamie Brownfield and Liam Byrne. The once bebop purists now turn their attentions to earlier jazz styles taking inspiration from Bix and Tram rather Bird and Dizzy. The Hot 6 play the kind of jazz that really swings and doesn't give you a headache. Featuring a rhythm section including such luminaries as Tom Kincaid, Andy Hulme, Jim Swinnerton and Jack Cotterill, they play classic jazz, as in everything from New Orleans through the tin pan alley classics, the swing era, and mainstream jazz recalling the classic small groups of the 1930's. www.thebrownfieldbyrnehotsix.co.uk

Jamie Brownfield Quartet - The Jamie Brownfield quartet consists of British Jazz Awards rising star, Jamie on Trumpet. Tom kincaid on Piano, Ken Marley on Double Bass, and Jack Cotterill on Drums. The band is a fairly new project, allowing Jamie to have a bit more free range on the front line. The band members have played with such notables as Bruce Adams, Shakin Stevens, Scott Hamilton, Alan Barnes, Digby Fairweather... Playing all over the world from Europe, to Scandinavia, and as far as the US!

The band shall be playing a range of feels, from Bebop, Mainstream, Swing, and even New Orleans Funk! With influences from the likes of Harry Connick Jr, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Leroy Jones, Wynton Marsalis.

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