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Rory Ingham

Rory Ingham is a 20 year old jazz trombonist, educator, composer and arranger based in London. He was recently nominated for Rising Star in the British Jazz Awards, and was voted as a runner-up in the Trombonist of The Year category by a public vote, also in the British Jazz Awards. He has played with internationally-acclaimed musicians such as Elliot Mason, Dennis Rollins, Vincent Gardener, Rick Taylor, Soweto Kinch, Newton Faulkner, Liane Carroll, and Dave Liebman. He has performed at prestigious venues/festivals across the UK and Europe, including Ronnie Scott's, 606 Club, the Vortex, The Sage, Spice of Life, London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Kings Place, Barbican Hall, Leeds 02, Band on the Wall, Abbey Road Studios, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and most recently the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, where he was a featured soloist

Alastair Penman

Born: May 10, 1988

British saxophonist Alastair Penman is a dynamic and versatile performer and composer, presenting contemporary music in new and exciting ways. Having obtained masters’ degrees in both Information and Computer Engineering (University of Cambridge) and Saxophone Performance (Royal Northern College of Music), Alastair has a strong interest in the fusion of live saxophone performance with electronic effects, backings, and enhancements to create often previously undiscovered sound-worlds. Although classically trained, Alastair enjoys exploring many musical worlds; such influences can be heard in both his compositions and performances, which often transcend genre definition. As a soloist, Alastair has given performances at venues including Milton Court Concert Hall, Trinity and St Catharine’s College Chapels (Cambridge), and the Concert Hall and Carole Nash Recital Room at the Royal Northern College of Music

Sarah Tandy

Sarah Tandy is a unique voice within the new UK jazz generation. Coming from a background which encompassed vintage jazz LPs, classical music and Coleridge poetry, her music has been shaped by London's thriving and diverse live music scene, where jazz is the shared language in an ever-shifting musical landscape. She has swiftly risen to become one of the most in-demand players of her generation, with stints on keys for Jazz Jamaica, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Maisha, Where Pathways Meet, Camilla George, Nubya Garcia, Nerija, Daniel Casimir, Binker Golding, Clark Tracey and many more. She is also a member of Ronnie Scotts House Band, the W3 Collective

DanHila

DANHILA – Album WHITE FLY Cd Digital & Physical Label Plaza Mayor Company ltd Danhila's artistic style is a mixture of sounds that together represent the foundation of her musical personality, while supporting the depth of her lyrics. The colors of her voice are so full of atmosphere that we cannot label, enclose or cage the musical spectrum of the project in one genre. Although the entire album genre is Soul Soul/Blues, it often revisits the many worlds of jazz, smooth jazz. Her music keeps a consistency of the American music in general and at times sounds a bit more British

Chris Dowding

Simon Vincent

Awarded Arts Council England support for the 2017 ‘Stations of the Cross’ Solo Piano Tour and nominated in 2014 for a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists, Simon Vincent is a performer and composer of acoustic and electronic music, who has been challenging the boundaries of genre and musical expression with a highly personal language since the early 1990’s. “Visionary and expressive”, “rich and surprising”, “incredibly individual”, “masterful compositions”, “an immersive experience”, Simon’s music has attracted praise and radio play from critics as varied as Fran Wilson, Lauren Redhead, Ben Watson, Julian Cowley, Nick Luscombe, Robert Hugill, Massimo Ricci, Gilles Peterson, Mr

Gail Ford

Born: October 15, 1958

Happened on playing jazz oboe by accident, and now play & write original music, and arrange covers; everything from Yusuf Lateef to Diana Krall, Greg Lake and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Play in concert & wind bands, and in solo gigs. Extending the oboe's sound and language to add new colours to other styles - a new market for new audiences. On the hunt for a compatible/ sympathetic and generally on my wavelength piano/keys player, drummer & string bass player to form a jazz oboe quartet. After all, the market's not exactly saturated with them.......

Serena Sykes

Serena Sykes is a vocalist and bass player, living in Birchington, Kent. She currently features in Swing Noir, a Swing/Gypsy Jazz trio with Jim Knowler, (Hullabaloo, The Keytones) and Jonny Hepbir, (The Jonny Hepbir Quartet), and Seremas, with Thomas Abrahams, (Manor Manouche, The Thomas Abrahams trio). She also works freelance wherever possible. A born and bred Yorkshire girl, Serena has been involved in music since early childhood. Originally a classical pianist and oboist, she later trained as a vocalist and most recently, a bass player. In 2008, she moved to Kent, where she built a good reputation in the local scene and dedicated most of her time to her true love of music, the Swing and Jazz genres

Giuliano Pereira

Born: August 16, 1972

Biography - GIULIANO PEREIRA Like many contemporary improvising musicians, saxophonist Giuliano Pereira is the archetypal global citizen. He left his native Brazil in the late 90s, resided in New York and Madrid before finally settling in London in 2009. He has also performed in Canada, Portugal, Angola, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bulgaria, Bahrain and Sweden. In Brazil, he trained at the Carlos de Campos de Tatui Conservatoire where his tutors included Claudio Leal [harmony] and David Richards [Improvisation]. In addition to this formal musical education, Pereira began to perform and record studio sessions, exploring and developing his own style

Emily Francis

Emily Francis Trio is a contemporary take on the classic jazz piano trio format, led by pianist and keyboardist, Emily Francis. Bringing influences from progressive rock, jazz-rock, 70's jazz-funk and soul, EFT combines a strong melodic and groove-based approach with a traditional improvised sensibility, resulting in a series of fresh and exciting new compositions With Bassist, Trevor Boxall and Drummer, Liam Waugh, Emily Francis Trio represents an accessible, richly textured, and dynamic addition to the UK jazz scene.