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Phil Miller

Born: January 22, 1949

Philip Paul Miller was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury scene. Miller was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle and Didier Malherbe), and worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982 with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Pete Lemer, and Pip Pyle. In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with the re-united Hatfield and the North.

Gentle Giant

Active since: 1970

Gentle Giant formed in 1970 is known as one of the most important prog rock band of the era. Recording 10 studio LPs & a live LP before disbanding in 1980

Monica Vasconcelos

São Paulo born Brazilian singer and songwriter Mônica Vasconcelos has been living in the UK for over a decade. She has recorded 7 albums to date.Her musical journey includes partnerships with, amongst others, UK rock legend Robert Wyatt (on her album "Hih") and Brazilian master guitarist and composer Guinga (on her album "Gente"). She can also be heard singing the duet “Just As You Are” with Robert on his album "Comicopera”. She has toured the UK with Guinga and has sung in London with Brazilian bossa nova icons João Donato and Marcos Valle. Leading her bands Nóis and Nóis 4, Mônica has played support gigs for Bryan Ferry, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim,Joyce, Gilberto Gil and Courtney Pine. She was featured as a guest singer alongside major Brazilian stars such as Lenine, Zélia Duncaan, Ney Matogrosso and Joyce on Rio composer Alberto Rosenblit's album "De Bem Com a Vida".In the UK, she has performed at major venues such as Ronnie Scott's jazz club, the Barbican Hall and the Jazz Cafe

Nicolas Meier

In just a few short years UK-based Swiss guitarist Nicolas Meier has carved a reputation out as one of the UK’s most original guitarists. Drawing on a love of Turkish, Eastern music, Flamenco, Tango all mix with jazz, Meier has developed his own unique sound with his regular group (latest release was his eight album with his full band.) London based Swiss guitarist Nicolas Meier is one of the stars of a vibrant British jazz scene, his trademark sound, as heard on his MGP Records and Naim albums, a mixture of Methenyesque jazz and spicy Turkish and world music rhythms. While in 2006 Meier and his band won the prestigious Grand Prize Of The Jury and 1st Prize Jazz Guitar at Jazz a Juan Revelations 2006: A competition open to the finest new jazz musicians and bands in Europe and run by the legendary Jazz A Juan Festival

Auriol Proudfoot

Born: January

A British singer based in London, Auriol Proudfoot is fast leaving her mark on the London scene with her trademark sultry vocals, sparkling performances and musical flair. Having originally trained intensively as a classical musician and jazz singer as a music scholar at Wells Cathedral School of Music, Auriol now runs a top jazz band and has performed in renowned music venues, weddings, corporate functions and private parties across London and the South East. Most recently seen entertaining at the star-studded ‘coming out’ party for rugby legend Gareth Thomas, Auriol has built up a reputation for consistently first class performances

Wunmi

In the world of music, Wunmi is a one-off, an artist that effortlessly joins the dots between Nigeria’s Youruba and Afrobeat heritage, New York’s house pedigree and London’s jazz, broken beat and classic street soul sounds. Born in London, Wunmi aka Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Felicity Olaiya lived in Nigeria for 10 years, returning to the UK aged 14. "Moving back to England, the same feeling of not fitting in hunted me and it was at that point my identity started shifting, like ...who am i?" She retreated into a world of her imagination, finding expression in clothes, and in her later teens on the dance floors of London Clubs

Jim Hart

Jim Hart is one of the most in-demand musicians on the European jazz and alternative music scene, as a soloist and sideman on drums and vibraphone. His background in both jazz and classical music – combined with his interest in the traditional music of Latin America and West Africa and its part in contemporary improvised music – has helped to define his creative personality, melding a distinctive and strong sense of harmony, melody and rhythm.

As a bandleader, he has recorded six albums of his own music which have enjoyed radio airplay and have been critically acclaimed worldwide. Hart leads Cloudmakers Trio and Cloudmakers Five and his eminence across Europe includes a pivotal role in the Marius Neset Quintet (vibes, marimba and percussion), Daniel Erdmann’s Revolution (vibes) and Vula Viel’s exploration of the rhythmic systems of Ghanaian traditional music (drums).

The Blowpipes

The Blowpipes: a brass ensemble deranging traditional music and tumbling into free improvisation, with the odd poem thrown in. Ultra-versatile, creative ensemble now available for adding charm to convivial/creative/corporate events: parties, conferences, anniversaries, launches, lunches, etc. Founded in 1993, this pioneering trombone trio plays all styles of jazz, from traditional to contemporary, plus folk/world music and a great variety of classical music.

Melinda Hughes

Born: October 31, 1971

Melinda Hughes has her routes in classical music, starring as the title role in more than thirty operas but returned to Jazz and cabaret in 2007 when she formed the satirical Cabaret company Kiss & Tell. She has performed her own sell out show at Pizza on the park London, The Chelsea Arts Club, The Waldorf Astoria, New York, The Al Bustan Festival Beirut as well as many charity events, launches and parties. She specializes in Berlin Cabaret from the 1930's : Spolianski, Hollaender and Kurt Weill and also sings classic standards of Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Gershwin and Frank Loesser.

Kit Downes

Born: May 26, 1986

After studying at both the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music - Kit now plays regularly with his own trio, Stan Sulzman, Troyka, The Golden Age of Steam, Sam Crockatt and Clark Tracey - and has played with Joe Locke, Gilad Atzmon, Empirical, Gerard Presencer, Seb Rochford, Ian Ballamy, Peter Ind, Gwyneth Herbert, John Warren and Eugene Skeef. He has also performed with leading British bands Fraud, Asaf Sirkis’ Inner Noise, Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble, Acoustic Ladyland, Nostalgia 77, 2000 Black, Silhouette Brown and Dennis Rollins’ Badbone and Co. He has also worked with up and coming Composer / Songwriter Micachu, with whome he recorded in Abbey Road for Matthew Herbert, recorded for BBC Radio 6 and played at the Sonar Music Festival ’07 in Barcelona