MUSICAL PROJECTS PAST AND PRESENT:
Colour of Light
Nicki Allan Septet
Sarah Brickel Band
Eddie Martell Band
Mik Artistik's Ego Trip
The Small Change Diaries
Jaxynn Lee & County Line
Ronnie Bottomley Big Band
Dominic Halpin & the HoneyBs
Derrick Harris Trio & Septet
Ronnie Bottomley Trio
Jenny Smith Quartet
Andy Prior Big Band
Peter Grant
MUSIC ORGANISATIONS:
Opera North
Leeds Playhouse
Birmingham REP
P&O Princess Cruises
Syd Lawrence Orchestra
The Nick Ross Orchestra
The Glen Miller Orchestra
The Great Yorkshire Show
The Event Music Co.
SingLive! Company
LEGENDS THAT I"VE BEEN LUCKY
ENOUGH TO PLAY A GIG OR TWO WITH:
Alan Barnes
Ken Peplowski
Roy Williams
Dave O'Higgins
Bruce Adams
Art Themen
Greg Abate
Lewis Nash (At LCoM)
Derrick Watkins (At LCoM)
Jonny Dankworth (At LCoM)
Julian Joseph (At LCoM)
THEATRE:
Crooners (UK Tour)
Big Girls Don't Cry (UK Tour)
High Society (UK Tour)
Anything Goes (UK Tour)
White Christmas (WYP)
Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse)
Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep )
Wizard of Oz (Leeds Playhouse)
The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas (European Tour)
New Briggate Blues (Carriageworks, Leeds)
Dr Doolittle (w. Tommy Steele) (UK Tour)
42nd St (w. Paul Nicholas) (UK Tour)
Masters of the House (UK Tour)
Big Girls Don't Cry (UK Tour)
Guys & Dolls (UK Tour)
FESTIVALS:
Bearded Theory
JazzLeeds Festival
Ilkley Jazz Festival
Louth Jazz Festival
Appleby Jazz Festival
Keswick Jazz Festival
Wetherby Arts Festival
Liverpool Pops Festival
Lagoa Guitar Fest Portugal
Glastonbury Abbey Festival
Grand Northern Uke Festival
Scarborough Jazz Festival
Cleethorpes Jazz Festival
Beverley Folk Festival
Marsden Jazz Festival
Goodwood Festival
GREAT VENUES I'VE PLAYED:
Royal Albert Hall
City Varieties, Leeds
The Stables, Wavendon
Birmingham Hippodrome
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Blackpool Tower Ballroom
The Troubadour, London
The Sage, Gateshead
The Lowry, Salford
MUSIC
QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS:
Leadership Diploma from
National College of Education
PGCE (Secondary Music)
BA(Hons) Jazz Studies
(Leeds College of Music
& Helsinki Jazz Konservatorio)
MFY Songwriting Award 1994
Nominated for JazzYorkshire
Instrumentalist of the Year 2012
SOME RECORDINGS:
Andy Prior 'London By Night'
Colour of Light 'Once Lay a King'
Peter Pan Original Cast Recording
(Leeds Playhouse/Speckulation)
Sarah Brickel - ''Music Box' (19b Studios)
Sarah Mitchell - 'You Give Me Something' (Candid)
Nicki Allen 'You're Gonna Hear From Me' (33 Records)
Small Change Diaries 'Lullabies for Cynics'
Derrick Harris Trio ' Once More For Luck'
Curtis Shaw Band 'Welcome To My World'
Jenny Smith Band 'Love Holds Strong'
Silhouette Ensemble ' The Blue Bird'
Phil Steele Big Band ' Steel Works'
TV WORK
The Royal (Yorkshire TV)
Heartbeat (Yorkshire TV)
The Rat Pack (German TV)
The Love Boat (Chinese TV)
PROJECTS OF MY OWN:
MingusMusic (with support from JazzYorkshire)
The United States of the North