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This celebrated British jazz pianist, songwriter and record producer was labelled a veteran by critics at age 19 and over the following decade won most of the major jazz music awards.

Born in Surrey and raised in Wandsworth London, he was classically trained and attended the Guildhall School of Music .
Emerging in the late 80s as a jazz pianist and influenced by Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner, he recorded three solo albums in his early 20s and his debut album A Clearer View in 1990 was produced by his dream choice of Wayne Shorter. This led to him appearing on the cover of The Wire magazine.

He additionally worked with Jean Toussaint, Tommy Smith, and Branford Marsalis

In the late 90’s Sting invited him to join his band following the death of Kenny Kirkland which saw him tour with Sting for the next six years and recording three albums. He then became a member of Jeff Beck's band, touring for six years and recording a further three albums. During these years he also worked with Chaka Khan, Des'ree, Mica Paris, Carleen Anderson, Manu Katché, Phil Collins, and Peter Gabriel

In 2013 after twelve years of touring as a session musician he reestablished himself as a solo artist and soon after, released the album Anything But Look on Lyte Records featuring Will Downing, Omar, Joy Rose, Jacob Collier, Tim Garland and Pino Palladino.

He teaches music at Guildhall School of Music and Bath Spa University and additionally composes music for the London-based production music library, Audio Network.

A Berlin native and worldly explorative creator in music, dance, songwriting and rap. A music producer with visionary curations as the hugely successful online music series Live at Belmont Villa.

An American jazz violinist and multi Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy, gained through 12 years of touring & recording with the genre-bending super group.

He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named "Rising Star Violinist" of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine.

A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians from workshops to conservatories worldwide.

Born in Niort, France he started playing drums at age 14 before making a move to London to graduate from the London College of Music with a Popular Music Performance degree.

Since then he has juggled a drumming career playing and recording for the likes of George Fitzgerald, Alice Russell, Joey Negro, Odyssey and many more, whilst maintaining a hectic schedule as DJ and electronic music producer GIOM with over 100 remixes and 40 EPs released to date.

Competent with music software as Ableton Live and Logic Pro both on stage and in the studio, he writes and produces bespoke music for the likes of Ninja Tune, Audio Network and Extreme Music for Universal/Sony and is an endorser of Paiste Cymbals.

Since 2015 his main focus has been on his own band PREP which, since their first song Cheapest Flight was released, has gained incredible popularity in South-East Asia, regularly touring and ranking 10s of millions of plays on Spotify and Youtube.

This London born singer-songwriter with Anglo/Trinidadian roots is a jazz vocalist with oodles of creative expression and New York as her home. Described as ‘very moving’, ‘an extraordinary talent’ and ‘a true musician’, her style of jazz evokes Andalusian Spain, North Africa, the Middle East and Celtic folk.

With an earlier successful career as an international features journalist for magazines and newspapers, she evolved to devote herself to music and over the past two decades has firmly established herself amongst glorious jazz excellence to release 5 stand out albums along with a plethora of accolades as London Sunday Times Jazz Record of the Year, Jay Hunter’s Best Vocal Disc and NPR Critics Poll.

From adding original lyrics to instrumental jazz standards and reimagining classic British rock, her artistry has gone from strength to strength taking her on multiple sold out tours of the philharmonic halls of Russia, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and the Blue Note. Alongside London’s Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express and London and Edinburgh Jazz Festivals.

To quote Los Angeles-based guitarist, Larry Koonse: “She has great time, beautiful phrasing, gorgeous sound, a respect for silence, an emotional connection to the moment and a wonderful ability to tell a story. She is the ‘real thing’ in every way.”

From the north of England this drummer was gigging by the age of 13, playing working mens clubs for a wide palette of comedians, strippers, would-be pop stars and opera singers, gaining both small and big band experience.

The Early 80s included gigs & sessions for Sir Paul McCartney, Anthony Phillips of Genesis, and various pop and jazz groups of the day. Countless tv commercials and further film and TV work followed before being invited to step in as drummer for Nina Simone who was playing a 2 week stint at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London. This turned into a 19 year gigging relationship encompassing multiple world tours.

Embracing drum programming, which soon came on the scene saw sessions for Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton and Mariah Carey plus tv shows both playing and programming with Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson and Ray Parker Junior.

Touring with the Art of Noise and album recordings for the likes of The Proclaimers, Van Morrison and The Per Shop Boys followed and then further sessions with Rod Stewart and Trevor Horn to name a few. Currently he is on tour with American blues artist Eric Bibb.

Having played iconic venues as Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and Wembley amongst many worldwide, all of this still only skims the surface of this thoroughly accomplished musician.