Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, and has said of her early experiences: “I’ve always been on the edge, always felt like I was swimming against the tide and somehow couldn’t stop. I met a pianist called Chris Goody and we’d get together and play things. He knew Margaret Busby who was in a publishing …
Laurence Cottle
His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, The Other Side, released on the Passport Jazz label in 1987. He played with The Alan Parsons Project on Gaudi, their final album for Arista, and on Freudiana, Parsons’s final collaboration with Eric …
Hermine Deurloo
Hermine Deurloo’s approach on the chromatic harmonica is often characterized as a rich and varied sound, with effortless fluency. Hermine studied saxophone at the Amsterdam Conservatory. At the same time, she taught herself to play the harmonica. She has performed all over the world and with musicians such as Jim Black, Han Bennink, Tony Scherr, The Willem Breuker Kollektief, Candy …
Marcio Doctor
Marcio Doctor is a Grammy award-winning percussionist and composer, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and based in Hamburg, Germany. He has recorded and performed with a wide variety of international artists such as Carla Bley, the Brecker Brothers, Vince Mendoza, Cory Henry, John Scofield, Jacob Collier, Joe Lovano, Quincy Jones, Joshua Redman, Peter Erskine and Jim Beard. As a member of the …
Nikki Iles
Nikki Iles, jazz pianist and composer, was a founder member of the innovative Creative Jazz Orchestra – working with Anthony Braxton, Mike Gibbs, Vince Mendoza and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Her busy freelance career has found her playing with Peter Erskine (CJO), Kenny Wheeler, Art Farmer, Julian Arguelles, Stan Sulzmann, Norma Winstone, Dave Holland, TinaMay, Tony Coe, Joe Locke and Rufus Reid. …
Ian Thomas
Over his career Ian Thomas has worked in almost every musical style playing everywhere from basement jazz clubs to Madison Square Garden and has recorded with some of the most successful artists in the world. Ian Thomas was born in Cardiff Wales in 1963 and began playing drums at the age of 12. Throughout his teens Ian played in organ …