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Another ex-student of the
Guildhall, Carlos
Lopez-Real has been
working with BackBeat Village since August 2004. He has performed and
recorded with a vast selection of artists, including John Mayer’s Indo-Jazz
Fusions, Graham Wiggins aka “Dr. Didg,” Justin Quinn’s ‘Bakehouse,’ Tony
Bianco, Loz Speyer’s “Timezone,” Niall Carter, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra,
the London Jazz Orchestra and many more.
“Carlos plays with a sound
that comes from his soul”
(Dave Liebman, sax player with Miles Davis in the 70’s.)
Robbie Robson
moved to London in 2000 to join the post-graduate jazz course at the
Guildhall, having previously been studying on the jazz course at the Leeds
College of Music since 1996. He has worked with a host of the country's
finest jazz musicians, including Clark Tracey, Nikki Iles, Bobby Wellins,
Dave O' Higgins, Stan Sulzman, Tim Garland, Gareth Williams and Gerard
Presencer, as well as working with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for
many years. He has been running his own quartet for a few years which has
appeared at many of London's most famous jazz-venues (including the Bull's
Head, The Vortex and the 606 Club) and he has been working with BackBeat
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Original BackBeat Village
saxophonist Jonny Spall
completed the 4 year jazz course at the Guildhall in 2004. Originally from
Cheshire, Jonny has appeared in several London shows as well as recording at
the BBC Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. He has also performed with the
Millennium Jazz Orchestra, the Guildhall Jazz band, the London Jazz
Orchestra and various London dance companies. He is a member of the
fantastic Heritage Orchestra and 'Nostalgia 77' and he also runs his own
superb trad-jazz band, the 'Silk Street Hot Seven.' Jonny has gigged at many
of the UK's top venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal
Festival Hall, Purcell Room, Vortex, Ronnie Scott's and Smollenski's on the
Strand.
Trombonist
Trevor Mires has
a credit list that includes George Benson, Spiritualized, The White Stripes,
Charlotte Church, Michael Buble and Carleen Anderson (to name the first 6 on
the list of about 150!) as well as most of the bigbands in the UK and an
extensive list of British and International jazz artists. He was trained at
the Trinity College of Music (London) and the Berklee College of Music
(Boston USA) and was awarded scholarships from both colleges. He is one of
the most in-demand trombonists in the country and has been
working with BackBeat Village since December 2004.
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Other
horn players that have worked with the band include:
Nick Smart, John Radford, Trevor Walker, John Hoare
(trumpet);
Mark Brown, Ned Bennet, Neil Mellon, Steve Peters
(saxophone);
Ashley Slater, James Adams, Bob Dowell
(trombone). |
