HIRE John Blease for recording or live performances.
Contact :
bleasejohn@yahoo.co.uk
I am also available for private lessons, so please mail me if you're interested.
Hi everyone, my name's John. I was born and raised in Prestwick, Scotland, and have been playing drums and percussion for some time now. I moved to London when i was 17 and here i am. I love to work and have been playing gigs, doing recordings and the like for a variety of people, some big names and some small names. Its all a great learning experience and i absolutely love it!!!
A few of the people i've had the pleasure to play with in the past few years :
- NEWTON FAULKNER (all major festivals, Aus/Nz tour, Jay Leno, This Morning, USA
gigs, Live from Indigo 02, Rove, various other TV shows worldwide)
- GILAD ATZMON (toured UK and Europe)
- HUE AND CRY (toured UK, recorded "Open Soul" album 2008)
- THE STREETS (BBC Electric Proms 2008, Roundhouse)
- JAMIE CULLUM (various gigs as well as recording the song "Smoke and Mirrors"
2007)
- MICHAEL BOLTON (various gigs)
- STAN SULZMANN (various gigs including 60th birthday gig with strings)
- WILL YOUNG (various big band gigs)
- REEM KELANI (various gigs in UK/Europe)
- JOE STILGOE (various gigs in UK/Europe)
- MASSIVE ATTACK (Meltdown Festival 2008, Royal Festival Hall)
- ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ("Ill Be The Devil", 2008, and various deps and
workshops)
- BASQUIAT STRINGS (Sonar Festival, Spain, 2007, plus various)
- MOSE ALLISON (gigs in London, Dean St. Pizza Express)
- JARVIS COCKER (sessions)
- BBC BIG BAND (various gigs/sessions)
- JULIAN ARGUELLES (various UK trio gigs, 2004)
- JACQUI DANKWORTH (toured UK several times)
- LUKE TOMS (several UK tours w/ The Feeling, The Zutons, Nerina Pallot,
Mika, various recordings, Island records)
- JERSEY BOYS (dep West-End)
- MISH-MASH (Top 20 hit "Speechless", Ministry of Sound label 2006)
- TOMMY SMITH (toured UK/Europe, recorded "Alone At Last" album, 2004)
- HAYLEY WESTENRA (sessions)
- DAVID McCALMONT/DAVID ARNOLD (Quantom of Solace launch party, house
band)
- GEORGIE FAME (Georgie Fame big band at Ronnie Scotts)
- DJ YODA (Turntable Concerto at Scala, London 2007)
- UNKLE (End Titles REDUX gigs, Union Chapel)
- EUMIR DEODATO (various gigs including Big Chill Festival 2006)
- JONATHAN JEREMIAH (forthcoming album on Island records)
- TANGO SIEMPRE (toured UK)
- BLACK WATER TRANSIT (recorded soundtrack for Capitol Films, starring Lawrence
Fishbourne, 2008)
- CATHIE RAE (recorded the album "Flow", 2005)
- HERITAGE ORCHESTRA (various sessions/recordings w/Plaid, Amon Tobin,
Airto Moreira, Cinematic Orchestra & Elbow amongst others)
- PARALLELOGRAM (2007 commission w/ myself, Lau, Acoustic Ladyland &
Flook)
- JAZZ GIGS (played with Jim Mullen, Donny McCaslin, Phil Robson, Geoffrey Keezer, Martin Speake, Ian Shaw, Gerard Presencer, Keith Tippett, Eivind Opsvik & Loren Stillman amongst many others)
I'm on MySpace to hook up with friends new and old, and would love to hear from any musicians, songwriters or producers who'd like me to play on their projects.
My email address is: bleasejohn@yahoo.co.uk if you want to drop me a line................
ah, finnally a geek i can rely on! yes, 1960's 22" Gretsch BD fiberskinned up is all i can say about that :) thanks very much for the big ups dude, yes do come down, this thursday at mau mau's and on the 29th at momo's in soho with Longjon La Flecha! hope all is well with you reeeespekt Ddr
Hey man, my name's Steve. I hear a lot about you from Jay D and Steve Crossland, and it's very nice to hear a fellow scot doing so well. Be nice to hook up for a beer and a play sometime if you're around? Cheers mate, speak soon, Steve
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