Kim Mayhew
Tenor/alto/soprano saxophones.
Tuition on saxophone, clarinet, piano and music theory
For more details please email:
mayhew_kim@yahoo.co.uk
Influences
Too many to mention them all but I love ... Stevie Wonder, The Meters, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Nickel Creek, Tom Scott, Maceo Parker, Gillian Welch, Allen Toussaint, Beatles, Jill Scott, Bob Marley, The Band, Stanley Clarke, Erma Thomas, Joni Mitchell.... and lots of other motown, soul, funk and groove based tunes.
Sax Factor Quartet playing at the Galpharm Stadium Wedding Fair, Huddersfield. March '09.
A clip of me 'sight-reading/hammering my way through' a solo with the Colin Yates Swing Band.
Below is a clip of the gig I did in November with The Floyd Effect (from Cambridge) at the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe.
Happy days in Spain! Playing with the Mercenairs...
My name is Kim Mayhew and I am a professional musician and music tutor. I have recently moved to Sheffield after spending 3 years in Spain teaching and performing.
Music Tuition
I offer private music tution on saxophone, clarinet, piano and music theory. I teach people of all ages and cater lessons to the individuals needs, whether it be to take exams, learn how to improvise or just to play for fun. For those wishing to take exams I have experience with ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall exams (classical and jazz, Grades 1-8).
If you are interested in private tuition, please email me at mayhew_kim@yahoo.co.uk for more information. I have CRB approval.
I also work for the Sheffield Music Service, teaching clarinet/keyboard in local schools.
I have a music degree in Jazz, Popular and Commercial music (BMus Hons) from Newcastle College (2001).
Performance
I am an experienced saxophonist and enjoy playing a wide range of styles including jazz, soul, funk and blues. I have performed all over the UK and in Southern Spain over the past 10 years with big bands, function bands, at theatres and in holiday camps. I have had the pleasure of supporting Roy Ayres in a club on the south coast and playing at the Larmer Tree festival after Jools Holland (with a New Orleans Funk/Soul band). When Denise Nolan's 'Judy Garland' show came to Spain in 2007, I got the call to play in the band. Perhaps not quite the big time but it was all fun!
Since moving to Sheffield in August 08 I have had the pleasure of performing with the Colin Yates Swing Band and The Floyd Effect, from Cambridge. There are some video clips to the left of the page.
I am a member of the Keith Peters Big Band, the Silver Spectrum Wind Ensemble and Sax Factor, a female saxophone quartet. (See below)
I am available for dep work and am willing to travel (for the right price!) so please get in touch by email.
As publicity becomes available for the new groups it will be posted here. There will be groups suitable for weddings/functions/parties etc all 100% professional and made up of experienced musicians.
Sax Factor Quartet
SFQ are an all female saxophone quartet. Hugely experienced in the wedding and corporate fields the quartet members are frequently called upon to perform as featured artists. With an extensive repertoire incorporating jazz, classical, funk, folk and world music, the quartet effectively caters for all tastes.
SFQ Members...
Soprano saxophone - Alex Holmes,
Alto Saxophone - Kim Mayhew,
Tenor Saxophone - Anna Brown,
Baritone Saxophone - Janet Chandley.
Please go to www.myspace.com/saxfactor for more information
Jungle Lion
An exciting new 10 piece ska band with full horn section (trumpet, tenor sax, baritone sax and trombone)! Check us out when you can! Join our facebook group!
Turtle Walk
Instrumental jazz/funk quartet playing groove based tunes by Lou Donaldson, Booker T, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins. Donald Byrd and more.
Line up...
Kim Mayhew - Tenor Sax
Andrew Herbert - Keys
Chris Chapman - Bass
Justin Riley - Drums
www.myspace.com/turtlewalk
The Keith Peters Big Band
Fantastic 20 piece band performing music from the big band era through to modern charts.
Concerts the last Tuesday of every month at Bar Abbey under the Abbeydale Picture House on Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. 8.30pm start, £3 on the door.
House of Fun
4 pieces function band playing popular hits from the 50's - 90's by artisits such as Beatles, Blondie, Pretenders, Madness, Pulp, Diana Ross and Ray Charles.
Line up...
Kim Mayhew - Vocals / sax
Chris Chapman - Vocals / Bass,
Craig Went - Guitar
Justin Riley - Drums
Renegade Brass Band set to blow up Tuesday club! Youve been warned!.......oh yeah, Ms Dynamite and Nextmen are also playing. Friday the 13th Nov (unlucky for sum not us!)And there's a free bacardi & coke with every ticket!Tickets are just £6adv!!Available now from Sheffield Union Box Office, Hallam Hubs, City Hall, Lyceum and online http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/entertainment/buy-tickets-online.php
hey there , twas me at red cloud. Whats your ska band called ? if you n chris are free im down at west st live on sat with my soul band, should be a good night.
