Stevie Wonder, Nat Cole, James Brown, James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Earth, Wind and Fire, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tower of Power, Miles Davis, Michael Brecker, Chaka Khan, Jack DeJohnette, Burt Bacharach, Donny Hathaway, Joe Zawinul, Marvin Gaye, Steve Gadd, Philly Joe Jones, David Garibaldi, Clyde Stubblefield, Jimmy Cobb, Sonny Payne, Brian Blade, Joni Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Pat Metheny,Tony Williams, Van Morrison, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Bernard Purdie, Taj Mahal, Keith Jarrett, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Elliott Scheiner, Bruce Swedien, Otis Redding, Gamble & Huff, Kenny Wheeler, Kirk Whalum, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Buddy Rich,The Meters, Anthony Jackson, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Stan Getz, Grady Tate, David Sanborn, The Rev. Al Green, Prince, Sheila E, Donald Fagen, Larry Goldings, Peter King, Claus Ogerman, Jeremy Lubbock,Lyle Mays, Al Jarreau,Tom Canning, Jay Graydon, Abe Laboriel, John Robinson, Ndugu Chancler, Peter Erskine, Alex Acuna, Don Alias, Michael McDonald, Ennio Morricone, Toots Thielemans, Ivan Lins, Sergio Mendes, Wynton Kelly, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, The Beatles, Bill Stewart, Vince Mendoza, Antonio Carlos Jobim , Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin,Steve Ferrone, Hamish Stuart, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Jackson, D'Angelo, George Benson, Mike Clark, The Headhunters, John Williams, Airto Moreira, Ringo Starr, John Bonham, Jeff Porcaro, Georgie Fame, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Ronnie Ross, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Jimmy Smith, Ari Hoenig, Gary Husband, Don Grolnick, Carlos Vega, Branford Marsalis, Lena Horne, Shirley Horn, Betty Carter, Jerry Bergonzi, Gino Vaneli, Carlos Rios, Kirk Whalum,Larry Carlton, George Duke, Dave Grusin, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Georgy Ligeti, Brian McKnight, Bill Withers, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner ..................Phew that's it for the mo!!
About me: Interested in jazz and R&B from a young age, I became a professional musician at the age of 16 when I joined Ken Mackintosh's Band. My early influences drew me towards the great big bands and the exciting groove tradition that came out of New York in the early 1970’s and by the age of 14 I was checking out Sonny Payne, Jo Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. My attraction to funk and R & B music brought strong influences from Bernard Purdie, David Garibaldi, Billy Cobham and my greatest influence, Steve Gadd. I started freelancing around London while studying classical percussion at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where I was awarded the Philip Jones Percussion Prize for my final recital in 1986. I've has been nominated for the British Jazz Awards three times, winning the Best drummer category in 2006 and been twice ranked top ten Studio Drummer in Rhythm Magazine Readers Polls. I won the 2003 Reader’s Poll Studio Category at Mike Dolbear.com and was nominated for the 2007 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards..........................................................................................................................
After leaving college, I continued freelance work around London working regularly with The John Etheridge Quartet and Bertice Reading, and at London’s Bass Clef club, where I led my own trio for two years, working alongside young talents Jason Rebello, Pete Saberton and David Hartley amongst others. More work took me into the West End where I was deputy for over twenty five shows and it was at this time that studio dates began to come in marking the beginning of a studio career...............................................................
In the early 1990’s, I toured and recorded with Everything But The Girl, recording alongside Vinnie Colaiuta on their “Worldwide” album. In ‘93, I spent time on the road with Kirk Whalum opening for Whitney Houston. In ‘94, I worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and was invited back for two tours with the band. From ’95 to’99, I was a band mate of James Brown alumni Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis in Van Morrison’s band, with whom I toured for four years recording three albums: “How Long Has This Been Going On?” ” Tell Me Something” and “The Healing Game”. I was an original member of Guy Barker’s International Quintet recording the Mercury Music Prize-nominated “Into The Blue” and “Timeswing” for Verve Records. I've spent time in various groups including The Dankworth Generation Band, Laurie Johnson’s London Big Band, The Brian Dee Trio, Kenny Baker’s Dozen, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames and The Tim Garland/Gerard Presencer Quintet......................................................................................................................
Artists I've worked with live or in the studio include Madonna, Tori Amos, Macy Gray, Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Kelly Rowlands, Celine Dion, John Williams, Elton John, Mike Oldfield , George Martin, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Gloria Estefan, Tom Jones, Michel Legrand, Diana Ross, Oleta Adams, Mose Allison, Burt Bacharach, Michael Bolton, Charlie Byrd, Paul Carrack, Gene Chandler, Michel Colombier, Gene Connors, Elvis Costello, Hank Crawford, Herb Ellis, Gloria Estefan, Jon Faddis, Gloria Gaynor, Gene Harris, Jon Hendricks, Chuck Jackson, Chaka Khan, Cleo Laine, Joe Lovano, Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, Gunter Schuller, Sounds Of Blackness, Jimmy Witherspoon, Deniece Williams, Mose Allison, James Carter, Hank Crawford, Teddy Edwards, Herb Ellis, Jon Faddis, Art Farmer, Herb Geller, The Go Jazz All-Stars, Scott Hamilton, Gene Harris, Vincent Herring, Red Holloway, Julian Joseph, Peter King, Cleo Laine, John Lewis, Joe Lovano, Mundell Lowe, Don Lusher, Marian McPartland, Charles McPherson, George Masso, James Moody, Dick Morrissey, Bheki Mseleku, Jim Mullen, Mark Murphy, Ken Peplowski, Irene Reid, Annie Ross, Bobby Shew, Ben Sidran, Louis Stewart, Byron Stripling, Ralph Sutton, Lew Tabackin, Martin Taylor, Stan Tracey, Warren Vache, Bobby Watson, Bobby Wellins, Bob Wilbur, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joe Williams, Roy Williams, Shola Ama, Clay Aiken, Howard Alden, Larry Adler, Dot Allison, Peter Appleyard, Peter Asher, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Michael Ball, Iain Ballamy, Antonio Banderas, HP Barnum, John Barry, BBC Big Band, Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Stanley Black, Michael Bolton, Chris Botti, Sarah Brightman, Chris Brubeck, Michael Buble, Emma Bunton, Charlie Byrd, Ali Campbell, Ian Carr, Mike Carr, Paul Carrack, James Carter, Gene Chandler, Deepak Chopra, Petula Clark, Glenn Close, Gene Connors, Steve Coogan, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, The Count Basie Orchestra, Hank Crawford, Kid Creole, John Dankworth, Darius, Craig David, Carl Davis, Ray Davies, Sacha Distel, David Dundas, John Du Prez, Bob Dylan, Kyle Eastwood, Randy Edelman, Teddy Edwards, Danny Elfman, Cliff Eidelman, The English Chamber Orchestra, The Escoffrey Sisters, The Everley Brothers, Tal Farlow, Jose Feliciano, Mike Figgis, Renee Fleming, Mo Foster, The Four Tops, James Galway, Lesley Garrett, Gareth Gates, Gloria Gaynor, Bob Geldof, Boy George, Evelyn Glennie, Jerry Goldsmith, Vivian Green, Josh Groban, Marty Grosz, Tony Hadley, Lynden David Hall, Scott Hamilton, Paul Hart, Heaven 17, Barbara Hendricks, Jon Hendricks, Chrissie Hind, Red Holloway, Trevor Horn, John Horler, Hotei, Mick Hucknell, Engelbert Humperdinck, Chris Isaak, Mark Isham, Chuck Jackson, Yvonne Jackson, Herb Jefferies, Aled Jones, Oliver Jones, Salena Jones, Tom Jones, Michael Kamen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ronan Keating, Brian Kennedy, Gerard Kenny, Nicole Kidman, Tony Kinsey, Kevin Kline, The KPM All-Stars, Robert Kraft, Alison Krauss, Kumiko Yamashita, Duncan Lamont, Donna Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Julian Lloyd-Webber, The London Chamber Orchestra, London Community Gospel Choir, The London Philharmonic Orch., The London Sinfonietta, The London Symphony Orch., Loose Tubes, Giles Martin, Victor Manuel, Ralph McTell, Johnny Mathis, Mike Flowers Pops, Nana Mouskouri, Alison Moyet, New London Chorale, Jessye Norman, Nu Colours, Ola, Donny Osmond, Elaine Page, Mica Paris, Ken Peplowski, The Philharmonia Orchestra, The Pizza Express All-Stars, Jonathan Pryce, Pyewackett, Phil Ramone, Eddie Reader, Cliff Richard, Irene Reid, Carlos Rios, Tom Robinson, Ronnie Ross, Ray Russell, Maaya Sakamoto, Randy Santke, Leo Sayer, S Club Juniors, John Scott, Howard Shore, Ben Sidran, Sika, The Spice Girls, Lisa Stansfield, Jim Steinman, Louis Stewart, Hamish Stuart, Andy Summers, Ralph Sutton, Tommy Steele, Swing Out Sister, Bill Tarmey, Clare Teal, The Three Degrees, Tindersticks, Stan Tracey, Bonnie Tyler, Warren Vache, Rui Veloso, Terry Venables, Scott Walker, Stephen Warbeck, Elizabeth Welch, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Tim Whitehead, Debbie Wiseman, John Williams(Guitarist), John Williams(Composer), Eric Woolfson, Yazz and Will Young.........................................................................
I also played on Bjork’s top ten hit “It’s Oh So Quiet” and Robbie Williams’ 7x Platinum “Swing When You’re Winning” album and live DVD..............................................
Movie composers with whom I work regularly include Patrick Doyle, Hans Zimmer and Anne Dudley and I've worked on soundtracks to over 100 movies, including Bridget Jones’s Diary, Chaplin, Donnie Brasco, Evita, Goldeneye, Love’s Labours Lost, Hamlet, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Askhaban, Tomorrow Never Dies, and BAFTA and Oscar-winning movies Gosford Park, Moulin Rouge, The Last King of Scotland and Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King..............................................................................................................................
Currently, I'm working in the Guy Barker Big Band, Colin Towns Mask Orchestra, and John Dankworth Big Band and am a regular guest of the NDR Big Band in Hamburg. I spend a lot of time recording, composing and producing in my own studio, The Bunker. Artists that have recorded there include Georgie Fame (Relationships & Charlestons albums), Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Graham Lyle, US Pop Idol, Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons Project), Lulu, Gary Husband, Billy Cobham, Kyle Eastwood, David Sanborn and Michael McDonald...............................................................
My Sample CD “Beats Working: 5.1 drums recorded At The Legendary Abbey Road Studio 2” has received critical acclaim and is a winner of Keyboard Magazine USA’s Key Buy Award 2003..................................................................................
I am a committed educator. I've been Professor of Drum Kit at the Royal College of Music since 1992 and have since been giving clinics regularly. In 2005 I was guest Drum Kit Clinician at the Royal Northern College of Music Day of Percussion, appeared two years running at Drummer Live! and regularly give master classes at The Academy of Contemporary Music and Drumtech, London, where I'm a Patron.
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