Stuart McCallum: Guitar
Tom Mason : Double Bass
Laurent DeWilde : Piano
Laurent Robin : Drums
Neil Yates : Trumpet
Rob Lavers:Saxophones, Flutes
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Influences
Charles Lloyd, Edu Lobo, Michel Petrucciani, Dewey Redman, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Carlos Gardel, Wayne Shorter, Bob Berg, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nasciemento, Louis armstrong, John Coltrane, Velvet Underground, Curtis Mayfield, Messaien, Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Ravel, Shuggy Otis, Salif Keita, Chris Potter, Max Roach, Eddie Lockjaw, Joe Zaiwinul, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Ligeti, T-Rex, Freddie Hubbard, Glen Gould, Archie Shepp, Gil Evans, Steve Lacy, Ben Webster, Arthur Russell, Sly Stone, Ornette Coleman, Abdullah ibrahim, Fats Waller,Arvo Part (+1000 others)
Sounds Like
v
oi;i i i ioioio io
i ygygygygyi
y y i y i y i
i
oi
oioi h iuet soio
oo Z A P
i
o
b r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
ioo
oooo
oioioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii y
iuiuiuiuiuiuu huyiuo
LIKEALIVEGIGLIKEALIVEGIGLIKEALIVEGIGLIKEALIVEGIGLIKEALIVEGIGLIKEALIVEGIGLIKEAL
Welcome to my website ! I am a sax player and flautist.
Ive spent much of the last fifteen years performing in London with my band and as a session player for others.
I like to keep my ears open and enjoy being as versatile a musician as I can. This has brought me into contact with an array of musicians working in styles ranging from flamenco, latin, funk, afrobeat, dance/electronica to acoustic and improvised contemporary jazz.
Ive performed at many festivals and venues across the globe: Antigua Music Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Clifford Brown Festival,Delaware-birth place of the great trumpeter!, High Sierra Music Festival (U.S), New Orleans Jazz Festival, Nancy Jazz Pulsations (Fr), London Music Festival, The Jazz Café and Pizza Express, Dean St., The Manchester Jazz Festival, JVC Paris Jazz Festival etc.
As well as touring i have performed on many recordings- most recently with The NewMastersounds (102%); The Jamil Sheriff Quartet; Nicolas Meier (Orient) playing alongside Gilad Atzmon.
Ive been writing for my group for about ten years. During this time we have recorded five albums of original material.
Here are some of the musicians that Ive worked with- Asaf Sirkis, Alex Wilson, Natalie Williams, Heidi Vogel, Juan Martin, Nic Meier, Jim Hart, Martin Shaw, Laurent DeWilde, Nicki Yeoh, Tony Kofi, Claude Deppa, Jonathon Gee, Stuart McCallum, Dennis Rollins, Tom Arthurs, Laurent Robin, Evelyn Glennie, The Climax Blues Band.
I'm loving Blank Tapes, such a pure British fusion riff I'm expecting a Robert Wyatt vocal or Ian Carr trumpet solo to burst forth at any moment. Great tune!
Jazz night at Kennedy's in York tomorrow (Dec 1st). Only £4 in for 3 great bands. Starts at 8pm. Go to www.kennedysbaryork.co.uk for more details. Cheers.
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
Bonjour, Merci pour la demande d'ami. Nous vous invitons à découvrir la programmation de la 4ème Edition du Festival Eclats d'Email Jazz Edition en ligne sur www.eclatsdemail.com ou sur www.myspace.com/eclatsdemail
Mate, just been enjoying your tracks - really nice stuff. Made me think a bit of that Herbie re-release 'Hear o Israel', great playing and tunes.
Hope all's still going well for you up North. I'm popping back up to York in a bit, couple of gigs in May (my trio gig 16th May at 2pm @ university - no shame advertising!), so would be wicked to catch up with you at some point and do some very late night free playing... what say you?!
Hey Rob, How is it going? Are you coming down to London soon? Will have more time soon (less teaching :-) so hope to play with you soon, maybe even in York if you will be there? Let's check those diaries-- xx T
Online Now!
