By:
Tim Garland
Date::
27 Sep 2012
Working with Ray Davies Walking into Studio 2 at Abbey Road, I get the same feeling of confidence and excitement about the music soon to be raising its roof. Partly because of the unquestionable talents of the tech team here and partly due to the familiar musicians I see as I run between their music stands with compositions hot off the printer. Two pieces are by the legendary Ray Davies, who seems to know everyone I know and everyone I’ve just met. Ray is a top recording trumpet player, turned ...
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By:
Tim Garland
Date::
25 Aug 2012
Staring out at 5000 people with a big band behind you, making something up on the spot might not be everyone’s idea of fun! Jazz Musicians There is no doubt something about the mind-set of jazz musicians that seeks out what you could call, the "precipice" of a situation. My new piece, 'Agro Alegria' was played at the Proms last week by the excellent and extremely youthful National Youth Jazz orchestra (in which I was soloist). It was a reminder to me as to why ...
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