This internationally-acclaimed jazz clarinettist, at age 38 is certainly at the top of his game. Nominated for Jazz Clarinettist of the Year at the British Jazz Awards 2019 and with his last album Profoundly Blue, was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year.
In 2018 he was invited to perform with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at London’s famous Barbican Centre, playing the music from the Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. He then went on to perform in New York at the gala concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Lincoln Centre, and was amongst guests including the great Tony Bennett.
With his own band, he toured the globe performing recorded material from his Profoundly Blue album celebrating the music of jazz clarinet legend Edmond Hall, with sell-out concerts at Ronnie Scott’s in London and Dizzy’s Club in New York being amongst the highlights of these 200 plus shows.
He has come to the attention of a wider audience thanks to regular appearances on BBC Radio 2 with the Clare Teal show, BBC Radio 3 on Alyn Shipton’s Jazz Record Request and BBC Radio 6 featured on Cerys Matthews show, in her words claiming he ‘touches the other world that all musicians aspire to’.
With an ability to engage with his audience both on and off-stage, along with an unrivalled feel for the music he plays and combined with his virtuosic technique, it has lead to wide critical acclaim, including as Time Out declaring him as “London’s most charismatic reedsman”.
His latest album Now Is Spring released in early 2020 as his first all original offering, sees him breaking new ground and pushing jazz forward once again, whilst keeping the role of the clarinet at the forefront.
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