About Me
I am a professional guitarist and guitar teacher based in the Colchester area.
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I have 15 years experience teaching the guitar at all levels, both privately and in colleges and schools and have also worked for Trinity College Press, recording and editing pieces from Grades 1-8 for the 2019 Acoustic guitar syllabus.
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If you are looking for a session musician or for guitar lessons, I am a versatile guitarist with 30 years of playing and performance experience. I am competent in many styles and disciplines from theatre work and live performance to studio recording and vocal accompaniment but specialise in Jazz and Gypsy Jazz guitar.
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If you are looking for music for an event, party or wedding, I regularly perform as a jazz guitar soloist or with a number of ensembles of various sizes from jazz duo upward. I can provide appropriate music for the tone of your event and ensure a professional service.
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If you wish to see me play, click here for more information on gigs, both past and present with any number of jazz ensembles, function bands.
Upcoming Shows 2024 -25
Sep 15th Ben Holder and The Derek Nash Band - Frinton Jazz Club - 1:30 start
Sep 19th Crissy Lee Quartet with Ian Thompson, MICA Centre, Mersea Island
Oct 10th The Djangoliers - De La Terre, Great Dunmow
Oct 12th The Djangoliers - Hive, Sudbury
Oct 17th The Djangoliers - The Martello Lounge, Clacton
Oct 27th 'Je Suis Swing' featuring The Djangoliers - The Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich
Nov 7th The Djangoliers - De La Terre, Great Dunmow
Nov 8th Ben Holder and the Chris Ingham Quartet - The Royal Hospital School, Ipswich
Nov 15th Colchester Jazz Jam - The Brewhouse, Colchester
Nov 21st The Djangoliers - The Hot Numbers Cafe, Cambridge
Dec 19th The Djangoliers - De La Terre, Great Dunmow
Jan 5th The Djangoliers - Miestones Jazz Club, Lowestoft
Jan 24th The Djangoliers - The Cornhall, Diss
Jan 30th The Crissy Lee Quartet - MICA Center, Mersea Island
Feb 13th The Djangoliers - De La Terre, Great Dunmow
Feb 20th The Djangoliers - Sudbury Arts Centre, Sudbury
Feb 28th The Djangoliers - Ongar Jazz Club
Mar 7th Jazz Quartet with Kevin Flanagan - Patch, Colchester
Mar 22nd 'Back to Birdland' - Sherringham Little Theatre
Mar 25th 'The Great Guitars' with Andy Watson and Dominic Ashworth - Ops, Brentwood
Apr 25th The Chris Ingham Quartet with Ben Holder - The Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds
Apr 27th The Briarbank - Ipswich
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Double Jeu
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Douce Ambience - The Djangoliers
La Gitane - Gypsy Jazz Waltz - after Tchan Tchou Vidal
