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The Player


   
Each month Jazzwise speaks to one of the UK’s leading jazz musicians about their favourite gear and how they got started in jazz. For many it’s a journey that began early in life through many fascinating personal routes to becoming some of the UK’s top jazz musicians.

Among the many top names featured in this section the likes of guitarist Cameron Pierre, trumpeter Tom Arthurs, Mecury Prize nominated pianist Zoe Rahman, acclaimed saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, amazing drummer and pianist Gary Husband, internationally renown trumpter and jazz educator Gerard Presencer, jazz and funk guitar great Jim Mullen, top guitar virtuoso John Etheridge, breathtaking electric bassist and bandleader Laurence Cottle and recent BBC Jazz Award Winners like saxophonist Soweto Kinch and pianist Neil Cowley have all revealed their personal journeys into jazz and the musical instruments that continue to inspire them to play.

In this section you can read some of the recent features from The Player - or subscribe here to keep up with all the latest musician news and reviews.

 

 
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1 Mark Armstrong - Trumpet and Flugelhorn
2 Stan Sulzmann - Saxophone
3 Ralph Salmins - Drums
4 James Taylor - Hammond Organ
5 Nikki Iles - Piano
6 John Parricelli - Guitar
7 Jasper Høiby - Bass
8 Ginger Baker - Drums
9 Jay Phelps - Trumpet
10 Orphy Robinson - Vibes
11 Mike Walker - Guitar
12 Paul Clarvis - Percussion
13 Derek Nash - Saxophone
14 Neil Yates - Trumpet and flugelhorn
15 Annie Whitehead - Trombone
16 Robert Mitchell - Piano/Keyboards
17 Roy Babbington - Bass
18 Mark Fletcher - Drums
19 Christian Garrick - Violin
20 Pete Wareham - Saxophones
21 Sam Burgess - Double Bass
22 Dave O'Higgins - Saxophone
23 Harry Brown - Trombone
24 Abram Wilson - Trumpet
25 Sebastiaan De Krom - Drums
26 Mike Outram - Guitar
27 Omar Puente - Violin
28 Byron Wallen - Trumpet
29 Tom Cawley - Piano
30 Tim Garland - Saxophones
31 Geoff Gascoyne - Double/Electric Bass
32 Coleridge Goode - Double Bass
33 Theo Travis - Saxophone
34 Barnaby Dickinson - Trombone
35 Cameron Pierre - Guitar
36 Tom Arthurs - Trumpet
37 Zoe Rahman - Piano
38 Rob Statham - Bass Guitar
39 Ingrid Laubrock - Saxophone
40 Soweto Kinch - Saxophone
41 Mark Nightingale - Trombone
42 Laurence Cottle - Bass Guitar
43 Jonathan Gee - Piano
44 John Etheridge - Guitar
45 Jim Mullen - Guitar
46 Gerard Presencer - Trumpet
47 Gary Husband - Drums
48 Dave Green - Double Bass
49 Alec Dankworth - Double Bass
50 Phil Robson - Guitar
 
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news
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features
features
features
Soweto Kinch - The Freedom Principle
Vijay Iyer - A Year In The Life
Esperanza Spalding - Songs of Innocence and Experience
Phronesis - The Presence
Peter King - Flying High
reviews
Asaf Sirkis Trio - Letting Go ★★★
Vijay Iyer Solo ★★★★
Benny Goodman Yale University Archives Vol. 4 – Florida Sessions, Hollywood & New York, The Original Goodman Quartet ★★★★
Jazzwise August 2010 CD Reviews
Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Harvesting Semblances And Affinities ****
EXCLUSIVE: Brit Jazz Summit Interview with Michael Garrick, Don Rendell and Gilles Peterson
Free Derby Jazz Week DVD Highlights Video
Tony Kofi and Arun Ghosh - Performance and Interview Videos
Gareth Lockrane Septet - New Live Videos
Empirical - Exclusive Live Footage
Top UK Jazz Venues
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Charlie Wright's London (104)
The Spin Oxford (92)
Friends Provident Social Club Dorking (86)
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The Sage Gateshead (81)
The Dysart Arms Surrey (74)
The Oxford Pub London (72)
The Sands Venue Gainsborough (72)
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