With over 25 years professional experience, Ross has recently returned to the UK after an extended period providing live accompaniment for internationally-renowned artistes aboard the mega-class ships of a leading luxury cruise-ship operator.

His extensive performance experience includes a variety of venues, ranging from local theatre to the Royal Albert Hall, both as an ensemble player and as a featured soloist. www.musicofmeasure.com

  

 

 

 

 

                        

                        

 

 As well as piano, she plays several other instruments including the violin and flute.  She has performed at hundreds of venues ranging from a double garage (the smallest!) to stately homes and festivals.

She presently plays piano in the Swing Street big band, jazz violin in the duo Atmospherics,  is the Fiddle player in the folk/rock group Fiddlers Elbow,  and sings with the all-female Decibelles.

Anne performs as a solo pianist/singer, has released several CD’s and is an accomplished songwriter, arranger and  lyricist. She also teaches piano and singing.

 

Nick Neale: drums

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Nick has been drumming since his early teens, playing rock, pop, ska, funk and more recently - jazz - both live and in the recording studio.

 

Whatever the genre, Nick loves to pull the whole band together into a tight rhythmic groove. He has been performing in successful function bands for many years, supporting headline acts such as the Drifters, Hot Chocolate, and  the real thing.

Introductions

 

Body and Soul jazz band is based in Suffolk, East Anglia. Its members are all professional musicians; highly experienced through having played in various jazz bands, rock bands, latin bands, funk bands, dance bands, function bands and other groups. They play throughout Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, London and the rest of the UK.

Ross Bradbury: tenor, alto & soprano saxophone & clarinet

Bob`s musical roots are firmly entrenched in London`s rock and blues network, where he has provided vocals and percussion for a number of bands over the years with regular appearances at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden and east London`s Royal Standard.

He has a big, powerful, bluesy  voice with plenty of grit and is absolutely full of energy and humour. As well as singing for Body and Soul, he is also currently lead vocalist with the popular rock/pop covers band Itchy Fingers, who regularly gig in the Essex and Suffolk area.

 

 

Mick Hutton:   

Multi-instrumentalist Mick Hutton has been described as “one of Europe’s finest bass  players.” His  vast experience includes numerous performances at Ronnie Scotts, international jazz festivals,  radio broadcasts, film & CD recordings, west end performances and world tours.

He toured Europe with Courtney Pine and also with Nigel Kennedy, Kenny Wheeler and  John Surman; has played with and recorded with artists like Humphrey Lyttelton, Elkie Brooks, Scott Hamilton,  Tina May, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin, Steve Arguelles, Martin Taylor, Nicky Iles, Stan Tracey, Django Bates, Al Casey, Mark Hollis (of Talk Talk) and dozens of others.

Mick  has played on various film sound tracks, including “Absolute Beginners”, and the show “Blues in the night” in the West End.

He also plays piano, the cuatro and steel pans.

He presently performs regularly at the 606 club with the Dil Katz band, has written for and recorded a CD with Shifting Sands, and leads and composes for the new Mick Hutton group.

Bob Dellar: vocals & percussion

Anne has played in many groups and bands over the last 15 years.

Anne Burton: piano and vocals

Electric/double bass