NIKKI ILES
piano
MARK HODGSON
bass
TIM GILES
drums
7:30 p.m. Friday 7 September
NIKKI ILES
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NIKKI ILES, jazz pianist and composer, was a founder member of the innovative Creative Jazz Orchestra – working with Anthony Braxton, Mike Gibbs, Vince Mendoza and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Her busy freelance career has found her playing with Peter Erskine (CJO), Kenny Wheeler, Art Farmer, Julian Arguelles, Stan Sulzmann, Norma Winstone, Dave Holland, TinaMay, Tony Coe, Joe Locke and Rufus Reid.
Although well known as a pianist , composition remains a major part of her musical life with commissions including The London Sinfonietta, The London Philharmonic’s Renga and The National Youth Jazz Orchestra. With a parallel career as a widely respected teacher, Nikki is Professor of Jazz Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and Middlesex University as well as giving masterclasses around the world. She has been a driving force behind the Jazz syllabus at the ABRSM and continues to publish with Oxford University Press. |
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MARK HODGSON is one of the most in-demand double bass players on the European scene. He has played and recorded with, among others, Randy Brecker, Eddie Henderson, Guy Barker, Sonny Fortune, Pete King, Tommy Smith, Scott Hamilton, Andy Sheppard, Cedar Walton, Django Bates, Joey Calderazzo, Stan Tracey, Gary Husband, Mark Taylor, Des'ree, Mica Paris, Georgie Fame, Ian Shaw, Clare Martin and Jamie Cullum. He first joined Julian's Big Band in 1996, and can also be seen in Tim Garland's Underground Orchestra, the London Jazz Orchestra and the BBC Big Band. From 1998 to 2003 he was a member of Bill Bruford's 'Earthworks', recording four CDs and a live DVD, making tours of Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. Mark has performed at some of the world's most prestigious clubs and festivals, including venues such as Birdland and The Knitting Factory in New York, Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley, Yoshi's, Catalina's and The House of Blues in California, Sweet Basil's and the Blue Note in Japan, the Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires as well as London's Ronnie Scott's, Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall. |
MARK HODGSON .(photo by Antonio Porcar Cano)
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TIM GILES
An exceptionally busy musician, Tim Giles is perhaps best known for his work with James Allsop and their group, Fraud. Fraud won the BBC Jazz on 3 Award for Innovation, as well as Best New Act at the Ronnie Scott’s Awards and a nomination for BBC Jazz Award’s Album of the year.
From his musical beginnings in Suffolk, Tim was recognised as a serious talent. While still at school, saxophonist Iain Ballamy heard his trio and invited him to join his project Nascent Ants for a Ronnie Scott’s residency. By 16, Tim had left school and moved to London to work as a musician full-time.
Tim has played with a number of established bands and artists including Julian Arguelles, Ben Lamdin’s Nostalgia 77, James Allsopp’s The Golden Age of Steam, Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Quartet and Neon Orchestra, Iain Ballamy, Ed Jones, Matt Bourne and Jamie Cullum, also co-leading the bands Leverton Fox and The Twelves. He leads drumming and jazz workshops across the UK, and is also a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
From his musical beginnings in Suffolk, Tim was recognised as a serious talent. While still at school, saxophonist Iain Ballamy heard his trio and invited him to join his project Nascent Ants for a Ronnie Scott’s residency. By 16, Tim had left school and moved to London to work as a musician full-time.
Tim has played with a number of established bands and artists including Julian Arguelles, Ben Lamdin’s Nostalgia 77, James Allsopp’s The Golden Age of Steam, Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Quartet and Neon Orchestra, Iain Ballamy, Ed Jones, Matt Bourne and Jamie Cullum, also co-leading the bands Leverton Fox and The Twelves. He leads drumming and jazz workshops across the UK, and is also a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique.