 Alex Carter sings jazz standards with pianist Christian Vaughan and guitar and bass player Dave Chamberlain. Christian Vaughan studied Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music, and has played alongside a wide variety of artists, including Tony Rémy,
Jean Toussaint, Ray Gelato, Bobby Wellins, Dave Cliff, Larry Adler,
Stacey Kent, Vanessa Rubin, Jean Carne and Karrin Allyson. His discography includes keyboard work on Jean Toussaint's "Life I Want", accordion on Tony Rémy's "Metamorfollow-G" and string arranging on the
soundtrack to Mike Leigh's film, "Career Girls". In 2001 and 2002 Christian played keyboards for the Jazz Crusaders' European tours, and 2002 also saw his debut as Musical Director for BBC Television's late
night chat show, Johnny Vaughan Tonight. Christian has taught jazz piano and coached multi-instrumental groups and vocalists at
Westminster School, Eton College, the Royal College of Music (Junior
Dept.), the Royal Academy of Music, the Purcell School, Charterhouse
School, Dulwich College, Highgate School, Morley College and the
Hochschüle für Musik, Hannover. | Audio Dave Chamberlain studied in London and Paris with Dominic Black (Philharmonia Orchestra), Simon Woolf and Pierre Boussaguet, the latter an alumnus of Ray Brown. From 2002 to 2008 he was the full-time bass player with Blue Note recording artist Stacey Kent. Current projects include the Tony Kofi Trio, the Graham Harvey Trio, the Back To Basie Orchestra and Kai's Cats.
I've also performed with (amongst many others) John Dankworth, Bob Dorough, Buddy Greco, Curtis Stigers, Mark Murphy, The BBC Concert Orchestra, The RTE Concert Orchestra, The Halle Orchestra, The John Wilson Orchestra, Minnie Driver, Scott Hamilton, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Warren Vache, Russell Malone, Les Paul, Bob Wilbur, Claire Martin, Clare Teal, Dave O’Higgins, Ralph Moore, Sumudu, Harry Allen, Howard Alden, The Ronnie Scotts All Stars, The BBC Big Band, Kenny Davern, Pete Long, Peter King, Mark Crooks, Jim Mullen, Anita Wardell, Art Themen, Mornington Lockett, Rossano Sportliello, Chico Chagas, Jonathan Gee, James Langton’s Solid Senders Orchestra, Tina May, John Parricelli, Jason Rebello, Gilad Atzmon and The Pasadena Roof Orchestra. He has recorded with Stacey Kent, Alan Barnes, Sumudu, Frank Griffith, Steve Fishwick, The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts Quintet, Gary Williams, Matt Ford, The Back To Basie Orchestra, Todd Gordon, John Colliani, The Filthy Six, Kai Hoffman, Dave O’Higgins, The Graham Harvey Trio and Mark Crooks. He teaches guitar, double bass and electric bass and coaches jazz, rock and classical ensembles at CSMC, TMA and Sutton and Banstead Music Centre. He is involved with the JazzFM Jazzworks project, giving introductory jazz workshops in schools. |