Mark Nightingale, trombone - 5th May

Multi award-winning jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale is our guest on Tuesday 5th May. A firmly established favourite on the UK jazz scene, Mark has gained a reputation as one of the top-flight jazz trombonists in Europe and worldwide. He has had longstanding musical associations playing in bands lead by John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Andy Panayi and Alan Barnes over the years. He currently fronts various small groups and a big band of his own, featuring his own compositions and arrangements. 

Mark is also a busy studio musician in London and has played on hundreds of movie soundtracks, and has been fortunate to play and record with some of the greats in all genres of music. These include Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, James Morrison, Bill Holman, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Watts, Sting and Steely Dan. 

He is best known to many young players for his growing catalogue of educational studies and short pieces published by Warwick Music, and used extensively by the ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall in their music exams.