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Chris Dean
Chris began his musical career as a boy soldier in the Household Cavalry, studying trombone with Bill Teskey – then Principal Trombone with the BBC Symphony Orchestra – at the Army School of Music at...
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Tommy Laurence
Tommy occupied the alto sax chair in NYJO from 2002/09 and, from a very early stage, was writing and arranging charts for the band – one of the first that was played was something he’d written for his...
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Simon Allen
Simon was brought up in Reading, attended Maiden Erleigh School and, as a young saxophone player, joined the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, which was later re-named Pendulum. He came to wider...
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Andy Panayi
Andy was born in Islington and was interested in music from an early age. He studied at the Trinity College of Music and played saxophone in NYJO during the late 80s/early 90s before embarking on a...
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Dick Pearce
Dick began playing cornet at the age of 12 when in the Boys’ Brigade and joined Ewell village’s local brass band a year later. At 15 he became interested in jazz and attended a Sunday morning rehearsal...
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Geoff Castle
Geoff was brought up in North London, the son of musical parents, and started piano lessons aged 8. In 1967, aged 18, he joined NYJO, with whom he subsequently toured nationally and also visited France...
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Pete Saberton
Pete studied classical piano from the age of 11 under the guidance of his Sheffield comprehensive secondary-school music teacher. As a teenager he attended the Hallé Orchestra’s concerts at Sheffield...
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Felix Higginbottom
Felix began with NYJO in 2007 when he was just 14 – he was dissatisfied with his music tuition at school, feeling he wasn’t being pushed, so he texted Bill Ashton and asked to join. Bill immediately...
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Reuben Fowler
Reuben was born into a musical family in Wakefield, where he began playing the trumpet in secondary school. After displaying an interest in jazz and large ensemble repertoire he joined the Doncaster...
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Dave O’Higgins
Saxophonist Dave O’Higgins was a member of NYJO from 1983 to 86. Dave is a very prolific musician, with 18 albums released to his name since 1993. Much of this material has been original compositions...
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