I turned freelance as a musician in 2015, having been a jazz fan for many years, and had played in both small mainstream and trad groups as well as with various Big Bands. I have a website dedicated to my professional music making at www.slidebonedave.co.uk
Currently I play regularly with Richard Leach's Street Band, Bill Bailey Jazz Band, Andy Leggett's Centenary Serenaders, Silk Street Jazz Band and less regularly with Eagle Jazz Band, Graham Smith's Jazz Allsorts, Jon Stone's Gigalos, Jane Williams Quintet and Eureka Jazz Band
Other small trad and mainstream bands I have been lucky to play with over the years include:
Johnny Everett's Red Dragon Jazzmen
The Antique Six
Barbara and All That Jazz
Apex Jazz and Blues
Bank Street Syncopators
Five Towns Footwarmers
I mostly concentrate on the small band gigs, but I have played with a number of big bands from time to time including:
Henry's Bootblacks
Malvern Big Band
WYJO (Worcestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra)
VIP Big Band
Archdale Big Band
Worcester Jazz Orchestra
MYJO2 (Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra band 2)
University College Salford Big Band
Salford Swing Band
Currently I play regularly with Richard Leach's Street Band, Bill Bailey Jazz Band, Andy Leggett's Centenary Serenaders, Silk Street Jazz Band and less regularly with Eagle Jazz Band, Graham Smith's Jazz Allsorts, Jon Stone's Gigalos, Jane Williams Quintet and Eureka Jazz Band
Other small trad and mainstream bands I have been lucky to play with over the years include:
Johnny Everett's Red Dragon Jazzmen
The Antique Six
Barbara and All That Jazz
Apex Jazz and Blues
Bank Street Syncopators
Five Towns Footwarmers
I mostly concentrate on the small band gigs, but I have played with a number of big bands from time to time including:
Henry's Bootblacks
Malvern Big Band
WYJO (Worcestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra)
VIP Big Band
Archdale Big Band
Worcester Jazz Orchestra
MYJO2 (Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra band 2)
University College Salford Big Band
Salford Swing Band