The Vinyl Gibbon (keys / production)
| TheVinyl Gibbon (a.k.a David Elliott) is a Brighton based musician who creates jazz with a twist. Recently played on BBC Radio 2 Courtney Pine Show and winner of Lounge Single of the year at the 2006 Los Angeles Music Awards. He has been producing music for over 10 years using a mix of real piano and synthesizers blended with world instruments and percussion. |
Sarai Jazz (vocals)
| Sarai has been singing professionally since she was 14 years old. She composes her own lyrics and has a beautifully warm seductive voice influenced by Jazz and Soul. Sarai has a good grasp on most styles of music, and has the ability to compliment a variety of different sounds with the diversity of her vocals. She has a great deal of experience in both the studio and live performance and is currently recording an album of her own material alongside Jazz on Vinyl. A gorgeous mix of Jazz, Soul and Hip Hop. |
Vince Dunn (drums)
| Vince is a drummer with 30 years experience, having played with Courtney Pine and Roy Ayers. He has performed at venues such as Ronnie Scotts,The Jazz Cafe and the New Orleans Jazz festival. In the 80's he played with soul band Ossibisa, and currently plays all types of music with a particular passion for funky jazz. In music magazine write ups Vince has been revered for his drumming |
Jeremy Attwood (double bass)
| Jeremy is a busy gigging double bass player, he also teaches primary children full time, with drums, guitar piano and bass. Singing for Prince Charles and Lady Diana at their engangement, tutored by the very inspiring Geoff Gascoine and Andy Clenydhart. Eddie Harvey and composer Howard Goodall aswell as playing with Clive Jenner (Van Morrison/ Lenny Kravitz/ GrooveArmada/ Dido) |
Lele Bizzoca (guitar)
| Lele Bizzoca recently moved to Brighton from Italy, bringing his guitar and a lot of inspiration. His energy, eccentric character and knowledge of jazz and latin music are valuable asset to the band. He studied at The Academy of Music in Milan and "The song as a way of theraputic contexts operational in Psycho-Educational and socio-health." at the Helvetic Insitute. He has played many gigs and concerts aswell as teaching modern singing at 'Grmusic' (Milan) |
John Styles (sax)
| John plays mostly saxes, tenor, baritone, sopranino and alto. He's played a few things in recent years, jazzy/soul/funk mostly;at The Jazz Cafe, Glastonbury, Big Chill and a few festivals abroad. Most of these were in the line up of QSO with producer Quantic and singer Alice Russell. Recording-wise, John's on a Quantic CD 'Mishaps Happening' , a few other Tru Thoughts releases (TM Juke 'Forward', Nostalgia 77 'HopeSuite' and Broken Keys 'The Garden') |
Manos (percussion)
| Manos a.k.a Beats de vyne became a professional percussionist in 2000 and has since been performing extensively throughout the UK and Europe across a variety of entertainment platforms. Manos studies Latin Music with Master Percussionist ‘Robin Jones’ and likes to explore many styles including Afro-Cuban, Latin, Brazilian and African rhythms. He collaborates with numerous bands & producers clocking up over 30 recordings to date. The Conga lies at the heart of a live performance from Manos complimented by a vast array of percussion instruments. |
