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King Of The Swingers: Swing and Jazz Band - Book Now at Earcandy entertainment

NYJO 50th Anniversary ......... I'll never go back to Georgia Brown

BBC Proms: NYJO - Groove Merchant [6/11]

About Chris

Chris is a freelance trombonist, versatile across all genres. Fluent sight reading and improv

Trombonist

Croydon

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Chris is a working freelance trombonist both nationally and internationally and over the years has worked with many well known artists including Jamie Cullum, Tom Fletcher (McFly), Wizkid Adayo, Tinchy Strider, Tinie Tempah, Gregory Porter, Kwabs, ESPA, Shane Hampsheir. Chris has played in many top Big Bands and session bands including the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Jazz Orchestra, The Morgan Brothers Big Band, The Len Phillips Big Band, Bill Ashton's NYJO Graduates band, Shane Hampsheir's Big Band, Jamie Cullum's Big Band

Chris

5 out of 5

3 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Chris' Reviews

5 out of 5

Chris was lovely to meet and work with.

5 out of 5

Chris is a great guy and played with buckets of enthusiasm and fantastic sound - we look forward to welcoming him back to NDS in the future.

5 out of 5

The band were fantastic. Friendly, professional and fundamentally changed the evening from good to spectacular.

Great Trombonist - What a sound!

King of the Swingers made our wedding, we couldn't be happier with them

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8th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 8 years

Chris' Song list

Any jazz standards - I have a repertoire of over 1000 well known songs from the great American and British songbooks.

Chris' Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£120
Up to 1 hour	£180
Up to 2 hours	£200
Up to 3 hours	£250

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Classical, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Fanfare, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Opera, Electronic, Ambient, Breakbeat, Deep house, Drum 'n' Bass, Dubstep, EDM, Electro-Swing, Electronica, Garage, House, IDM, Ibiza club, Industrial, Jungle, Techno, Triphop, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceilidh, Country, Folk rock, Rockabilly, Irish rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Welsh folk, Jazz, Blues, Cabaret, Dixieland, Gypsy jazz, Jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Modern jazz, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Ragtime, Swing, Barbershop, Gospel, Avant garde, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Marching, Noise music, Originals, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Disco, Covers, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Hardcore, Heavy metal, Indie, Post rock, Power rock, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, World music, Arabic, Afrobeat, African music, Argentinian, Armenian, Asian music, Australian music, Balkan, Bavarian oompah, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bossa nova, Brazilian music, Calypso, Choro, Caribbean music, Chuppah ceremony music, Cuban music, Cumbia, Flamenco, French music, German music, Greek music, Gujarati music, Hawaiian music, Hebrew songs, Indian music, Israeli dance music, Italian music, Klezmer, Jewish music, Latin, Merengue, Mariachi, Pakistani music, Polish music, Polka, Polynesian music, Punjabi music, Reggae, Russian music, Salsa, Samba, Scottish music, Ska, Skiffle, South Asian fusion, Spanish music, South Asian music, Tango, Yiddish roots music

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Instruments:

Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Sousaphone, Percussion

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Event types:

Theatre / Show, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event

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Other skills:

Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Orchestrator, Producer, Songwriter, Sound technician, Drum technician, Transcription, Lyricist, Actor, Fluent improviser, Fluent sight-reader, MC, Perfect pitch, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Composition teaching, Examiner, Music therapy, Community music worker, Musical comedy, Live looping, Ableton Live, Singing teaching

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