Michael Baldwin

Michael Baldwin, Saxophonist and Composer. Playing on the London Jazz scene since the eighties, he ran several of his own bands and worked with Russ Henderson MBE, Gary Crosby, MBE, Denise Baptiste, John Smith, Mark Taylor and Dick Pearce. He spent over a year in Jamaica, playing reggae with the Stardust band, led by George Tucker, Skatalite Guitarist. He recorded at Tuff Gong and other Kingston studios and played with Lee van Kleef. In the USA, Mike worked with a number of groups in Portland and Los Angeles and even had the good fortune to play with a young Esperanza Spalding. Over the last few years, Mike has been playing with ‘Jardares Por Fuera’, Lokandes, Gypsy Butter and Dandaluz, London’s leading Latin and Flamenco Rumba bands.