Gareth Lockrane

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This is my incredibly late arrival to myspace! I play flute, alto and bass flutes and piccolo and have been based in London since the mid-90's, when i moved down from sunny Stoke on Trent to do the jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music,(alongside such top chaps as The Fishwick brothers,Tom Cawley, Osian Roberts and Henry Collins). I'm currently focusing on two groups of my own,the septet and my new hammond band 5B3, as well as completing the last leg of my MA in film composing at the National Film&Television School. (I'll have a showreel of my film stuff online pretty soon.) I'm presently a member of the great Bheki Mseleku's group, and have also performed/recorded in the last few years with Incognito,The James Taylor Quartet, Sirius B, Heritage Orchestra, Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra,Hans Koller and bands led by Phil Donkin, Kate Williams,Paul Booth, Nia Lynn, Georgia Mancio, Natalie Williams and Gwilym Simcock. I was very fortunate to participate in the Lake Placid jazz course a few years back and to have tuition from Joe Lovano,Dick Oatts and Jim McNeely,i was a finalist in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year ages ago in 2000 and I've led the group Grooveyard with saxophonist Alex Garnett since 2002, which won Best European Jazz Group in 2003 in the Granada Jazz Festival. (Cd's available from www.jazzcds.co.uk)“Lockrane’s flute work is exceptional, combining a relaxed fluidity with an acute adventurousness on the other.” JAZZWISEGareth Lockrane lets rip

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