Freelance trumpet player and all-round musician residing in the UK.Recording work has included sessions for artists such as David Gray, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Spiritualized, Hil St Soul, The Cribs, The Go! Team, Ben & Jason, Natalie Williams, Jimi Tenor, and Estelle; as well as TV adverts for Aiwa and Toyota, in studios including Abbey Rd, Strongrooms, Rak and Olympic.Live work:In 2007, Australia & Japan tour with Basement Jaxx; Ray Lamontagne concerts, Mark Ronson UK promo for "Stop Me", European festivals with Basement Jaxx; in 2006, supporting Robbie Williams on European Stadium tour; UK Arena tour headlining with Basement Jaxx; in 2005, European tour with Basement Jaxx, culminating in headlining Glastonbury 2005; dates with JTQ (James Taylor Quartet), various gigs with Nate James in 2003/04 and UK and European tour with Amy Winehouse; in 2001-2, a world tour with Spiritualized (taking in the UK, US, Europe. and Japan), featured soloist with Barry Adamson and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Barbican, a tour of Taiwan in 2002 with the show 'Lady Salsa', numerous tours of Ireland with The Disconauts (DJ and live combo), and various freelance work both in the UK and worldwide. This has involved playing in venues such as Hollywood Bowl in LA, Brixton Academy, Shepherds Bush Empire, London's Hammersmith Apollo, Jazz Cafe, Purcell Room and Ronnie Scott's, as well as Tokyo AX, Fillmore West (San Fransisco), Wiltern Theatre (LA) HOLLYWOOD BOWL and Glasgow Barrowlands.TV appearances include Royal Variety Show with Gloria Estefan, CD:UK, and BBC's Top Of The Pops with Javine and Vanessa Brown and Later with Jools Holland, C4's The Cut with Jo Whiley, and NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno (with Spiritualized); and ITV's Today with Des & Mel and The Club (with Boy George and Judge Jules), Late Show with Conan O'Brien in New York (Jaxx), Children In Need (Emma Bunton!) TOTP2, Transmission and Freshly Squeezed on E4/T4 (with Mark Ronson).Live sessions for BBC Radio 1 (Gilles Peterson, Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq shows), Radio 2 (Dermot O'Leary Show), 6music, 1Extra and XFM.
Work in 2006: Basement Jaxx European Stadium tour (June - September),supporting Robbie Williams culminating in 5 nights at the new Wembley Stadium, Russian tour with Barry Adamson in March and Queen Elizabeth Hall dates with new Bangla-Afrobeat project in March.Work in 2007: Live work with RAY LAMONTAGNE, MARK RONSON, & CHRIS COCO, forthcoming festival tours with BASEMENT JAXX and MARK RONSON
.Ben Edwards is an Eclipse Trumpet artist and plays Eclipse trumpets and flugelhorns exclusively.
www.eclipsetrumpets.comWITH BASEMENT JAXX ON THE LATE SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN IN NEW YORK, 2006WITH AMY WINEHOUSE, SESSIONS FOR AOL, 2005
