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Jeff Spencer

About Me

He bought a bass for 15 pounds in 1986 but didn't play it anywhere near enough until 2001 when he then bought a better one. Meanwhile he had distracted himself with the guitar, piano, viola and an Atari ST. He studied music at Bristol University and emerged as a 'qualified' composer. Now, he is armed with bass skills and a voice untouched by cigarette smoke for just over a week. His latest compositions have been instrumental and try to summarise the vast array of influences and interests he as accrued. See his "Resonation Big Band" for further work.

Jeff has played with Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Geoffrey Oryema, Michael Giles (King Crimson), Elliott Randall (guitarist on Reeling In The Years!) John Etheridge, James Morton, Melanie Gabriel, Skankt, Sam Holmes, Nik Young, Emily Breeze, Rich Pollott, EMF, Helele, Scuba, Saskatoon, Alex Hutchings, Jimmy Goodrich and many others.

The tunes you can hear and/or buy were composed and recorded by Jeff in Bristol, UK with some fantastic musicians - Daisy Palmer on drums, Jerry Crozier-Cole on guitar, Rebecca Nash on piano, Jake and Pete from The Blessing (on "31") James Gardiner-Bateman on Alto ("Fruity Bikoutsi") and loads of other talents.

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Member Since: 25/01/2006
Band Members: Jeff plays with Andy Nowak (piano) Josh Arcoleo (tenor sax) James Gardiner-Bateman (alto sax) Alphonse Daudet Touna (ballophon) Daisy Palmer (drums) Rebecca Nash (keys) Matt Jones (drums) Kristian Borring (guitar) Neil Smith (guitar) Jerry Crozier-Cole (guitar) and Jimmy Goodrich (guitar/vox) and many others... MyGen Profile Generator
Influences: Weather Report, Miles Davis, Stravinsky, Stevie Wonder, Lewis Taylor, Squarepusher, Tim Lefebvre, Wayne Krantz, Wayne Shorter, Django Bates, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, John Gray, Olivier Messiaen, Jaco Pastorius, Jason Rebello, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Laurence Cottle, Jeff Berlin, Liam Noble, Oscar Peterson, Blind Willie Johnson, Anita Baker, Bjork, Henri Dutilleux, Bill Evans, Alexander Scriabin, Steps, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Recoil, Prefab Sprout, Dominique Di Piazza, Paco De Lucia, Witold Lutoslawski, Taj Mahal, Frederick Chopin, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, The Kinks, CSN, Karol Szymanowski, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joni Mitchell, Earth Wind and Fire, Krzysztof Penderecki, Speedy J, Herbie Hancock, Hoagy Carmichael, Brian Wilson, Linley Marthe, Me'shell Ndegeocello, The Muppets
Record Label: none

My Blog

New tunes on my myspace today!

Got new computer, hooked it up to that phone socket and it worked like the proverbial shovellingSo I uploaded my tunes onto myspace. Not quite so shovellingly quick. After about 15 attempts I was ther...
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