Liam Asbridge has experience as a trumpet player in a range of different styles and genres. He has worked alongside many musicians, bands and ensembles playing in the U.K, the U.S.A and tours across Europe.
Based in Carlisle, Liam began his musical career with the Carlisle and Cumbria Youth Orchestras. They played classical pieces in the Edinburgh National festivals, the British Queen's Golden Jubilee tour and, in the summer of 2001, made history in becoming the first band of their kind to tour Iceland attracting international media interest.
Liam later went on to tour Italy and Germany with the William Howard Big Band.
Following these successes Liam went on to play with the Cliff Eland Big Band and the well renowned and highly acclaimed Carlisle St Stephens Brass band, making his name playing the "Last Post" for Carlisle three years running for the remembrance day services.
In September 2001, Liam moved to Leeds to study Jazz and Contemporary Music at the Leeds College of Music .
Since then, Liam has enjoyed continued success with a number of different Big Bands, reaching the regional and national finals in competitions with the Leeds Kippax Brass Band and working closely with the award winning Dave O Higgins alongside his Biggish Band during the Fuse Leeds Jazz Festival 04.
While In Leeds, Liam began working alongside the world-renowned violinist and Cuban Jazz star Omar Puente within his Latin Big Band, where they always received a rousing reception at their many performances across the North of England.
Liam then joinedDiscophonic , where he demonstrated his improvisation skills playing accompanying trumpet live with DJ Wayne S producing a mix of contemporary jazz and house beats. Liam has also been involved with Discophonic on their studio projects.
Last Year, Liam completed a three month contract working around the Caribbean aboard the cruise ship, the Mariner of the Seas for Royal Caribbean, where he performed several times a night in production shows, jazz bars and cocktail parties in a nine piece show band.
Additional projects include working as ambassador and promoter alongside the organisers of the previously mentioned Fuse Leeds Jazz Festival, community music projects and workshops with Leeds Primary Schools. In one primary school in North Leeds, Liam organised and led ten workshops over the course of three months with a class of thirty, eight year olds. This culminated in the making of a CD.Click here to view my banners
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