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Gary Alesbrook

play with some swing or put the f****** horn away!

About Me

welcome to my page. . . .

I have been involved on the session circuit for many years playing with artists such as Kasabian, Lynden David Hall, Scissor Sisters, India Arie, Polly Gibbons, Super Furry Animals, Tom Jones, Gomez, Babybird, Zabrinski, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. . . i've also done some tasty things on the old goggle box like Later...with Jools Holland, MTV, VH1 and the Mercury Music Prize. . . you also might have seen me queing at a portaloo at Glastonbury, V, Witness and Fuji Rock (Japan) .click on BACKYARD on my friends list below to see my other project with singer Phil King...RnB/Soul.......enjoy.



PICTURES BELOW FROM THE 2006 UK ARENA TOUR WITH THE SCISSOR SISTERS AND 2007 TOUR WITH KASABIAN / PHOTOS BY KEVIN TACHMAN PHOTOGRAPHY

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/5/2006
Band Website: backyard.uk.com
Band Members: Underground
Gary Alesbrook - Flugelhorn
Andy Kinsman - Saxaphone
Richie Blake - Bass
Steve Williams - Keys
Tim Price - Drums

The Doberman, Kasabian.
An album i played on in 2006.

Trumpet.
From Backyard/these are the ways
Phil King/vocal
Gary Alesbrook/Trumpet/Rhodes
Alex Hutchings/Guitar
Andy Tween/drums

Maiden Voyage & Untitled 2.
Gary Alesbrook - trumpet/flugelhorn/fender rhodes/bass/drum programming.
big thanx to Alex Hutchings for playing guitar on untitled 2. .
Influences: Chet Baker, Gerard Presencer, Till Broenner, Tom Harrell, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, D'Angelo, Floetry, Anders Olinder, Prince, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Snoop, Dennis Chambers...Bill Hicks
Sounds Like: me and mat playing with the scissor sisters, 2006
Me with Kasabian, Glastonbury 2007
Type of Label: None

My Blog

’SUPER’ BAND AT THE BELL?

garys "super" band at the bell? well the band was Ian Matthews - drums, Dan Moore - keys, Phil King - vocals, Alex Hutchings - guitar, James Morton - Saxaphone, Jonathan 'catfish' Thomas - Bass, ...
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:15:00 PST

new tour 2008

Pama International...a new band i will be touring with in feb/mar 2008 www.pamainternational.co.uk a soul-injected ska, rocksteady & dub sensation for the 21st century. Fronted by long-time musica...
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:06:00 PST

AND THE WINNER IS.....ECLIPSE TRUMPETS!

i have kindly been endorsed by Eclipse trumpets. once again i was blown away with the intonation and quality of these horns. Thanks to Leigh for making a great horn and having it ready before my tour!...
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:20:00 PST

KASABIAN TOUR ... DECEMBER

had a show cancelled for saturday with Kasabian and the BBC concert orchestra.....but touring with them December 5th - 22nd...UK arena tour.
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST

SCISSOR SISTERS TOUR...NOVEMBER

I'm off on tour playing with the Scissor Sisters in November....check out scissorsisters.com for the tour schedule. Mat Sibley will be playing saxaphone with myself on trumpet.
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:16:00 PST

NEW SUPER FURRY ANIMALS ALBUM

recording trumpet on the new super furry animals album tomorrow...with Mat Sibley/saxaphone and Nick Attwood/trombone.
Posted by Gary Alesbrook on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:14:00 PST