Destiny’s Song

...From the lessons learned of making a debut jazz recording I decided to work with another American jazz producer. This project was my first U.S release more jazz hardcore and built on my experiences of U.K. audiences...

The Vision’s Tale

...Working in America with American musicians was not something that I believed I could achieve but a call with the great educator Ellis Marsalis made this vision a reality. Recording this project in the U.S was special and personified my attitude to jazz music's validity...

Closer to home

...This project was created with musicians who creatively had no boundaries. I began composing with musical duality imposing different rhythms on top of each other, using improvisation to glue/fuse these ideas together...

Within The Realms Of Our Dreams

...This project was created with musicians who creatively had no boundaries. I began composing with musical duality imposing different rhythms on top of each other, using improvisation to glue/fuse these ideas together...

The Eyes Of Creation

...This was my final album for Island records and I decided to throw everything into the mix. I had learned many lessons whilst being a session musician and decided to produce a record that reflected all my influences from ska to gospel and everything in between...

Modern Day Jazz Stories

...My first album for an American label who trusted me to produce a record that reflected who we were in the 90’s. Having worked with DJ’s or turntablist in a live setting I went to New York to make this statement that reflected hip hop, straight ahead jazz and the club culture of the day. The U.K. release was nominated as a mercury music album of the year...

Underground

...Having tasted musical success with my last album I felt the need to go back again with Underground. A different cast same dj same musical intention but different! Using vibes absorbed from countless festival and underground club dates around the world this album reflected a young artist becoming...

Another Story

...This album is the remix of Underground and Modern day jazz stories. I handed over my work to specialist remixers who took the tracks and morphed them into into something left field of my original ideas...

Back In The day

...After another gap in recording albums whilst concentrating on my live concerts i decided to create a project that reflected on my upbringing in the 1070’s. Inspired by jazz greats Gil Scott Heron, Julian Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd I also included the influence of west Africa. Bands like Osibisa, Fela and Hugh Masekela infused my upbringing and this project reflects that also British icon Joan Armatrading...

Devotion

...My first independent release on my own record label, this offering is devoted to the changing times of the new century. Once again building on my experiences of performing live...

Resistance

...Having gone around the globe performing jazz I realised that there was a minority who did not want jazz music to change or reach a wider audience, I felt that jazz was always in flux reflecting past, present and future of our humanity, this album reflected that...

Transition In Tradition

...The New Orleans clarinet virtuoso Sydney Bechet found a Soprano saxophone in My home city’s Baker Street. Having read and being told of Bechet’s influence in Britain I felt it necessary to retell his story in a musical creole way. A tribute to the first jazz innovator on the saxophone...

Europa

...What is Europe? This is the question posed by this project. Having toured the continent I felt the need to look deep into the history, science, religion, mythology and culture that created this region of the planet creating Gregorian, Flamenco, classical influences to a jazz score. I decided to lead the project on the bass clarinet exclusively as the timbre of the instrument fitted the concept of the album...

House Of Legends

...The Caribbean’ legacy is vast and I tried to reflect through music the contributions to humanity that the people had made. Working with steel pan maestro Annise Hadeed and West Indian legends like trombonist Rico Rodriguez gives this album a completely different sound to my previous albums. On this project as a tribute to the females of the region who have gone unsung (Claudia Jones) I decided to lead the project on the soprano saxophone...

Song (The Ballad Book)

...Working in a duet format was very different but performing with the piano virtuoso Zoe Rahman made this project a joy. Jazz standards and 1 original piece make this album a very different flavour to my previous efforts. The bass clarinet is the lead instrument as my efforts to express myself on this instrument became wider, longer and deeper...

Black Notes from the Deep

...Working with R&B legend Omar has been a longtime ambition of mind, we grew up in the same area of London in fact I can remember playing hide and seek at a summer school in Paddington with him! He is a very busy artist but for this project I pursued him and the contributions he made to this project makes it. I wanted to present our experience as U.K. people in these changing times musically, using jazz music as the translator...

Spirituality

...This project started out as a bass clarinet, piano duet but developed into a string quartet album. The title came about after the pandemic which made me reflect into my spirituality. Recorded at the famous Church studios in London the album features a string quartet which is made up of 2 violas, violin and cello. This string section gives a darker sound intentionally arranged by me for this personal reflection on what music can be...