One of my more regular musical projects is playing percussion with a band called "Straight on Red". The band is an 8 piece contemporary jazz outfit who began life as a sort of Pat Metheny covers band (yes that's right). Since then we've developed our style and now play a whole range of funky contemporary jazz from the likes of The Brecker Brothers, Mike Stern and Steely Dan alongside the Metheny stuff and some original material. The band has played across the UK in venues and at several jazz festivals including Coventry and Wigan.
We recently spent a weekend rehearsing and writing some new original tracks at the superb Dunfield House (a residential music centre on the Welsh border) and plan to record and release a 5 track EP of this material later in the year (recording dates are set for the summer). The band are:
Phil Danter – guitar
Kris Byrne – keyboard
Chris Davis – percussion
Tim Prottey-Jones – vocals
Mike Davis – woodwind
Ben Haines – drums
Richard Beardmore – bass
Nick Ashwood – Trumpet/Flugelhorn
I'll post more news on the band, gigs and recordings as it happens - but you can also check out the band website (which does need a little updating) for images and videos of the band: http://www.straightonred.co.uk/
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