Mark Nightingale All Star British Jazz Quintet

Mark Nightingale is not only one of the busiest session musicians on the London scene but also highly respected and sought-after internationally as a jazz trombone soloist.

Where: Festival Pavilion
When: Sunday 2nd May
Time: 7.30–9.15pm (followed by Protect The Beat, 9.45–11.30pm)

Mark Nightingale began playing at the age of 9 and his outstanding talent became widely recognised when he won the coveted Don Lusher Award at the age of 15. At 16 he was already lead trombonist in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great Britain and developing his creativity as a composer and arranger. While in the NYJO he formed and lead the five-trombone band Bonestructure, producing their debut album in 1988.

Since graduating from Trinity College of Music, London, Mark has made his mark in every sense! Although still only in his thirties, his rich and varied musical life has already taken him from playing on countless film soundtracks and TV shows to writing educational books and pieces for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, recording for Sting, Tom Jones or Robbie Williams, to playing in the orchestras of Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand or Frank Sinatra. Mark has been featured with London Brass and at many BTS and ITA Festivals, and he has also performed in such esteemed jazz company as Clark Terry, Bill Holman, Slide Hampton, James Morrison and Ray Brown.

His band features a longtime favourite of the Admiral Mumbles Mostly Blues & Jazz Festival in bassist Laurence Cottle, who in 2007 headlined in the Festival Pavilion with his own Big Band, and in 2009 starred with the Mornington Lockett Quartet.

Mark Nightingale – trombone

Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone

Graham Harvey – keyboards

Ian Thomas – drums

Laurence Cottle – bass