Derek Nash

b. 28 July 1961, Stockport, Cheshire, Britain. His dad, Pat Nash, was main arranger for the BBC North Dance Orchestra, after that located in Manchester. Subjected to music from early child years, Derek was prompted to build up like a musician and from age 12 he focused his interest on saxophones. One of is own father’s colleagues for the North Dance Orchestra, saxophonist Gary Cox, became Nash’s initial teacher. He was inspired towards jazz after hearing Sonny Stitt on record and among various other early affects was David Sanborn. Nash started playing alto saxophone in regional school rings but, despite his fascination with music, at college or university he shifted to the nonplaying side from the career and researched acoustics, thereafter creating a parallel profession being a audio engineer and record manufacturer. In the first 80s, Nash, who also takes on soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones aswell as flute, created a jazz music group, Sax Charm, an octet that experienced five saxophones. The saxophonists within an early release of this music group included Scott Garland, Mornington Lockett, Bob McKay and Gary Plumley, as the band applied to Flatiron Suite experienced regulars and guests Garland, McKay, Plumley, Paul Booth, Nelson Rangell, Adrian Revell and Matt Wates. Sax Charm won honours, toured the united kingdom and frequented Venezuela for the English Council. Over time, Nash also created other rings including Protect The Defeat (with drummer Darby Todd), Atlantik Avenue, and he was co-leader with veteran tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson of the acclaimed mainstream music group. Nash’s profession has discovered him using groups such as for example Jools Holland’s R&B-rooted big music group, Clark Tracey’s quartet, and Pete Very long’s Gillespiana. He in addition has used Alan Barnes, John Burch, Bob Dorough, Russell Ferrante, Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, Jon Hiseman, Lanny Morgan, Barbara Thompson and Roy Williams. He spent some time working often with vocalist Trudy Kerr and her bass participant spouse Geoff Gascoyne. Together with his loaded playing routine, Nash is constantly on the are a audio engineer and maker, running his personal Clown’s Pocket Studios. He spent some time working on albums by performers such as for example Jamie Cullum, Martin Drew, David Newton, Dave O’Higgins and Bobby Wellins. Nash also composes thoroughly, writing a lot of the materials for his personal rings, among which may be the ongoing Sax Charm. His compositions are the perfectly received ‘Flatiron Suite’. Stylistically, Nash is usually comfortable in an array of jazz, using verve and fluency in lots of settings among that are post-bop and mainstream.