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b. David O’Higgins, 1 Sept 1964, Birmingham, Western world Midlands, Britain. O’Higgins started playing trumpet as a little child but turned to saxophone. At age 14 he was an associate from the Derbyshire Youngsters Jazz Orchestra before shifting to London along with a spell using the Country wide Youngsters Jazz …

Theo Travis is becoming one of the most active jazz performers and composers within the U.K. Furthermore to presenting his very own group, he’s in demand being a sideman by music artists from a number of musical styles. For instance, Travis became a member of Daevid Allen’s space rock and …

Although they’re most widely known today for his or her lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues began among the better R&B-based combos from the British Invasion. The group’s background started in Birmingham, Britain with Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals) and Mike Pinder (keyboards, …

b. 1964, Birmingham, Western Midlands, England. Motivated into music by his Jamaican-born parents and by his trombonist sibling, Winston Rollins, Dennis also used the trombone. Although his early hearing was funk, by his early teenagers he was hearing and playing jazz. As he created his own design, both forms came …