I play the trumpet. Also the flugel horn and things like that. I do it quite a lot, and people have been paying me to do so since 2006, and a bit before too, though nothing to write home about then to be honest.

In addition to running and playing with Hackney Colliery Band, as a freelance trumpet player I have played and recorded with lots of people. You want examples? OK, be like that:

Kelis, Sam Smith (the singer one, not the excellent value UK pub chain), Paul Epworth (Adele), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Cure, Paloma Faith, Jamie Cullum, Baaba Maal, Roni Size, Jarvis Cocker, Kojey Radical, Bugge Wesseltoft, Angelique Kidjo, Mulatu Astatke, Last Skeptik, Billy Bragg, Charlotte Church, Azekel, Eliza Doolittle, Eric Idle, Redlight, Jim Bob (Carter USM) and more, quite a few of whom I have also arranged music for.

In 2022, I played trumpet in the National Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing. This was broadcast to cinemas worldwide as part of the NT Live series on 8th September 2022, and you can watch the full show via NT At Home here.

I have played in pits for touring and West End shows, though that's not really my thing, and toured for a year with a musical about Elvis. I was young, and needed the money. And I learned a lot about Elvis.

You can hear me on various TV and film things if you listen carefully, including of course my own work in that area.