James Copus

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James Copus (* 1994 ) is a British musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

James Copus grew up in a family of musicians, began playing music at a young age and began learning classical trumpet at the age of eight. He got into jazz through a recording by Wynton Marsalis . He attended the junior jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music before beginning his regular studies there and graduating with honors. During his time at the academy he received the Derek Watkins Prize. Copus studied with Till Brönner , Gerard Presencer , Alex Sipiagin and Steve Fishwick and listed all four as main influences on his playing.

Copus played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during his studies , to be heard on their albums The Change (2012) and NYJO Fifty ( Whirlwind , 2015). In the following years he worked a. a. with Joy Ellis , Alex Hitchcock , Clark Tracey , Tony Momrelle , Cory Wong , Andrew Small, Alan Barnes and the bands Ashley Henry & The RE: ensemble , Slowly Rolling Camera , the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra , the Joe Downard Sextet and the Louis Dowdeswell Big Band . As a session musician, he has worked with Olly Murs , Pixie Lott , Louisa Johnson , Gregory Porter , James Bay , Basement Jaxx , the Riverdance Company and the London Concert Orchestra , the English Session Orchestra , the Manchester Camerata , the BBC Big Band , played and recorded with the Guy Barker Big Band and the John Wilson Orchestra . In these different outfits he has played at Wembley Stadium , the Royal Albert Hall , the Barbican Center and Abbey Road Studios , among others . Already in 2018 he performed with his quartet at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club . In mid-2020 he released his debut album Dusk on Ubuntu . In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in ten recording sessions between 2012 and 2019.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Copus. Center Stage, May 1, 2020, accessed on July 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Interview
  3. ↑ James Copus Quartet (Ronnie Scott's)
  4. ↑ Meeting (JazzViews)
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 2, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Copus, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician (trumpeter)
DATE OF BIRTH 1994