Julian Siegel

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With the Julian Siegel Quartet at the INNtöne Jazzfestival 2018

Julian Siegel (born May 13, 1966 in Nottingham ) is a British jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet , composition ).

Live and act

Julian Siegel, 2014

Siegel, whose father was a singer who was active in Poland and after the Second World War to support troops in the Middle East, played in different ensembles at school. Influenced by his father's record collection, he developed his interest in improvisation. He studied classical saxophone and conducting at the University of East Anglia in Norwich until 1987 , where he stayed for the next few years. Since 1991 in London he has played with colleagues such as Julian Argüelles , Django Bates , Joey Calderazzo , Kirk Lightsey , Liam Noble and Kate Williams and became a member of Stan Sulzmann's big band .

With the band Partisans , which he led with guitarist Phil Robson , he achieved the breakthrough; With this group, which also included bassist Thad Kelly and drummer Gene Calderazzo, he toured Europe and had successful appearances at numerous festivals. In the coming years, he performed with Delightful precipe of Django Bates , the Mask Orchestra by Colin Towns and big band Jazz Jamaica on. Since 2004 he has led a band under his own name. He also played with singers Norma Winstone , Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth, as well as Greg Cohen and Joey Baron . In the field of jazz he was involved in 31 recording sessions between 1991 and 2012. In 2016 he ended up in pop music, where he appeared on Mark Forster's album TAPE and can be heard on the tenor saxophone in the piece Sowieso, among others . In 2018 he released the album Vista (Whirlwind), with Liam Noble , Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo .

Prizes and awards

Siegel received a BBC Jazz Award for best instrumentalist in 2007 . In 2011 he also won the London Award for Art and Performance for Jazz.

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Individual evidence

  1. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online September 14, 2013)
  2. Chris May: CD / LP Review: Live At The Vortex . All about jazz. May 18, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.