For the last few months in my compositions, I've been thinking about how two things: How to write pieces which encourage performers to generate musical langu...

This diagram sums up where the pieces will exist in a continuum between total improvisation (unscripted), totally notated (fully scripted) music, and between...

My creative plans for if everything gets shut down due to COVID-19.

Lots of arrangements for brass groups and flexible jazz ensemble now available on SMP Press.

What I've been up to 19 Jan - 4 Feb 2020: composing, collaboratings, leading workshops.

Now taking bookings for 1-to-1 tuition in trumpet, trombone, jazz improvisation and music theory, in Walthamstow, East London.

A new video of my piece for Jazz Orchestra/Big Band, DARKMANS, live from the Vortex Jazz Club, London.

How can past recordings help us to explore our own improvising language better? In this post we'll look at some models from Stolen Moments.

In the last week, I’ve been… Adding violin parts to my big band pieces DARKMANS and Four Scenes on L’homme armé to be played by John Garner at a workshop on ...

What I've been doing/listening to/reading 6-13 Jan 2020.

As I write this, I'm 30 (and a half), and I've been involved in music more or less full-time since my teens. Along the way I've met and played with a lot of ...