Tim Holmes (tenor sax)
Tim is a very experienced musician and much sought after in the UK and abroad. His work sees him regularly playing and recording with all the major London and provincial orchestras and chamber music ensembles, including the LSO, RPO, Philharmonia, City of London Sinfonia, Lontano.
Tim has also worked extensively in London's West End
theatres, in shows such as "Wonderful Town", "Carmen
Jones", "Guys and Dolls", "Oklahoma", "Witches of
Eastwick", and "The Producers".
Tim was a member of the jazz saxophone quartet "Itchy fingers" for a couple of years. He is currently a member of the Steve Martland Band, and the jazz quartet "Candytime". Tim was invited to join the Delta Saxophone quartet in April of 2006, which means that the Steve Martland Band saxophone section is now 3/4 of the DSQ!
Martin
Robertson (soprano sax)
Martin graduated from the Royal College of Music in 1984 having studied
Saxophone and Clarinet as joint principle study under Stephen Trier and
John McCaw. Whilst at college Martin won several woodwind prizes including
the Boosey and Hawkes Music Prize. He returned to the Royal College of
Music in 1994 as a Professor of Saxophone.
Martin made his solo debut at the Purcell Room in 1986 with Mark-Anthony
Turnage’s ‘Sarabande’. From here on there has been a
close relationship between the two. ‘Your Rockaby’ was written
specifically for Martin – Mark dedicated the movement ‘Lullaby for Charlie’
to Martin’s severely autistic son. ‘Rockaby’ was
premiered at the Royal Festival Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and
was later performed at the Royal Albert Hall during the Proms season.
It too was the featured work in the BBC TV series ‘The British Century
– ‘Turnage’’. It has gone on to be performed by
the Los Angeles and London Philharmonic Orchestras.
Turnage’s ‘Blood on the Floor’ – a nine movement
work for three Jazz soloists and orchestra – was premiered by the
Ensemble Modern in 1996. Martin was joined by Peter Erskine and John Scofield
and has since performed this piece with orchestras such as the Berlin
Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, The Hamburg and Tampere Philharmonic
Orchestras, Avanti, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra again with
Sir Simon Rattle and the BBC and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras. ‘Blood’
has continued to evolve and last summer John Parricelli joined Martin
at the Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.
At the beginning of this year Martin performed Debussy’s Rhapsody
for Saxophone with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski. Martin
returned to Berlin featuring on Duduk as part of an overnight performance
of Tavener's "The Veil of the Temple" with The Berlin Radio
Choir in May. Turnage’s newest piece, About Water, was premiered
with the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in June. Martin
was a featured soloist alongside John Patitucci, Gwilym Simcock and Mark
Lockheart.
While Martin immerses himself in contemporary music he continues to play
the full range of classical repertoire from Villa-Lobos to Frank Martin
to Glasunov. Martin is a regular guest of the major London orchestras
as both a freelance musician and soloist. In 2006 Martin performed the
Glasunov with the BBC Welsh National Orchestra at Saint David's Cathedral
in Pembrokeshire. He also travelled to Koblenz to perform Kancheli's Night
Prayers with the Rheinische Philharmonie under Daniel Raiskin.
During the 2002 Prom season Martin was Clarinet soloist at the Royal Albert
Hall with the BBC Big Band, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin, playing
Bernstein’s 'Prelude, Fugue and Riffs’ which was later recorded
for BBC Radio 3. He too was the featured soloist with the London Philharmonic
in Bernard Herrmann’s Taxi Driver Suite, given as part of the Meltdown
Festival; more recently he performed a suite of music based around the
theme from ‘Poirot’ with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
This year Martin also appeared at the BBC Proms 2007 with the BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra performing Sir Harrison Birtwistle's "Panic"
with Peter Erskiine on percussion.
Away from the concert platform Martin is frequently featured on film and
TV sound tracks. Not only is he in demand as a saxophonist and clarinetist
but can also be heard on ethnic woodwind instruments such as the Taragato
and Duduk. He is fascinated by the complexity and timbrel differences
between Western and Eastern instrumentation. Composers such as Stephen
Warbeck, Rob Lane and John Lunn have been enticed by the Taragato’s
ability to cross seamlessly from Middle East to West, while composers
such as George Fenton and Hans Zimmer have been attracted to the stirring
simplicity of the Duduk. In February Martin featured playing the duduk
as guest soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on David Attenborough’s
feature length film ‘Earth’. Martin’s film and television
credits include Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliott, Captain Corelli's
Mandolin, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, Bleak House, Hotel Babylon,
Mrs. Brown and Planet Earth.
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Chris Caldwell.(baritone sax)
Chris graduated from the Guildhall School Of Music & Drama in 1986. As a performer he's been involved with some of Britain's leading contemporary composers and ensembles including The Mike Westbrook Orchestra, BCMG,Steve Martland Band, Almeida Ensemble and The Delta Saxophone quartet.
Chris has also performed with many of the UK's leading orchestras including the RPO, LSO, CBSO, Bournemouth SO, and the Philharmonia.
Currently Chris is part of the saxophone
section in the West End production of 'Guys and Dolls', he has worked
in the West End for the last 12 years playing in many productions including
Les Miserables, Cats, Chicago, Follies, and City Of Angels.
His commercial work has seen International tours with the Shirley Bassey
Orchestra in Russia, Lebanon, Turkey, Cairo and the UK plus tours of Asia,
Japan and Europe with the Michael Nyman Band, Grahamophones, and for a
variety of Theatre groups.
Between 1999 and 2005 he ran a music management company,
Music On The Edge which represented amongst others, Mike Westbrook,
Delta Sax Qt, and Steve Martland. The company now is more a one- stop
shop for Chris's musical tastes!
The 30th Annual Jazz Station Poll results by Brazil-born jazz historian & jazz educator Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Sax Barítono: 1º James Carter (“Present Tense” – EmArcy); 2º Joe Temperley; 3º Julian Arguelles; 4º Chris Caldwell; 5º Ronnie Cuber
Pete Whyman (alto sax)
Peter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Yona Ettlinger,
Anthony Pay and Tony Coe. After graduating he began working with Mike
Westbrook, an association that has resulted in 11 albums and the performance
of his saxophone concerto, and continues
to this day. Peter is a member of Between The Notes, Steve Martland Band,
Delta Saxophone Quartet, The Barry Adamson Experience and Huw Warren Octet.
Currently Peter is also working with Elvis Costello, Orchestre National
de Jazz, Everything but the Girl, Spiritualised, William Orbit and his
own trio, recently featured on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz In Britain.
His musical world is extremely eclectic, and while he has played with
The Philharmonia, the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group, Lontano, Music Projects London, Terry Riley, Dawn Upshaw
and as the clarinet soloist with Leonard
Bernstein in Prelude Fugue and Riffs, he has also performed and recorded
with the likes of Pulp, Tom Robinson, Spiritualised, The The and Ute Lemper.
On the other hand he has also appeared at all the major jazz festivals
in Europe, and John Fordham, jazz critic in the Guardian has recently
written “When Whyman switched to soprano his avoidance of
post-Coltrane cliche and the deft intelligence of his lines didn’t
flag. A fine, and under-exposed virtuoso.....the level of technical certainty
was awesome.”
Peter is also in constant demand as a recording artist, including two
CDs with his Delta Saxophone Quartet, recent solo appearances on Spiritualised,
Steve Martland, Elvis Costello and Barry Adamson recordings, and as a
featured soloist on the David Lynch film, Lost Highways.
“The real revelation is the playing of Peter Whyman...extraordinarily
confident, already something of a virtuoso.” Charles Fox, New Statesman
“...dominated by the remarkable playing of Peter Whyman, a sophisticated
and highly accomplished young jazz musician.” Dave Gelly, The Observer
“The instrumental playing of Peter Whyman is thrilling.” The
Times
“Peter Whyman’s virtuoso flights contribute enormously.”
Financial Times
“...meticulously-crafted saxophone solos.” City Limits
“For vitality, exuberance and sheer originality, Whyman’s
trio is hard to beat.” Chris Parker
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