Orphy Robinson
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Orphy Robinson is an award-winning Vibraphonist
. Robinson, a multi-instrumentalist
, also plays the saxophone
,
trumpet
, drum
s, piano
, marimba
and steel pans . Orphy (an in demand and versatile composer) has written music for television, film, theater, opera and contemporary classical music. Orphy is from London
, UK—an acclaimed soloist who consistently works across a variety of eclectic musical forms (e.g. jazz
, free jazz
, free improvisation
, jazz fusion
, and funk music.
He released two critically acclaimed solo albums on the famous Blue Note
label in the 1990s, "When Tomorrow Comes" and "The Vibes Describes",which was launched at the Montreal Jazz Festival has recorded numerous albums as a guest musician. He has also toured or appeared with many artists including Hugh Hopper
and Robert Wyatt
. Audiences discovered his playing while he played with saxophonist Courtney Pine
in the 1980s big band
Jazz Warriors
(which was the fore runner to the Jazz Jamaica all stars orchestra. Orphy was also an original member of the Brit Funk Band Savanna which was where he first came to the notice of critics and audiences alike.
His work as a composer has led to commissions for Contemporary Dance companies like the Phoenix Dance for whom he was commissioned to write the Suite "42 Shades in the black"and subsequently represented Great Britain at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Has written for the English Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and for the Romanian violin virtuoso Alex Balanescu. He was Commissioned in 2007 for the UK celebration of the Abolition of Slavery Act, where he was invited to perform solo marimba extracts from his suite "Routes through Roots" in the Houses of Parliament. He is also well known for his work in education with schools and large scale education projects including the Hackney Empire
were he has led the music Education department successfully for 6 years.
Orphy has also worked with artist such as saxophonist David Murray
, Don Cherry
, John Tchicai
, Lester Bowie
, Wynton Marsalis
, Hugh Masekela
, Louis Moholo
, Nana Vasconcelos
, Andy Sheppard
, Evan Parker
, Butch Morris
, Springheel Jack, Sunny Murray
, Mica Paris
, Imagination
, Savanna
, Central Line
, Junior Giscombe, Kenny Thomas
, Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick
, Kate Havnevik
, Neneh Cherry
and many others. Orphy has continued working with award-winning saxophonist Andy Sheppard and regularly conducts up to 200 saxophonists for Andy Sheppard’s Saxophone Massive at various International jazz festivals and other events.
During 2009 several albums featuring Orphy as Guest soloist include "No now is so! by the Alexander Hawkins ensemble, "Out of office" by the "Burn out Mama" band from Finland, further albums by Louis Moholo
, Leee John and Beggar & Co are due for release in late 2009. Orphy's continued work in Education have recently been recognised nationally with a nomination for Jazz Educator of the year at the All party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. He has been invited to become the Musical Director of a newly formed large scale Ensemble based at The Roundhouse
working with drummer Nick Mason
of Pink Floyd starting in the later part of 2009.
Robinson is also a founder member of EDGE (The Shape of things to come) a group of Artist, Writers and Promoters curating events originally pitched as a fringe to the London Jazz Festival but due to the success of their first well received programme titled Edge 08 are now curating events Internationally and all year round events in the U.K. Orphy will also launch his new large scale Ensemble "The Spontaneous Cosmic RawXtra" at the Kings Place concert venue in October 2009.
Since Late 2009 Orphy has been a featured soloist on Marimba/Vibraphone with violinist Nigel Kennedy
. Performing extensive repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach & Duke Ellington this has resulted in favourable Press reviews on the 2010 world tour with Kennedy's newly created Orchestra the "Orchestra of Life".
Orphy has also relaunched the Brit funk band Savanna at 2010 Summer Soulstice festival in London.
As Sideman
Film & Television
Vibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
. Robinson, a multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
, also plays the saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
,
trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s, piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, marimba
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
and steel pans . Orphy (an in demand and versatile composer) has written music for television, film, theater, opera and contemporary classical music. Orphy is from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK—an acclaimed soloist who consistently works across a variety of eclectic musical forms (e.g. jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
, free improvisation
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
, jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
, and funk music.
He released two critically acclaimed solo albums on the famous Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
label in the 1990s, "When Tomorrow Comes" and "The Vibes Describes",which was launched at the Montreal Jazz Festival has recorded numerous albums as a guest musician. He has also toured or appeared with many artists including Hugh Hopper
Hugh Hopper
Hugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.-Early career:...
and Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
. Audiences discovered his playing while he played with saxophonist Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine CBE is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet and keyboards...
in the 1980s big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
Jazz Warriors
Jazz Warriors
The Jazz Warriors were an all-black London-based group of jazz musicians that made their debut in 1986. The idea for the band came from the Abibi Jazz Arts - a London organization that promoted black music and black culture - in 1985...
(which was the fore runner to the Jazz Jamaica all stars orchestra. Orphy was also an original member of the Brit Funk Band Savanna which was where he first came to the notice of critics and audiences alike.
His work as a composer has led to commissions for Contemporary Dance companies like the Phoenix Dance for whom he was commissioned to write the Suite "42 Shades in the black"and subsequently represented Great Britain at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Has written for the English Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and for the Romanian violin virtuoso Alex Balanescu. He was Commissioned in 2007 for the UK celebration of the Abolition of Slavery Act, where he was invited to perform solo marimba extracts from his suite "Routes through Roots" in the Houses of Parliament. He is also well known for his work in education with schools and large scale education projects including the Hackney Empire
Hackney Empire
The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.-History:Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building...
were he has led the music Education department successfully for 6 years.
Orphy has also worked with artist such as saxophonist David Murray
David Murray (jazz musician)
David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
, Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
, John Tchicai
John Tchicai
John Martin Tchicai is a Danish jazz saxophonist. He was one of the earliest European free jazz musicians. He is of Danish and Congolese descent....
, Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...
, Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...
, Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer.-Early life:Masekela was born in Kwa-Guqa Township, Witbank, South Africa. He began singing and playing piano as a child...
, Louis Moholo
Louis Moholo
Louis Tebugo Moholo , is a South African jazz drummer.He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made...
, Nana Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....
, Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
, Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
, Butch Morris
Butch Morris
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris is an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor.-Biography:Before his musical career, Morris served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War....
, Springheel Jack, Sunny Murray
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.-Biography:...
, Mica Paris
Mica Paris
Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
, Imagination
Imagination
Imagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability of forming mental images, sensations and concepts, in a moment when they are not perceived through sight, hearing or other senses...
, Savanna
Savanna
A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
, Central Line
Central Line
The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
, Junior Giscombe, Kenny Thomas
Kenny Thomas
Kenneth Cornelius "Kenny" Thomas is an American professional basketball player. He currently is a free agent.He attended Austin High School, in El Paso, Texas, for three seasone before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico to play for Albuquerque High School during his senior season...
, Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is a British guitarist, bandleader, composer and record producer. He has led the British acid jazz band Incognito since its formation in 1979. With Incognito, he has released fourteen studio albums as well as a number of live albums, remix albums and compilation albums...
, Kate Havnevik
Kate Havnevik
Kate Havnevik is a singer and songwriter from Oslo, Norway. Her debut album, the critically acclaimed electronica infused Melankton, was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 in Norway only, before being licensed internationally later...
, Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
and many others. Orphy has continued working with award-winning saxophonist Andy Sheppard and regularly conducts up to 200 saxophonists for Andy Sheppard’s Saxophone Massive at various International jazz festivals and other events.
During 2009 several albums featuring Orphy as Guest soloist include "No now is so! by the Alexander Hawkins ensemble, "Out of office" by the "Burn out Mama" band from Finland, further albums by Louis Moholo
Louis Moholo
Louis Tebugo Moholo , is a South African jazz drummer.He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made...
, Leee John and Beggar & Co are due for release in late 2009. Orphy's continued work in Education have recently been recognised nationally with a nomination for Jazz Educator of the year at the All party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. He has been invited to become the Musical Director of a newly formed large scale Ensemble based at The Roundhouse
The Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England, which has been converted into a performing arts and concert venue. It was originally built in 1847 as a roundhouse , a circular building containing a railway turntable, but was only used for railway...
working with drummer Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965...
of Pink Floyd starting in the later part of 2009.
Robinson is also a founder member of EDGE (The Shape of things to come) a group of Artist, Writers and Promoters curating events originally pitched as a fringe to the London Jazz Festival but due to the success of their first well received programme titled Edge 08 are now curating events Internationally and all year round events in the U.K. Orphy will also launch his new large scale Ensemble "The Spontaneous Cosmic RawXtra" at the Kings Place concert venue in October 2009.
Since Late 2009 Orphy has been a featured soloist on Marimba/Vibraphone with violinist Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy is a British born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti...
. Performing extensive repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach & Duke Ellington this has resulted in favourable Press reviews on the 2010 world tour with Kennedy's newly created Orchestra the "Orchestra of Life".
Orphy has also relaunched the Brit funk band Savanna at 2010 Summer Soulstice festival in London.
Discography
As Leader- When Tomorrow Comes, (1993)
- The Vibes Describes, (1994)
As Sideman
- Courtney PineCourtney PineCourtney Pine CBE is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet and keyboards...
, Journey to the Urge Within, (1986) - Jazz WarriorsJazz WarriorsThe Jazz Warriors were an all-black London-based group of jazz musicians that made their debut in 1986. The idea for the band came from the Abibi Jazz Arts - a London organization that promoted black music and black culture - in 1985...
, Out of Many, One People, (1987) - Andy SheppardAndy SheppardAndy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
, Andy Sheppard (1987), Introductions in the Dark (1989), Soft on the Inside (1990) - Jazz JamaicaJazz JamaicaJazz Jamaica is a jazz/reggae music group formed by musician Gary Crosby in London.-History:In 1991, inspired by the rhythms of traditional Jamaican music and the largely improvisational nature of jazz, original Jazz Warrior, jazz double bassist, and nephew of veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest...
, "Massive" (2003), - Robert WyattRobert WyattRobert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
, Comicopera (2007) - Alex HawkinsAlex HawkinsClifton Alexander "Alex" Hawkins is a retired American football player who played running back for the Baltimore Colts and Atlanta Falcons. He excelled as a special teams player...
, No Now is so (2009) - Tony Bevan, We packed are bags (2007)
- Tony Bevan, Bruise with Derek Bailey (2006)
- Tony Bevan, Bruised (2005)
- The London Improvisors Orchestra, The hearing continues (2001)
- The London Improvisors Orchestra, Proceedings (2000)
- The London Improvisors Orchestra, Freedom of the city (2002)
- The London Improvisors Orchestra, "Responses, Reproduction & Reality" (2003-4)
- The london Improvisors Orchestra, Freedom of the city "large groups" (2001)
- Lol CoxhillLol CoxhillLowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
, Spectral Soprano (2001) - SavannaSavannaA savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
, I can't turn away (1981) - SavannaSavannaA savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
, Never let you go (1982) - ImaginationImaginationImagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability of forming mental images, sensations and concepts, in a moment when they are not perceived through sight, hearing or other senses...
, In & out of love, Body Talk lp (1981) - Mica ParisMica ParisMica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
, I'd hate to love you (1988) - Mica ParisMica ParisMica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
, Like Dreamers do (1988) - Working weekWorking Week (band)Working Week were a British jazz-dance musical ensemble, active in the 1980s and 1990s.Working Week were formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins, who were previously in post punk outfit Weekend...
, Fire in the Mountain (1989) - Jessica Lauren, Siren Song (1994)
- Total contrastTotal ContrastTotal Contrast was a male duo from England, specialising in soul and electro music. Group members were Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray.-Career:...
, Total Contrast, Takes a little time (1985) - Clear Frame, Clear Frame (2008)
- Springheel Jack, Songs & Themes (2008)
- Camelle Hinds, Soul Degrees (1996)
- Shawn LeeShawn LeeShawn Lee , born Lee Chuang Rui, is a Singaporean actor. He first came into prominence for his award-winning performance alongside his friend and co-star Joshua Ang in the box office hit I Not Stupid.-Background and career:...
, Discomfort (1996) - Monday MichiruMonday MichiruMonday Michiru Sipiagin is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul...
Jazz Brat (1994) - Oxford Improvisors, Cohesion festival (2007)
- Steven Grew & Grutronic, Essex Foam Party (2009)
- Beggar & Co featuring the Funk Jazz collective Brass, Strings N Tings (2007)
- David Jean Baptiste, Neuriba (1999)
- Freedom Principle, Acid Jazz & other illicit grooves Vol 2 (1990)
- Jazz WarriorsJazz WarriorsThe Jazz Warriors were an all-black London-based group of jazz musicians that made their debut in 1986. The idea for the band came from the Abibi Jazz Arts - a London organization that promoted black music and black culture - in 1985...
, Chameleon (1993) - David Jean Baptiste, Feeling tones (1997)
- Beggar & Co, The Legacy (2011)
- Cleveland WatkissCleveland WatkissCleveland Watkiss is a versatile English singer who performs in a variety of musical genres, including jazz, reggae, rock music and drum and bass. Watkiss also performs on piano and guitar.-Life:...
, Victory's happy songbook (2001) - Descendants of a quest, From a song to a story ( 2007)
- Kate Shortt, Something to tell you (2006)
- Simon FellSimon FellSimon H. Fell is a bassist and composer; he is primarily known for his work as a free improviser and the composer of ambitiously complex post-serialist works.Fell began playing double bass in 1973...
, Composition No30 BF27 (1998) - Nigel KennedyNigel KennedyNigel Kennedy is a British born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti...
, Four Elements (2011) - Karin Franssen, Private Behaviour (2011)
- Burn out Mama, Out of Office (2009)
- Katy Havnevik, Embla (2005)
- Tony KofiTony KofiTony Kofi is a British Jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of the alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. He currently leads his own Tony Kofi Quartet, Tony Kofi Trio, and is also the co-founder of the Monk Liberation Band—a group which plays the music of Thelonious Monk...
, Plays Monk, All is now (2004) - Rise Kigona & Doug Vetch, Tanzwa Nekutambura (2004)
- Louis Moholo Moholo unit, An open letter to my wife Mpumi (2008)
- Recliner-Various, Lick (2001)
- Meltdown volume1, Various (1999)
- NEWNewNew is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.New or NEW may refer to:- Film and music :* New , a 2004 Tamil movie* "New" , a song by No Doubt from Return of Saturn...
, Verve, Various (1996) - Harry BeckettHarry BeckettHarold Winston "Harry" Beckett was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player.-Biography:A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass...
, The modern sound of Harry Beckett (2008) - Bumper to BumperBumper to BumperBumper to Bumper is the third album from San Francisco, California, USA, alternative rock band Stroke 9. It was released in 1995.-Track listing:# "Washin' + Wonderin'"# "All U Can Take"# "Not Nothin'"# "Little Black Backpack"# "Visualize"...
, Various (1982) - Ensemble Bash, Suite D'Lorenzo, Launch (1996)
- One Love: Tribute to Bob Marley, A tribute to Bob Marley (1996)
- HKB FiNNHKB FiNNHKB FiNN is a British musician, poet & writer. He is known for his role as lead singer for Hip Hop band Katch 22 and his solo work where he fuses a variety of music styles to create a unique sound...
, Vitalistics ( - HKB Finn, Natural Eloquence (2011)
- Richard Anthony Davis, When you need my lovin (1997)
- Shivanova, Polygamy (1993)
- Light of the World + Beggar & Co feat The Funk Jazz collective, Round Trip + Bonus track (2008)
- Pat ThomasPat ThomasPat Thomas is an American football player. Thomas primarily played cornerback but also played at running back and placekicker. He attended Plano High School where he played on the 1971 state championship team. Thomas was an All-American player at Texas A&M University. He played in the NFL for the...
, 4 Compositions for Orchestra (2010) - Noel McKoyNoel McKoyNoel McKoy is a U.K. based soul music singer. His music is a collection of soul, gospel, funk and northern soul intertwined. He also currently owns the Dutch Pot, a nightclub located in London. He has cited his influences as The Beatles, Dennis Brown, Chaka Khan, Martin Luther King and Nelson...
, Mind is the Keeper (1998) - Cameron Pierre, Return to the source (2007)
- Sandra Cross, Just A Dream (1996)
- Byron Wallens, Sound Advice (1996)
Film & Television
- Blood Rights, BBC Drama Episode 1 (1990) Composer
- Blood Rights, BBC Drama Episode 2 (1990) Composer
- Blood Rights, BBC Drama Episode 3 (1990) Composer
- Men of the Month, BBC Films Screen Two(1994) Composer
- Bollywood QueenBollywood QueenBollywood Queen is an Indian take on the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, directed by Jeremy Wooding and starring Preeya Kalidas and James McAvoy in the lead roles. Also produced by Jeremy Wooding, the film was released in 2003.-Plot:...
, Arclight films (2002) Performer - Amos Vogel & Cinema 16, Film as a Subversive Art The Sticking Place (2004) Composer
- The Republic of LoveThe Republic of LoveThe Republic of Love is a 2003 Canada/United Kingdom romantic comedy film drama directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based on the novel of the same name by Carol Shields and starring Bruce Greenwood and Emilia Fox. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003...
, Dan Films (2003) Performer - Eagle Star, 3 x Commercials (1993) Composer/Performer