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Born in London, 1971, Gail has been a trombonist since the age of 9. A former student at Middlesex University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
she is a commissioned composer and has performed on the international jazz and improvising scene since the early 1990s.
Past and present collaborators include , Billy Jenkins, Mark Sanders, Morgan Guberman, Elton Dean, Phil Minton, Pat Thomas,
Lol Coxhill, Veryan Weston, Oren Marshall, Maggie Nichols, Luc Ex and countless others.
With a growing number of acclaimed CDs under her own name, she appears on many others and has received critical accolades for her recorded work.
As well as a trombonist, Gail works as a qualified Music Therapist and is the professor of Group Improvisation skills at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London on the Music Therapy MA course.
Gail is a member of Executive Committee of the British Musicians Union.
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Present Projects |
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Duo - Gail Brand (trombone) Mark Sanders (drums) |
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Duo - Gail Brand (trombone), Morgan Guberman (US vocalist) |
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'Somedectet' - new large ensemble featuring Gail Brand, Hannah Marshall,
Alex Hawkins, Dom Lash, Javier Carmona and countless others...
playing original tunes with improvisation at the heart of the music. |
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Past projects include: |
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Lunge - Gail Brand (trombone) Mark Sanders (drums), Phil Durrant (electronics, violin), Pat Thomas (electronics, keyboards) |
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Billy Jenkins 'Songs of Praise' tour 06/07 - with Gail Brand, Oren Marshall, Charles Hayward, Dylan Bates, Nat Facey. |
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Four walls + 2 - Gail Brand and Isobel Dutoit (clarinet) joined the established international quartet: Luc Ex, Veryan Weston, Michael Vacher and Phil Minton for European dates 05/06. |
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SFQ 1 - Simon H. Fell (Double Bass), Gail Brand (trombone), Alex Maguire (piano), Alex Ward (clarinet), Steve Noble (drums) |
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Ipse (Occupation) - piece in 3 movements for solo trombone and samples:
Commissioned by The Jerwood Charitable trust and The Women's Playhouse Trust. |
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Billy Jenkins' 'Suburbia Tour' UK Tour 2000 |
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Contemporary Music Network: 'London Skyscraper' - Butch Morris Conduction UK Tour 1997 |
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Broadcasts |
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Gail Brand/Mark Sanders Studio Recording.
(BBC Radio 3) |
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Billy Jenkins' 'Suburbia Tour' Recorded live at the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK.
(BBC Radio 3) |
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'Lunge' Studio recording (BBC Radio 3) |
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'Simon Fell Quintet' (SFQ1) Studio recording (BBC Radio 3) |
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'Woman's Hour' Interview and live performance (BBC Radio 4) |
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'Ipse (Occupation)' Solo trombone and samples composition - studio recording (BBC Radio 3) |
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'Lunge' Freedom of the City Fest 2003 (BBC Radio 3) |
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'Back in your town' with Han Bennink, John Coxon, Ashley Wales, J. Spaceman, Steve Beresford, Alan Wilkinson - 2006 (BBC Radio 3) |
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'Four walls + 2' Recorded live at the Konfrontationen Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria (BBC Radio 3)
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