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Born in London, 1971, Gail has been a trombonist since the age of 9 and has been playing on the international Jazz and Improvised Music scene since the early 1990s.
She performs solo and with many international improvisers. She has played all styles of music, live and in the studio.
As well as a trombonist, Gail works as a qualified Music Therapist and is professor in Group Improvisation skills on the Music Therapy MA course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
Gail is a member of Executive Committee of the British Musicians Union.
Educated at:
Middlesex University by Chris Batchelor, Stuart Hall and Veryan Weston
1993 -1996
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London:
Post graduate Diploma Music Therapy
2000 - 2001
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Present Projects |
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Lunge - Gail Brand (trombone) Mark Sanders (drums), Phil Durrant (electronics, violin), Pat Thomas (electronics, keyboards) |
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Duo - Gail Brand (trombone), Morgan Guberman (US vocalist) |
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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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Past projects in last 10 years include: |
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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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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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