I play most weeks at the Monday evening jam sessions at the Chester Arms, Chester Street, off Iffley Road, Oxford, led by Jeff (kbd) and Matty (vocals).

I'm looking to join a band that plays jazz standards, with maybe some original material as well.

My sax heroes are Bobby Militello, who plays (mainly alto) on the later Dave Brubeck recordings, Paul Desmond (alto) and Stan Getz (tenor). When I can play like them, I'll be a happy bunny! But my solos attract appreciative comment from time to time, so I keep working at those scales and chord sequences.

Check out the pages below for more detail about how I got into jazz and learnt to improvise -- or come along to the Chester and enjoy the jam session!