Tim Wade on trombone

I freelance as a professional trombonist, recording musician with The Horns, as a jazz trombone player as well as for musicals and orchestras. I arrange for singers and jazz bands and give arranging and improvisation workshops.

The Horns is my freelance horn section of three session musicians recording for other artists albums, library and film music. Trombone, sax and trumpet we record for all sorts of projects from film scores and TV theme tunes, ringtones and demo's. Individually I’ve work with the sax and songwriter Ben Tompsett in his Avenue West Project with the Singer and Actor Oliver Tompsett.

I work as a musician with the Stomp Company in the Lost and Found Orchestra. After run at the Sydney Opera House in the Sydney Festival and 30 shows at the Royal Festival Hall we're just back from Amsterdam. I currently play in Simon D'Souzas sextet Spirit perfoming Simon's Mingus inspired original jazz charts.

The Tim Wade Nonet is a tribute to Miles Davis' album Birth of the Cool with the great arrangements of Gil Evans. The Nonet plays at Jazz clubs and festivals, presenting a concert of the album faithfully transcribed and then other unrecorded music by Gil Evans and pieces written by the band members influenced by the album.

I started off by playing bass trombone in touring opera and tenor trombone as a freelance jazz musician. After studying with Phil Wilson at Berklee College of Music in Boston USA, then went to postgraduate jazz studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where I started playing with the current British stars Zoe Rahman, Jo Fooks, Nick Smart and Charlotte Glasson. I have performed with mainstream artists Digby Fairweather, Don Lusher and Bill Le Sage as well as modern jazz giant George Russell. Toured with the Burt Bacharach tribute The Look of Love Orchestra and been a regular sideman in the UK big bands. I then worked all over the world as a theatre musician on the cruise ships. Favourite jazz influences are Jimmy Knepper and Glen Ferris.

 Clips from recordings

For several years I've played with the swing band Rockin' in Rhythm. Featured at various jazz festivals both at home and abroad, Rockin' in Rhythm have released three albums selling several thousand CDs, available in iTunes music store, and regularly tour around France, and also have made expeditions to Sweden, Holland and Spain.

I love working with the fantastic contemporary music ensemble Talkestra! whose concerts combine a uniquely friendly and unstuffy atmosphere with top quality performances. I have arranged for the Texan pop band Toby Beau and the Kroon Kat Lounge and Vavavavoom cabarets. Other projects include the funk band The Thunderbirds and Cuban Salsa band Caliente

Another love is Fred Wesley and I strutted with The Blunter Brothers. Their show paid tribute to the classic stars of Funk music including Mr James Brown, The Average White Band, Stevie Wonder, The Commodores, Curtis Mayfield, Maceo Parker...

Videos


CDs include

Radio and Television includes

  • Paul O'Grady broadcast live December 2008, with Lost and Found Orchestra
  • Modern Toss, music by Dom Nunns, broadcast Channel 4 Jan 2008
  • Brighton Wok film music by Ben Sarfas
  • BBC Radio 3 live broadcast with The George Russell Time Life Orchestra at the Barbican Hall
  • BBC Southern Counties Radio live broadcast of Tim Wade Nonet, May 2006
  • Glyndebourne Opera recording of Zoe broadcast on Channel 4

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