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Notable Jazz Performers Roan Kearsey-Lawson has performed or recorded with: Sax/Flute/Clarinet Players: Scott Hamilton, Alan Skidmore, Don Rendell, Tony Coe, Duncan Lamont, Tony Kofi, Jean Toussaint, Alan Barnes, Don Weller, Art Themen, Ducan Lamont Jr, Osian Roberts, Jo Fooks, Jimmy Hastings, Geoff Simkins, Karen Sharp, Robert Fowler, Chris Biscoe, Andy Panayi, Derek Nash, Martin Speake, Allison Neale, Dave O'Higgins, Sam Mayne, Tracey Mendham, Simon Spillett, Paul Booth, Greg Abate, Tommy Whittle, Mornington Lockett, Benn Clatworthy, Brandon Allen, Nigel Hitchcock, Frank Griffith, Julian Marc Stringle, Charlotte Glasson, Pete Hurt, Kelvin Christiane, Matt Wates, Alex Garnett, Pete Long, Steve Rubie, Nadim Teimoori, Tommaso Starace, Serge Lippens, Tim Collinson, Theo Travis, Matt Telfer, Dave Black, Sam Walker, Trish Clowes, Tori Freestone, Martin Hathaway, Keith Waithe, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Michael Coates, Riley Stone-Lonergan, Mick Foster, Gareth Lockrane, Josh Kemp Trumpet Players: Digby Fairweather, Harry Beckett, Nick Smart, Jay Phelps, Steve Waterman, Steve Fishwick, Janusz Carmello, Dick Pearce, Shanti Paul Jayasinha, Henry Lowther, Ray Butcher, Reuben Fowler, Henry Armburg-Jennings, Andy Gibson, Singers: Frank Holder, Marlene Verplanck, Jeff Hooper, Daryl Sherman, Trudy Kerr, Tina May, Lee Gibson, Anita Wardell, Ingrid James, Yots K, Polly Gibons, Laura Zakian, Anton Browne, Barbara Jay, Shane Hampsheir, Sarah Ellen Hughes, Juliet Kelly, Verona Chard, Zoe Gilby, Sumudu, Sue Rivers, Sarah Moule, Kai Hoffman, Jimmy Cannon. Trombone Players: Mark Knightingale, Mark Bassey, Malcolm Earl Smith, Geoff Mason, Nick Mills Piano: Darius Brubeck, John Pearce, Mike Garrick, John Horler, Jonathan Gee, John Critchinson, Rob Barron, Dorian Ford, Kit Massey, Mike Hatchard, Will Bartlett, John Crawford, Chris Jerome, Anders Arum, Dave Rees-Williams, James Hayes, Liam Dunachie, Craig Milverton, Nick Peck, Ted Beament, Chris Neill Guitar: John Etheridge, Jim Mullen, Dominic Ashworth, Nigel Price, Dave Cliff, John Myhill, Shane Hill, Len Walker. Bass: Paul Morgan, Alec Dankworth, Joe Pettitt, Simon Woolf, Andre Messeder, Mick Hutton, Fred Baker, Geoff Gascoyne, Larry Bartley, Mick Durell, Jerome Davies, Neil Francis, Mike Porter-Ward, John Richardson, Tron Bull-Hansen, Lydian Dhami, Ashley DeNeef, Paul Baxter, Nick Kacal, Alec Dankworth, Tom Mark, Val Manix, Eric Guy, Drums & Other: Pete Cater, Clark Tracy, Dave Trigwell, Rod Brown, Winston Clifford, Les Circle, Nick Millward, Matt Fishwick, Phil Laslett, Arne Dybdahl, Sam Kelly, Chris Nichols, Tom Townsend, Phil Hopkins (Harmonica/Drums), Aref Durvesh (Tabla) .

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