At the age of 8 Brian won a
scholarship to the Royal Academy Of Music to study violin, voice, and harmony.
At 17, gained entrance to university to study architecture. This was where he
developed his love for jazz and taught himself to play the double bass, to help
him finance his studies, he also set up a jazz club at college.
He joined
Sandy Brown's band and also played with many other
notable musicians including; Louis Armstrong, Trummy
Young, Ed Hall & Lionel Hampton. Brian
featured in the melody maker polls, and broadcast regularly and was also in demand
for recording studios, He then stepped back from the jazz scene, aged 24,
having qualified as an architect and concentrated on a successful business career
enabling him to retire to Spain in 1983. 1990
appeared on jazz programs in Spain on local radio. 1991
organized jazz concerts & venues for visiting Artists. And began playing the
double bass again. 1992 founded the
"jazz appreciation society" of Andalucia, with swedish singer Alice
Babs (a singer With Duke Ellington). He started to produce, present &
engineer his jazz programs "All that jazz" on radio Onda Cero, which
has a listenership covering both the Costa del Sol and Costa Brava. As well as
over 200 linked stations throughout spain. Also in 1992 he started doing
his interviews with top jazz musicians. Initially with old friends like Lionel
Hampton. & Mercer Ellington. He then invested in a recording studio
for his home. This enabled him to produce top quality programs for the 6 hours
of air time each weekend. 1996 interviewed
34 top jazz artists on the S.S. Norway jazz cruise. Including; , Al Grey, Illinois
Jacquet, Milt Jackson, Joe Williams, Shirley Horn, Monty Alexander and Bud Shank.
1997 organized
the first Marbella jazz festival.
2000 extended his studio to expand into international broadcasting over the internet.
In
the last 14 years Brian has broadcast over 3000 hours of jazz without repeating
a record, except for a request or to illustrate a feature. His extensive personal
library contains many thousands of albums including many rare recordings.
2001 launched www.jazz-radio.fm. Broadcasting 24 hours
a day with different styles of jazz each day. The site is currently receiving around 200,000 hits and 3000 listeners each day,
and has over 50 references on various search engines already.
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