The band (or bands) I am in (or have been in) are… (or solo)?
Mighty Sounds, and many others …
Weapon(s) of choice?
Trombone, melodica
Random superpower?
I can solve the Guardian cryptic crossword in an average of about ten minutes. Honestly.
Biggest influences?
In no particular order: Stravinsky, Miles Davis, Rico Rodriguez, Dizzy Gillespie, Iannis Xenakis, Charles Ives, Beethoven, John Cage, Thelonious Monk, Spike Jones, Giovanni Gabrieli, Stockhausen, J.J.Johnson & Kai Winding, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band … I could go on, but you get the picture
The song I always want played as I walk on stage…
If you want to buy me a drink I’ll have…
A pint of Harveys bitter
A music video you really need to watch is this one…
Soapbox / Speakers’ corner
There’s a whole load of music out there, from all around the world, from mediaeval plainchant to avant-garde electronics, Scott Joplin to Charlie Parker, Elvis to Stormzy, and Burundi drummers to Japanese Gagaku and Javanese gamelan, and I don’t understand people who close their ears to anything outside their own little cultural bubble. They don’t know what they’re missing.