One of the UK's most revered trumpet players

Stockport native Neil Yates is one of Britain’s most revered trumpet/flugelhorn players. A graduate of both the University of Salford and the Guildhall School of Music, during which time he was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Neil has had a long and critically acclaimed career through leading his own groups New Origins and e2k, as a founding member of Gary Crosby’s Nu- Troop and in collaborations with John Taylor, Dean Masser, Don Weller, Denys Baptiste, Tom Remon, Alex Wilson, Clark Tracey and more. Neil has also studied with Hal Galper and Barry Harris, and uniquely for a trumpet player is a highly regarded practitioner of Irish traditional music. In this area he has worked with Sharon Shannon, Mike McGoldrick, The Irish Memory Orchestra and performed at Belfast’s Trad With A Difference festival.

Neil has also had a long career as a much sought after session musician and has toured and recorded with Brand New Heavies, Supergrass, Black Grape, Lighthouse Family, Alison Moyet, Will Young, Raw Stylus, Suggs, Matt Bianco, Robbie Williams and Rhian Benson.

Joining Neil for a night of classic sounds, jazz standards and bebop are three musicians who speak a common language. Myles Drennan on Hammond Organ, Barry McCormack on guitar and Shane O’Donovan on Drums. Excitement guaranteed.

Neil Yates-Trumpet/Flugelhorn

Myles Drennan-Hammond Organ

Barry McCormack-Guitar

Shane O’Donovan-Drums

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