Julian Siegel | |
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Background information | |
Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Nottingham, England |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist, composer, arranger |
Instrument(s) | Saxophone, clarinet |
Website | www |
Julian H. Siegel (born 1966[1]) is a British jazz saxophone and clarinet player, and a composer and arranger, described by MOJO Magazine as "One of the UK's most creative saxophonists"[2]
Siegel has toured and recorded with Greg Cohen and Joey Baron and was awarded the BBC Jazz Awards 2007 for Best Instrumentalist.[3]
Siegel won the 2011 London Awards for Art and Performance Jazz.[4] In 2015 won his quartet Partisans (Gene Calderazzo, Phil Robson, Thad Kelly) with the album Swamp the Parliamentary Jazz Awards Jazz Album of the Year.[5]
Leading European saxophonist and jazz tutor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Julian Siegel, has won the London Jazz Award for Art and Performance 2011. Announced by the London Festival Fringe, the award recognises the talent and dedication of singers and instrumentalists working in and visiting the city.