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Nikki Iles (piano), Rufus Reid (double bass), Jeff Williams (drums)

Released 20th Feb 2012 on Basho Records
Cat no: SRCD 38-2 | Barcode: 0832929003820

Nikki with Norma Winstone

NIKKI's BAND "PRINTMAKERS" WHICH FEATURES NORMA WINSTONE ON VOCALS NOMINATED FOR "BEST BAND" IN THE 2010 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS WHICH TAKE PLACE ON MAY 19TH AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

The APPJAG currently has over 100 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament. The Group’s officers are Co-Chairs Michael Connarty MP and Lord Colwyn, Secretary Joan Walley, MP and Treasurer Lord Davies of Coity.

Nikki Nominated for Paul Hamlyn Award for Composition (Result Sep 2010)

Nikki awarded Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (HonARAM) for special contributions to the Academy

“ Jazz on a Winters Night “ A selection of 12 arrangements for piano of Christmas music including classics sung by Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole,but also some english carols such as “In The Bleak Mid Winter” and Peter Warlock’s “Balulalow” (Oxford University Press)

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