Guest Artists

The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra has been proud to work with the following distinguished music celebrities.

* denotes artists that have recorded CD’s with the band

Kenny Baker Mark Nightingale Bill Berry
Dennis Noday Jiggs Whigam Benny Carter
Marion Montgomery George Chisholm Danny Moss
Angela Christian Buddy Childers Conte Candoli
Bud Shank Nigel Nash John Dankworth
BBC Big Band Bill Perkins Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis
Courtney Pine Herb Ellis Alan Randall
Syd Lawrence Orch. Digby Fairweather Spike Robinson
Gordon Campbell Paul Eshelby Herb Geller
Andy Martin Pete Christlieb Arturo Sandoval
Lee Gibson Brenda Scott Salena Jones
Barney Kessel Bobby Shew * Peter King
Dave O’Higgins Art Themen Stan Tracey
Jeannie Lambe Richard Torres Don Lusher
Rob McConnell Olaf Vas Ian McDougall
Lanny Morgan * Tommy Whittle Dick Morrissey
Phil Wilson Victor Mendoza Ricky Woodard
Kathy Stobart Georgie Fame Jeff Hooper
Allen Vizzutti Guy Barker Nigel Hitchcock
Jools Holland Rosemary Squires Gary Wilmott
Bill Watrous Duncan Lamont Roy Williams
John Barnes Alan Barnes Bruce Adams
Jack Parnell Bob Florence Dave Horler
Elaine Delmar Madeline Bell Ronnie Hughes
Jamie Cullum Frank Mantooth Michael Parkinson
Henry Lowther Stan Sulzmann Marlene Ver Planck
Denis Lotis Jacqui Dankworth Ken Peplowski
John Horler John Etheridge Julian Siegel
Greg Abate Clare Teal Marlene VerPlanck
Stephen Triffitt