Tuesday 13 January 2009

Ronson Killed The Horn Section

Although Mark Ronson bastarized, raped, pillaged, desecrated, destroyed, murdered and sabotaged the great horn section, with his remix of pop records by just throwing the Dap Kings all over them, Horns are great and these guys are wicked.



Check them out on myspace The three piece, consists of Ryan Jacob: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Mike Lesirge: Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet and Alan Hardiman: Trombones. They have worked with the likes of:

The section’s projects in 2008 included: recording legendary singer Alice Russell’s latest album "Pot of Gold"; recording and arranging for new Sony-RCA signing Zarif’s debut album; headlining the Big Chill and Loop Festivals with Tru Thoughts artists TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio; and recording for Craig David’s latest hit single "Hot Stuff".

Other collective session and live credits include: The Who, Estelle, Jamie Cullum, McFly, Mika, Jamie Woon, Ziggy Marley, Bat For Lashes, The Blockheads, The Four Tops, The Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo, Andreya Triana, David McAlmont, Aynzli, The Heritage Orchestra, Amy Pearson, Vula (from Basement Jaxx), Odyssey, Brenda Edwards, Tha 4orce, The Ronnie Scott Big Band, Katrina and the Waves and The Glenn Miller Orchestra. TV and Radio work has included: Later With Jools Holland, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide on BBC Radio 1, The X Factor, CDUK, The Mark Lamarr Show on BBC Radio 2, Record of the Year, Smash Hits Poll Winners, Grease is The Word, and the Paul O'Grady Show. The section have worked with producers Fraser T. Smith (Plan B., Craig David), Tommy D (Kylie Minogue, Corinne Bailey Rae), Full Phatt Productions (Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Mutya Buena), Dave Brant (Liberty X), Tim Baxter (Amy Pearson, Katherine McPhee), Ben Dubuisson (Joseph Malik, Alison Crockett, High Noon Records) and John Hendicott (Jamie Woon).

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