He is a trumpeter and teacher born in England.He would become a member of the Philip
Jones Brass Ensemble
and appear in several of their recordings
including their 1973 Classics for Brass and Pictures at an
Exhibition by Mussorgsky. In
1977 and 1980 he performed on the soundtracks of the first two Star Wars films as a member of the London
Symphony Orchestra
and later soundtracks he
can be heard on are the Original Cast recordings of Phantom of the
Opera, Evita and Midsummer Night's Dream. As a teacher his students
include the acclaimed trumpet soloist Mark Cox.