He
is a saxophonist, flautist and arranger for brass instruments born in
Dover, England.In his
professional career he was briefly a member of the electro-pop duo,
Leisure Process, but has been primarily a session musician who
quickly became highly sought over and worked with many of the
popular artists that were active during the 1980s and 1990s
including The Beautiful South, Rick Astley, David Bowie, Elvis
Costello, Jamiroquai. Paul Hardcastle, Public Image Ltd., Pet Shop
Boys, Kim Wilde, Tim Finn, Belouis
Some
, Tina Turner,
Bjork, Carlene Carter, Phil Collins
, ABC and The Ruts.He was a
regular member of Level 42 from 1981 and has featured on several of their
albums as well as forming the Henpecked Horns for their horn section, The
Clash where he performed for solo on "1-2 Crush on You" and
appeared on two of their albums, and Swing Out Sister where he appeared
with the Henpecked Horns.He
would later record the song "A Way You'll Never Be" with the
Level 42 members Phil Gould
and Mark King
.He is known for his work
with Stock Aitken Waterman in their studios and after appearing on nearly
200 albums during his career he released his first solo album, Paradise,
in 2002.
