Musicians

Some great musicians have played with All Bluff & Porterage including Paul Clarvis, Frank Ricotti, Anthony Kerr, Roger Beaujolais and Dave Hassell. The current musicians are:

Julian Fairbank

Since leaving the Guildhall, Julian has had a varied career including theatre, studio and orchestral work.

He has worked on many west end productions including “Les Miserables”, “Miss Saigon”, “Sunset Boulevard” and “Saturday Night Fever” and currently works at “Mamma Mia”.

His work in the studio has included sessions for many TV shows including Victoria Wood, French & Saunders and Reeves & Mortimer; several films including “Evita”, numerous jingles, and many pop, library and cast albums. He has also played on a freelance basis with the LSO, BBCSO, London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden amongst others.

Recently Julian appeared as “Xylophone Man” in a Direct Line TV commercial.

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Chris Baron

Chris studied at the Guildhall School of music. Since leaving in 1985 he has been well known both as a drummer and a percussionist in a wide range of musical genres.

Based in London, Chris has had a busy career playing for freelance recording sessions (films, CDs, TV and radio), the major London orchestras, West End shows (including Follies, Miss Saigon, Chigaco, Evita and the Lion King), Strictly Come Dancing Arena Tour and occasional jazz ventures including the BBC Big Band, Roger Beaujolais, London Jazz Orchestra, Under the Influence and All Bluff and Porterage. His playing can be heard numerous film soundtracks and CDs.

Along side session work he is currently playing in the Lion King and working on new albums for his jazz projects.

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Justin Woodward

Having left the Royal College of music in 1996 Justin has enjoyed an incredibly varied musical career.

Five years on Lord Menuhin’s Live Music Now scheme has led to many flute and marimba duo recitals.

Justin’s jazz vibraphone playing has led him to work with the BBC Big Band, Anthony Kerr, Van Morrison and many other groups. He has played with the Philharmonia orchestra, City of London ballet, Rambert dance company, Britten Sinfonia and worked on numerous education projects with many of the London orchestras. Justin has worked at the National Theatre on Matthew Bourne’s Play Without Words, has played marimba many times on the west end production of the Lion King and is currently playing drums in the west end musical Mary Poppins.

Justin also regularly plays for HRH the Prince of Wales with his folk music band.

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Tim Goodyer

Tim is the resident drummer for the London production of Dirty Dancing.

Other recent work includes: Avenue Q, Saturday Night Fever, How to Solve a Problem Like Maria, Marcello Detroit, BBC Concert Orchestra, Elaine Page and Natalie Williams.

Last year included sessions for Toyota, Sony Classics, Olivier Theatre Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Earth, Wind and Fire tribute band, Serpentine Fire.

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