Artist Information

Drums – Ralph Salmins

Ralph is one of the world’s most in-demand drummers – twice voted ‘Best Drummer’ in the British Jazz Awards and three times nominated as a world ‘Top 10’ drummer in the Rhythm Magazine Poll.

Among countless international stars, Ralph has performed with: Wynton Marsalis, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Madonna, James Brown, Robbie Williams, Michael Buble, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, ABBA, Bjork, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Paloma Faith, James Morrison, Girls Aloud, Kelly Rowland, McFly…

Trumpet/Flugelhorn – Martin Shaw

Martin is widely regarded as one of the top jazz soloists in the UK, performing in a wide range of settings from big band to quartet, cutting edge jazz to contemporary pop and funk.

Martin has performed trumpet/flugel with many of the UK’s biggest jazz names including Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Peter King, Dick Morrissey, Tim Garland and the Michel Legrand Jazz Orchestra.

Further afield, his international performing credits include: Sting, Jamiroquai, Natalie Cole, Shirley Bassey, The Brand New Heavies, Jamie Cullum, Gorillaz…

Saxes/Flutes – Andy Panayi

Composer and multi-instrumentalist, Andy is a leading member of the British jazz scene.

Andy’s performing credits include: Wynton Marsalis, Paul McCartney, Salena Jones, Helen Shapiro, John Dankworth, Peter Erskine, Freddie Hubbard, Phil Woods, Joe Lovano, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Costello…

Bass – Geoff Gascoyne

Geoff is one of the UK’s most hi-profile bass players as well as a sought-after composer, arranger, producer and musical educator. We commissioned him to create the music for this 2nd edition of SessionBand Jazz.

In a 25 year career he has played with some of the biggest names in music including Georgie Fame, Michel Legrand, Sting, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Everything But The Girl, Peter King, Sir Willard White, Mari Wilson, Benny Golson and Jamie Cullum – with whom he was bassist, MD and arranger for 7 years.

Keyboards – Tom Cawley

Highly acclaimed, multi award-winning pianist and composer, Tom Cawley is one of the most sought-after keyboard players in the world.

Not only is Tom in great demand as a jazz pianist (Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Watts, Stacey Kent, Yaron Herman, Guy Barker, Curios, Ronnie Scott’s All-Stars…), he is also widely regarded as a leading pop/rock keyboardist, performing around the world with Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and many others.

Producer – Geoff Gascoyne

Detailed Product Information

• 3600 chord-based multi channel loop stacks (Over 9,000 individual loops)
• Original high quality WAV recordings
• 15 diverse popular jazz styles in tempo order: Slow Latin; Slow Funk; Poinciana; New Orleans; Pop Rock; ECM; Cool Swing; Jazz Funk; 6/4; Motown; Reggae; Swing; Boogaloo; 5/4; 7/4
• Tempos from 80bpm to 220bpm
• 10 chord variations for every root note in all 15 styles: maj7(9); maj7(#11); 7(13); 7(b9); 7(#5,#9); 7sus(13); m7(9); m7(b5); m(maj7); dim
• All loops are fully labelled with the following information: style number; bpm; instrument; chord variation and duration
• All loops are arranged into 15 main style folders (construction kits) with sub folders for root note (D, E, F# etc…) and for chord variation (E7(13), Em7(9), Edim etc…)
• All individual component loops in the multitrack are presented together for ease of use but of course, can be used separately
• All 15 main style folders (construction kits) contain the same combination of 2-bar loops and 1-bar end chord loops
• Each of the 15 styles includes 3 alternative drum grooves and drum fills in addition to the ‘main’ drum pattern for that style
• All loops were recorded at The Bunker Studios, UK
• All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works

Technical Specifications

• Quality: 24-bit WAV
• No. of construction kits: 15
• Total download size: 7.9 GB
• Total number of individual loops: 9,075