Artist Information

Saxophone – Dave O’Higgins

Described as “…one of the most vigorously compelling tenor players on the UK (Jazz) scene”, Dave is a popular and well known figure on an international level, having recorded 14 albums as leader with various lineups.

He cut his teeth with NYJO, Cleo Laine, Roadside Picnic and Mezzoforte and went on to work with Jim Mullen, Ray Charles, Martin Taylor, Itchy Fingers, Frank Sinatra, Salif Keita, Jimmy Smith, Joe Locke, Kyle Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Stan Tracey, Matthew Herbert, Chico Chagas and the BBC Big Band to name only a few.

The Guardian recently described Dave as a “dazzling post-bop tenorist with a magnificent range and a dramatic turn of phrase”.

Drums – Sebastiaan de Krom

Dutch born drummer Sebastiaan de Krom graduated cum laude with a dual degree from Berklee College of Music and went on to study a Masters Degree at New England Conservatory.

In 1995 he won the prestigious Buddy Rich Award and from 1997-1999 was the drummer for the renowned Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Performance program.

Sebastiaan has performed with many international stars including Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Dave Holland and Jamie Cullum.

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…

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.

Bass – Geoff Gascoyne

Geoff is one of the UK’s most hi-profile bass players as well as a prolific composer, arranger, producer and musical educator.

In a 25 year career, he has played with some of the biggest names in music including Georgie Fame, Sting, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Gloria Estefan and Jamie Cullum – with whom he was bassist, MD and arranger for 7 years.

Producer – Geoff Gascoyne

Detailed Product Information

• 3600 chord-based multi channel loop stacks (Over 9,000 individual loops)
• Original high quality WAV recordings
• 15 more diverse popular jazz styles in tempo order: Jazz Ballad; Swing Funk; Slow ECM; Slow 3 / 4; Love Supreme; Medium Latin; Swing Jazz Licks; Swing Guide Tones; Bembe; Fast ECM; Fast Latin; Safari; Trad Jazz; 7 / 4 Even 8ths; Fast Swing
• Tempos from 80bpm to 250bpm
• 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 jazz styles includes 15 alternative drum grooves and drum fills in addition to the ‘main’ drum pattern for that style
• All loops 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: 6.7 GB
• Total number of individual loops: 9,255