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Geoff Mason

Geoff runs his own jazz quintet with the tenor sax player Simon Spillett and John Horler which has played most of the jazz festivals and clubs in the UK their two Cds have featured on BBC radio 2’s “The Best of Jazz”. He is a member of RMG Collective a Modern/Latin group with Jonathan Gee ,Steve Rubie and Winston Clifford. He has played at the Ronnie Scotts, the 606 Club,The Pizza Express jazz club Dean Street, Cork Jazz Festival, Ealing jazz Festival,and has worked with many top jazz stars including visiting Americans Scott Hamilton ,Greg Abarte & Daryl Sherman and UK musicians Steve Waterman ,Henry Lowther, Derek Nash, Steve Fishwick and Dave O’Higgins. He has also played with many Big Bands including the Ronnie Scott Big band, Len Philips Big Band, Paul Booth's Bansangu band , the Squandronaries and toured with Martha and the Vandellas .Geoff is the Trombone tutor at the University of Kent.

Geoff Mason: GMQ

by Jack Bowers
May 30, 2020

Geoff Mason, one of the UK's leading jazz trombonists, mans the front line by himself on the slyly named GMQ, an eloquent quartet session from which Mason's longtime colleague, the outstanding saxophonist Simon Spillett, is regrettably missing. As nothing can be done to set that right, best to focus on the music at hand, which binds works by jazz masters John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk to a pair of lesser-known originals ("Beyond All Limits," “L's Bop").

Primary Instrument

Trombone

Location

London

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Geoff Mason LTCL Teaching Experience (Brass) If you are intested in Brass lessons or Improvisation lessons I now teach online via Zoom/Skype please email for details. Private teaching of pupils 2002 onwards. Brass tutor at The University of Kent , Duke of Yorks Royal Military School and Wellesley House Prep School since 2006, former pupils have gained music scholarships to Harrow and Stowe public schools. Coaching of Jazz quintet at Trinity College of Music London. Workshop with London Symphony Orchestra for underprivileged children - 2000 Brass teacher and school band coach at Borden Grammar school since 2004, former pupils have won places at The Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music. Workshop with Simon Whiteside Big Band at Royal Grammar School Guildford, coaching pupils - April 2001-2003