Beats & Pieces Big Band are a British big band who are directed by conductor and composer Ben Cottrell, and based in Manchester. They have cited Acoustic Ladyland and Radiohead as big influences, while Jazzwise wrote "they can truly claim to be a successor to Loose Tubes". In 2014 they won Jazz Ensemble of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Personnel the band's touring lineup consists of: Ben Cottrell: director Anthony Brown, Emily Burkhardt, Oliver Dover: saxophones Owen Bryce, Graham South, Nick Walters: trumpet Simon Lodge, Rich Mcveigh, Phil O'Malley: trombone Anton Hunter: guitar Richard Jones: piano/Rhodes Stewart Wilson: bass Finlay Panter: drums
Awards 2011: European Young Artists' Jazz Award, Burghausen, Germany 2014: Jazz Ensemble of the Year, Parliamentary Jazz Awards, London
Discography Albums Big Ideas (Efpi, 2012) All In (Efpi, 2015) Ten (Efpi, 2018) Good Days (Efpi, 2023)
EPs Beats & Pieces (2010)
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