Formerly lead trumpet with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), he has since performed with the London Symphony Orchestra and as guest Principal with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the award-winning Misha Mullov-Abbado Patchwork Orchestra. James' own group “Quintet-a-Tete”, co-led with Callum Au and featuring the music of Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer, performs regularly at the 606 to great acclaim.

For this show, James has asked one of the UK's most highly regarded, award-winning trombonists, Mark Nightingale, to be his special guest. Also renowned as a composer and arranger, Mark has worked with a who's who of jazz greats through the years, including James Morrison, John Dankworth, Stan Tracey and Alan Barnes (and it's Mark's playing you heard on Sting's best-selling album, 'Ten Summoner's Tales'). A terrific, swinging jazz gig from two masters of the genre.