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SOUNDIAL... THE MUSICIANS
 Patrick Naylor - Guitar has performed extensively as a guitarist and band leader. He has played on numerous CDs as part of the Julian Costello Quintet, David Beebee's Gaya and Viper's Dream, and has worked extensively as a session musician for Mercury Records.  His band Viper's Dream was featured on Radio 4's recent serial of Maigret and a major film project featuring Jimmy Mystery (East is East) and Dougray Scott released in 2007. Soundial have toured the UK three times.
"Thoughtful, inventive and authoritative" - Crescendo
"One if the UK's best British guitarists" - Chrissie Murray
"A highly articulate mellow musician" - Tony Hall, Jazzwise
 
 
Ian East - Saxophone/flute/zurna (traditional oboe).  
Ian plays saxaphones, flute, clarinet and zurna (aka  zourna/sorna/surla/zurla) professionally and grew up in cosmopolitan London with a large appetite for various  music from all over the world. When studying for four years at the Royal Academy of Music he met up with like minded collaborators David Beebee and Patrick Naylor and went on to form Beeboss Records with them - a label  dedicated to promoting British contemporary jazz and creative music.  He has worked with Steve Melling's  Quartet, Tim Whitehead's Sight Reading Mothers, David Beebee's Gaya, Brasil Universo (playing music of Hermeto  et al), New Dreams Quartet (inspired by Don Cherry), Philip Clouts Quartet, Paul Booth's Harbour Jazz Orchestra  and Patrick Naylor's Soundial among many other groups and also runs his own projects - Balkanatics, The Red  Davuls, Ian East Quartet and Momentito (with David Beebee).  Many of the varied CD releases he's been involved  with can be found on the Beeboss Records web site.  He's also involved in music education at the Blackheath      Conservatoire.  He performed/taught with Eddie Parker's Integrated Music Project IMPRO and also spent five years performing and leading workships for Yehudi Menuhin's 'Live Music Now!'
"East on tenor is fluent and passionate" Tony Hall, Jazz Express.
"Our long range tip for the top" Jack Massarick, Evening Standard.
"[East's] tenor playing is peculiarly reminiscent of his soprano playing and he uses both to good advantage." Brian Morton, Jazzwise.
 David Beebee - Electric Basshas been writing music and running bands for fifteen years.  He has  travelled into some remote corners of the world and is continually writing new music in as many  directions as possible.  His most recent project is Gaya, is a nine piece band playing original  compositions, featuring some of the best young jazz musicians in London.  He also runs Beeboss  Records dedicated to new British jazz 'which deserves to be heard'.
 Milo Fell - Drumshas played percussion/drums with a host of top British musicians including Don  Weller, Jean Toussaint, Bryon Wallen and Martin Shaw, and is a founder member of the highly  acclaimed Clarke/Thorne/Fell Trio.  He played on Tim Whitehead's "Personal Standards" album -  named BBC Music Magazine's CD of the Year and has gigged at Ronnie Scott's with Andrew Coleman  (Young Jazz Musician of the year '99), Colin Riley and Tim Whitehead's 'Tides'.  Milo also  teaches drums at primary and secondary schools and is a mean chess and thumb piano player.   music been writing music and running bands for fifteen years.  He has travelled into some remote corners of the world and is continually writing new music in as many directions as possible.  His most recent project is Gaya, is a nine piece band playing original compositions, featuring some of the best young jazz musicians in London.  He also runs Beeboss Records dedicated to new British jazz 'which deserves to be heard'.