Robbie Ellison

Robbie Ellison is one of the most respected young drummers in London. As well as running his weekly Wednesday night session at the Brewhouse in Highbury, he can be found playing all over London the UK and throughout Europe as an in-demand (though perhaps overly-opinionated) member of the contemporary jazz community. His compositions and arrangements draw upon a diverse range of influences, including the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, Mary Lou Williams, Gil Evans, Benny Golson and Slide Hampton, as well as classical composers Chopin, Mahler and Schoenberg. After living his early years in Jamaica and Hong Kong, Dominic Howles moved to leafy Somerset at the age of 13 to encounter two things he had never experienced before; Snow and the Wurzels. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was able to play with renowned pianist John Taylor, singer Norma Winstone and saxophonist Stan Sulzmann, Dominic has been busy on the British jazz scene playing all across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Some of the people with whom he has played and recorded include Stacey Kent, Anita Wardell, Gary Smulyan, Kate Williams, Julian Siegel, Phil Robson, Tim Richards, Gareth Lockrane, Pete Long, Malcolm Earle Smith, Pete Cater, and many others.