rachael wakefield

My greatest inspirations are: my piano teacher and A Level music teacher, Daphne King; my first sax teacher, Pete Fraser, and my brilliant university sax teacher and professor of jazz, Kevin Flanagan.

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My jazz heroes, to name but a few, are: Hank Mobley; Dexter Gordon; John Coltrane; Miles Davis; Charlie Parker: Stan Getz: Gerry Milligan; Joe Henderson; Joshua Redman; Chad Lefkowitz-Brown; Mark Turner; Grace Kelly, and Melissa Aldana.

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I've been part of numerous bands, including...

East Norfolk Schools Wind Band, East Norfolk Youth Jazz Orchestra, East Norfolk Youth Choir, Baroque Recorder Ensemble, Anglia Ruskin Jazz Orchestra, Anglia Ruskin Sax Ensemble, Anglia Chamber Choir, Anglia Chorus, Jonathan Wyatt Big Band, Emergency Services Choir, Joe Ringer Choir, One Voice Glee Club, Sax Quartet, Umgawa Kagooga (function band), Blues Bluffers, Blue Lion Band (function band) New Taverham Players pit band for Our House, New Taverham Players pit band for Made in Dagenham, Pig Bag – Let’s Rock 80s Festival, Nighttrain (function band).