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Available to hire

 

The pianist and keyboard player studied at Blackheath Conservatoire, Keele University and at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. He has worked with some of the worlds most highly regarded musicians and has toured USA, Europe and Australia. He has performed with Sir Tom Jones, Jack Bruce with the BBC Big Band, The Cinematic Orchestra, Seb Rochford and Matthew Herbert. In the fall of 2008 he composed music for and directed The F-ire Collective Large Ensemble, a sixteen-piece big band, during a short UK tour. His own band Clown Revisited has performed widely around the U.K.

He currently works with Jean Toussaint, The Strange Pretty Things, Graham Hughes Sunshine Kings, Earl Thomas and the Coal Miners, Max De Wardener and also with Popcorn Club Cabaret.
Solo piano

His solo piano set ranges from boogie-woogie, cool jazz, bossanova through to contemporary pop songs. He plays songbook classics by Rogers 'n Hammerstein, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Billy Strayhorn and by Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Tom Jobim, Elton John and Lady Gaga. He also plays classical music by Debussy, Chopin, Rimsky Korsakov and some classic European covers of Serge Gainsbourg, Marlena Deitrich and Edith Piaf.
"..It was just what we were looking for with a varied and entertaining repertoire...I am still impressed how Nick played for so long without sheet music!" - Jarvis Woodhouse Events

Nick Ramm, Zhenya Strigalev Duo/Quartet

Saxophone virtuoso Zhenya Strigalev has performed in Kremlin in Moscow and the Purcell Room in London and he received a full scholarship to attend the Royal Academy Of Music. Since graduating he has formed an essential part of the local jazz scene. The couple met in the now defunct central London club 'Shinos' and the excellent rapport between Strigalev and Ramm was born. Performing jazz and latin classics, as well as some original material, this duo realizes the previously unexplored potential of a St Petersburg and London jazz sound. They released an album of original music called 'Off The Cut' in 2006 - a quartet recording with Dave Whitford on double bass and Gene Calderazzo on drums. In may 2010 they opened the 'Partager' festival at Kings Place with an ode to Django Reinhardt. His classic tunes were set within Strigalev and Ramm's own grooves and motifs.

Fiona Staniland Duo

As well as singing jazz standards and bossanovas, Fiona has her own theatre company F'eatre. She has produced two shows: 'Je T'aime Serge Gainsbourg' and 'Darlene Mietrich - The One Who Didn't Make It To Hollywood'. Her entrancing voice has led her to perform at Spitz, Pizza Express and at Lattitude Festival, Ludlow Festival and Guardian Hey Festival. The Duo have performed together at the Ritzy Cinemas in Greenwich and Brixton, at Baltic Restaurant in Southwark, at the Old Vic Theatre's ground floor bar and at weddings, parties and corporate events up and down the country.




Upcoming gigs:
Every wednesday 12.30-3pm and every thursday 7.30-10pm solo piano residency
Roast Restaurant, Borough Market, London Bridge
www.roast-restaurant.com - bar area for 'listening' with no obligation to eat
saturday 24th july - Solo piano
Tapestry (bar and restaurant) - Mortlake 7-11pm
sunday 1st august - Jimmy Cannon Trio
saxophonist and singer extraordinaire
Roast Restaurant, Borough Market, London Bridge 1pm-5pm
www.roast-restaurant.com - bar area for 'listening' with no obligation to eat
friday 6th august - Jonny Phillips' Oriole
The Crypt, St Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street 9pm-12midnight
"cinematic folkish lullabies that explore the cultural pathways between
Brazil, Europe and West Africa.Gentle beautiful music that is
surprisingly affecting." Time Out
oriole's website
the crypt's website
wednesday 1st september - Piano trio at Roast
Roast Restaurant, Borough Market, London Bridge
www.roast-restaurant.com - bar area for 'listening' with no obligation to eat
saturday 11th september - Clown Revisited
Kings Place (St Pancras room) - 12.45pm entrance 4 pounds
www.kingsplace.co.uk/music



Locations Nick has performed at:

Private Events:

Axis Restaurant,Aldwych
Grovesnor Hotel, Park Lane
Ritzy Cinema, Brixton
Royal Geographic Society
Andrew Jose Hair Sallon, Charlotte St
L'Odeon Bar/Rest, Picadilly
10 Room night club, Picadilly
China Jazz, Berkeley square
Woods River Cruises, the river Thames
The Seville Club, Brooke St W1
Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich
Rivolli Ballrooms, Brockley
London Business School, Regents Park
Carte Blanche Design Consultants
Royal Society Of British Sculptors

 

Public Concerts:

Royal Albert Hall
Royal Festival Hall
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Purcell Room
Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club
Pizza Express, Dean Street
Pizza On The Park
606 Club, Chelsea
Kings Place, Kings Cross
Wapping Hydrolic Power Station
Institute Of Contemporary Art
The Jazz Cafe, Camden
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Smollensky's, The Strand
Quaglino's, Picadilly
Roast Restaurant, Borough Market
Cellar Door, Aldwych
Villandry Restaurant, Great Portland St
Harvey Nicholls, 5th floor
Oxo Tower restaurant