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Olly Wedgwood
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A brief history of the band!The concept of the Jazz Soul Boogie Band is based around the piano and vocals of Olly Wedgwood and has been quietly formulating over several years. Olly has been gigging and leading bands for over fifteen years, starting early on by founding the 'Big Jazz and Blues Band' during his sixth form at Hampton School. At Cambridge University, he then founded, conducted, arranged music for and managed Selwyn Jazz, an 18-piece swing band as well as The Lovehandles - a high energy rhythm & blues 9-piece playing fantastic covers to the bopping student masses! After Uni, Olly worked as an engineer and physics teacher by day and gigged by night with various jazz and soul ensembles. In 2004, he handed in his notice and went pro, playing frequently with the Oxford Jazz Quintet (Jamie Cullum's previous group before he rocketed to stardom) as well as his own jazz and funky bands. Olly has now combined the talent of the many professional players he has worked with on the gig circuit with his own repertoire and arrangements resulting in the formation of the versatile and thoroughly professional Jazz Soul Boogie Band which comes in two flavours - the OW3 Jazz Trio (3-5 piece band playing mainstream jazz and soul) and The OW4 (4-6 piece band playing "Disco Groove 'n' Boogie" for great dancing!). The diverse styles of the Jazz Soul Boogie Band reflect Olly's love of playing a broad range of music
from swing to well known pop songs. To hear Olly's original music, visit the album pages!
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