Jamie Talbot

James Robert "Jamie" Talbot (b. April 23, 1960, London) is an English jazz alto saxophonist.

Talbot played with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and then with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while young. He attended the Royal College of Music in 1978-79, then recorded throughout the decades of the 1980s and 1990s with Clark Tracey, Stan Tracey, Jack Sharpe, John Dankworth, Colin Towns, Guy Barker, Richard Niles, Shorty Rogers, Michael Nyman, and Bud Shank. He also played with Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle, Gil Evans, Mel Torme, and Quincy Jones. He has done extensive work as a session musician in commercial studios.

In addition to saxophone, Talbot also occasionally plays clarinet, both in jazz and classical settings.

Discography as leader

*"Altitude", 1986 LP

References

*Mark Gilbert, "Jamie Talbot". "Grove Jazz" online.