ABOUT ME
"Alex Stanford never waivers,... spot-on"
Jack Massarik, The Evening Standard
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"Anyone who takes on Fever and makes
something like that out of it has got to be good"
Brian Soundy, UK Jazz Radio
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"Alex is an executant at the highest level"
Mark Messenger, Head of Strings RCM
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"What you do on that piano is terrific"
Robbie Coltrane
"Shades here of the great Bernie Worrell"
Ian Mann [thejazzman]
Alex Stanford is a prolific performer, arranger and composer - occasional bandleader & musical director - but predominantly a sideman collaborating & performing with an eclectic mix of musicians, vocalists, artists and groups in various & varied projects all over the world. Formally trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Alex plays regularly at the Ivy, London, He has been fortunate to perform and record with such people as:
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Mella Faye; Shez Raja; Liane Carroll; Trilok Gurtu; Randy Brecker; Mike Stern; Yasmin Levy; Alan Barnes; Andy Sheppard; Dennis Rollins; Alec Dankworth; Tina May; Digby Fairweather; John Etheridge; Denys Baptiste; Soweto Kinch; Gilad Atzmon; Stan Sulzmann; Henry Lowther; Clark Tracey; Martin Taylor..
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- performing at venues that include: The 02; Royal Festival Hall; Royal Albert Hall; Ronnie Scott’s; Barbican; Jazz Cafe; Shepherd’s Bush Empire; The Burg Al Arab; Hong Kong Concert Hall, the top deck of a Routemaster bus,..