The Jazz Podcast

Simon Purcell

April 17, 2020 Rob Cope & Dan Farrant
The Jazz Podcast
Simon Purcell
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Show Notes

Jazz pianist, composer and educator, Simon Purcell originally came to prominence during the UK jazz boom of the 1980s through his band ‘Jazz Train’. A passionate music educator and thinker, Simon has been active in the conservatoire sector since 1987, first as a senior lecturer within the jazz course at GSMD between 1987-2005, Head of Jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music between 2005-2017 and now returning to GSMD as International Professor of Improvisation. Music is the track, Make Someone Happy with Liane Carroll from the album Red Circle. 

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