The Charlotte Glasson Band has released 3 CD’s to great acclaim, ‘Charlotte’s World Wide Web,’‘Escapade,’ and ‘Travels with Charlotte Glasson.’ To buy a CD now go to Buy CD’S Page.

It’s a 5 piece band playing mainly original tunes by Charlotte inspired by gypsy jazz, ska, latin and world music. The band features Mark Bassey on trombone Jason Henson on guitar, Dave Holdsworth on tuba and pocket trumpet, and Sam Glasson on drums/percussion. They have recently returned form Ireland, where they recieved this rave review;

“Sax player Charlotte Glasson leads a five-piece instrumental band (with tuba instead of bass) who play a particularly uplifting blend of reggae, various jazz styles, klezmer and Latino. ‘Six Steps’ is an infectious foot-tapper and ‘Belly Up’ is full of Middle Eastern promise, with Jason Henson’s steamy guitar and Dan Hewson’s sizzling trombone fine foils for Glasson’s flute playing. ‘Patativa’ has exotic Latino rhythms underlying some playful instrumental work, with Glasson’s breathy flutings evoking memories of Roland Kirk and Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson. If you’ve ever wondered what smiles sound like, this is it.”

 

Jackie Hayden-Hot Press-May 7 2009

As a freelance musician Charlotte’s worked with Oasis, The Divine Comedy, Nerina Pallot, John Martyn, John Cooper Clarke,The Lost and Found Orchestra, Claire Martin, Ladyhawke, Will Young, Lorraine Bowen, George Dillon, Antonio Forcionne, Will Gaines, Unkle, Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, Future Cut, Foy Vance, Lightspeed Champion, Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Julian Lloyd Webber, Joby Talbot, Isobel Griffiths, and Ian Shaw to name a few.

Equally at home playing jazz, classical music, blues, soul, funk, latin, country and everything in between she’s kept busy on the music scene. She has also composed music for an Art Installation at The Ashmoleon museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Lei Lei, and music for theatre performances by George Dillon. She has played all over the world including The Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s, jazz festivals in the UK and Europe, and in Philadelphia, Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

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“A touch of the Hot Club De France, a hint of Coltrane, echoes of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, a theme that comes could have come from the Jazz Messengers- all jazz history is there! Great fun”

review of Travels with Charlotte Glasson.