Anthony Kerr Quartet
Anthony Kerr was born in Belfast and is regarded by many as the most enchanting, original and exciting Vibraphone Player in the jazz idiom of today. He also works with the BBC Big Band as a session musician and has been commissioned to write for Television and Radio.
Taught percussion at Belfast School of Music & Harrow School. Tutor with percussion section of Irish Youth Orchestra. Jazz improvisation teaching at Queens University, Belfast, Southampton University, Morley College, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Royal Academy of Music in London. He also teaches privately.. Having spent two years studying and performing in New York in the 1980s, he then moved to London to perform and record with many great musicians including George Shearing, Elvis Costello, Georgie Fame, Claire Martin, Louis Stewart, Norma Winstone, Peter King and Joe Lovano. He has either been voted, or been nominated ‘best instrumentalist’ in the British Jazz Awards every year since 1994.
Anthony was the original endorser for the Xylosynth and his wise advice to the manufacturer has proved invaluable - his be-boptastic playing is an inspiration. Voted Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 1995 Anthony studied with David Friedman and has made a couple of well received albums. Apart from session work Anthony's credits include the Anthony Kerr Mallet Band, and the BBC Big Band
This new quartet includes Phil Robson, guitar, Jeremy Brown, bass, and Matt Skelton, drums.
