Short bio:
His “Nat Steele Quartet” is regularly featured at the Late, Late show at Ronnie Scott's and as a result he has recently attracted compliments for his playing from the likes of Benny Green, Joe Locke, Jason Marsalis, Harold Mabern and Eric Alexander, has studied with Mike LeDonne and had the good fortune to sit in with both Benny Green and Wynton Marsalis.
In September 2017 he launched his debut album, “Portrait of the Modern Jazz Quartet” on Trio Records, with the launch held at Ronnie Scott’s.
He’s travelled around the UK playing with his group, and alongside high-profile UK players such as Pete Long, Georgina Jackson, Allison Neale and others. He recently completed a tour of Eastern Canada, performing in Ottawa, Montreal and 3 nights at the great Jazz Bistro (formerly Top ‘o The Senator) in Toronto, as well as giving a very well received masterclass to undergraduate jazz students at the University of Toronto.
Further bio:
Born in 1985, he grew up in Oxford and Reading, his introduction to regular performance being as a chorister in New College Choir (he was on their CD Agnus Dei, which was one of the best selling classical albums at the time it was released). His first instrument was violin, which he studied as a child for about 8 years, and experimented with clarinet, piano, Javanese Gamelan, drums and Cuban percussion before finally settling on vibraphone and drums in his late teens. His interest in jazz was brought about through rifling through his father’s record collection as a child, and then later going to see American greats like Cedar Walton, James Moody, Monty Alexander, Joe Locke and so on performing at Ronnie Scott's while he was still only 13 or 14. He is largely self taught, learning directly from the masters on the records and other musicians on the scene, and he has attended masterclasses by Barry Harris, John Pattituci and Billy Cobham.
