James Gleave

Synthesizer, keyboards. Born in Edinburgh in 1956. Moved to Surrey in 1960 and began playing piano in 1960's. Started jamming with other musicans in the early 1970's including the Oa Band in 1975. Went on to play in Tax Free in 1976 and Talisker in 1977 gigging at Ronnie Scott's in London and doing a studio session for the Jazz In Britain programme on BBC Radio 3 which was also broadcast in 1977. Musical influence JS Bach, John Coltraine, Miles Davis and Keith Emerson with the Nice.