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Welcome to Andy Peate Professional Wedding Musician
All Round Musician in Birmingham
My name is ANDY PEATE and I am regarded as a very versatile musician best known on the local scene as a jazz trumpet/flügelhorn player.
At one time or another, I have played brass and keyboards at top level in bands playing jazz, big band, blues, funk/fusion, gospel, mainstream pop of all decades, ska, soca, reggae, folk, Country & Western. My repertoire is therefore very varied and extensive.
I also teach beginners' keyboards, and was a lecturer in music theory, history and appreciation at a leading local college.
I am also totally at home as a solo pianist, having played in hotel foyer/lounge bars, restaurants, clubs etc., and my speciality is blues and boogie woogie, at which I am reckoned an acknowledged master.
Wedding Music in the Midlands
As you will see from the content of this site, I am capable of providing a wide range of music services for your wedding or other special occasion. For instance, if you wished to book each act individually (e.g. trumpet voluntary, trad jazz band, solo piano, dance band), you would undoubtedly have to pay a separate fee for each.
I can offer a degree of integration in this respect, in that my various services can be in the nature of an "all-in-one" package, tailored to the needs of the occasion. My charge would be a single fee, which would certainly be less than if you had to book each act on its own, at the same time avoiding the hassle of making multiple phone calls.
About Me
I have been featured with a wide range of musicians, notable figures as diverse as Rustie Lee, Acker Bilk, Roy Wood, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, the American blues singer and Andy Hamilton MBE, D. Mus., Birmingham's local jazz celebrity. I have also provided backing tracks for Jamma, the world champion virtuoso steel pan player. And I am also a member of First Impression, a top-notch function band which performs country-wide.
For several years I was a sessional lecturer in popular music at South Birmingham College: most recently, I have taken up temporary residence at a school of music in Solihull, teaching beginners' keyboards, and I have also become accompanist to a Gospel choir based in Aston, Birmingham.