I currently play in a few regular bands as well as deps and one-offs. Here's a brief summary.
Life and Soul

We are a 7 piece (+sound engineer) soul/pop/party band playing at weddings and functions etc. This is a very tight, rocking band playing 60's, 70's dance music plus selected contempary songs.
A 4 track demo CD is available via the website.
The line up is Jane Twyford - vocals, Stuart Partlett - bass and vocals, Luke Frassani - guitar and vocals, Rory McInroy - keyboards, Ady Cole - sax and vocals, Gary Wiffen - trumpet, Frank Hockney - drums and Graham Crew on the desk.
For more info on the band please visit http://www.life-and-soul.co.uk/
Blakes Heaven

The line up is:
Vox - Linda Blake , Tenor 1 - Nick Blake (dbl: flute / Alto sax / soprano sax), Tenor 2 - Simon Carr (dbl: oboe), Alto 1 - Chuck Lloyd (dbl: flute / Alto sax / soprano sax), Alto 2 - Otto Caretta (dbl: soprano sax), Baritone - Joe Carey, Bass Trombone - Malcolm Gunningham, T-Bone 1 - Bob Cronin, T-Bone 2 - Julian Hawes, T-Bone 3 - Tom, Tpt 1 - Lloyd Payne, Tpt 2 - Paul (dbl: flugel), Tpt 3 - Philip Dobbie, Tpt 4 - tbc (dbl: flugel), Guitar - Peter Kingslake, Keys - Jeff Young, Bass - Jez Cook
Drums - Frank Hockney
On the Jukebox page you can hear a live recording made at Didcot Cornerstone Theatre of us playing a Nick original called 'Clam Chops'. Visit http://blakescore.com or contact Nick at nick@blakescore.com
Radio Days Big Band

We are a sixteen piece dance based in Kennington, Oxford playing Big Band music from the 1930's right through to the 1960's.
Radio days line up is:
5 Saxes (Joe Carey, Angela Richings, Nick Blake, Cat Young and Myles Madden)
3 Trumpets (Bob Cutting, Dave Richards, Steve Clapton)
3 Trombones (Julian Hawes, Steve Barritt, Pat Aitken)
Piano (Matthew Bason)
Guitar (George Wicks)
Bass (David Sholl)
Drums (Frank Hockney)
Male Vocalist (Ben Guppy)
For more information on the band please visit http://www.radio-days.co.uk/
CANAPE TRIO

The Canape Trio is a band playing nicely arranged jazz standards and some originals. Mostly we play functions where nice mood music is required. Pictured here playing at Bicester Jazz Festival.
The line up is:
Martin Pickett - piano, Phil Berry - bass, Frank Hockney - drums.
On the jukebox page you can hear our take on 'I Only Have Eyes For You.'
Contact Martin at http://www.myspace.com/martinpickettgroup
SEVENTH AVENUE XPRESS

S.A.X. are mainly a function band playing a good mixture of jazz, dance and pop standards.
Line up:
Alvin Roy, now based in Oxford, has led a band since the days of the "Trad Boom", in the early sixties. His band won the British Jazz Band Contest in 1960 and immediately turned professional and were billed as Britain's youngest professional jazz band.
