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Olivia was delighted and hon­oured to have per­formed with Chitrav­ina Ravikir­an when he was over in the UK in Octo­ber

Olivi­a’s having tons of fun in London meet­ing new musi­cians and vis­it­ing new venues. She was delighted to work with Shir­ley Smart (Cel­list) and Sharma Rahman (Vocal­ist, Sit­ar­ist) at the Manchester Jazz Fest­iv­al 2016 (along with beat boxer Jason Singh) and hopes to work with them more in the future. She’s reg­u­larly going to the South­bank for help with her Stand­ard’s play­ing from the esteemed Jazz Mentor Gary Crosby and is get­ting out to some even­ing Jam ses­sions too.

Had a won­der­ful Music Fest­iv­al Exper­i­ence at this year’s Music­port 2013. Thanks so much to Glenn Sharp from the Jadid Ensemble for organ­ising what was a bril­liant week­end.

No Danger Here

Here are some high­lights from the Jadid Ensemble’s last gig.

I just had two great gigs in Pre­ston and Brad­ford with Razwan Sar­var’s Bol­ly­wood masterpiece.…a twenty piece orches­tra with dan­cers, for which I had to write 23 string arrange­ments. I am now about to start work­ing on some string arran­ging for Paul Heaton, for the pro­duc­tion of ‘The 8th’ at the Bar­bican and Lowry Centre. Can’t wait.

Had an amaz­ing time with my band Unfurl in April. We got 8 tracks down for our new album. We recor­ded in Shef­field Uni­ver­sity by pro­du­cer Andy bell, It was a really cre­at­ive and inspir­a­tion­al time in the studio and we are delighted to be launch­ing the new CD at this years Manchester Jazz Fest­iv­al. That seems a long way off now with so many gigs coming up. PLease come down to St Mar­garet’s Church, Rufford Road, Whal­ley Range on 27th May to hear a great band, ‘the Build­ing Bridges Quar­tet’.