Starlight Express Tony Awards 

Year Category Show
1987 Best Choreography Starlight Express
1987 Best Costume Design Starlight Express
1987 Best Direction of a Musical Starlight Express
1987 Best Lighting Design Starlight Express
1987 Best Musical Starlight Express
1987 Best Musical Starlight Express
1987 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Starlight Express
1987 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Starlight Express
1987 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Starlight Express

She said making it big in Britain involves finding the right song. "I was not in the studio a lot last year, but this year I'm in a lot," she said. She recently recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios, made famous by The Beatles, and has a song on the way.

 
 

The soundtrack to school discos, the cementing in history of one-hit wonders, and the go-to for catchy pop songs, Now That's What I Call Music! has reached its 100th milestone.

Since 1983 Now albums have been released at a rate of three-a-year and a total of 120 million copies have been sold world-wide.

Their playlists have spent 654 weeks at number one, and the average household owns four volumes.

Two of Dave's former students are members of the NYJO trumpet section: George Jefford & Harry Evans.                                                                                                                                                       The National Youth Jazz Orchestra will be performing as part of the BBC Proms Festival 2018!

Join us for our late night prom on Thursday 16 August 2018, where we will be presenting a mixed programme of old and new; the original band version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (performed with NYJO alumnus Guy Barker MBE and special guest soloist Benjamin Grosvenor), and the Stan Kenton Orchestra’s highly acclaimed but rarely performed big-band version of West Side Story, alongside a brand new composition by NYJO alumnus and Mercury Award nominee Laura Jurd.

Dave can be heard playing trumpet on the 'Main Street' walkway  at Disneyland Paris via the Disneyland music radio  'loop' playlist.

They are currently playing an album recorded by Chandos records featuring Dave's trumpet playing.

Archive video footage of  Dave with  80's Pop Sensations

                          'Breathe'

Great to do 2 tours back in the 1980's with 'Shilts' on saxaphone!!

We were support band for part of 'Heaven on Earth' World tour                     Belinder Carlisle

Check out some 'live' performances with Dave playing trumpet with 'Breathe' FRONT PAGE OF WEBSITE   'showreel'

Just found this youtube clip of Andy Ross Orchestra

Paul Davies (Lead trumpet), Don Morgan, Harry Moffat,

I became regular member of the trumpet section in 1985 to 1988

It was a great band to be part of!!

NEW RECORDING FOR 2019  KPM & EMI - 'LATIN'  fet. Dave Land  - trumpet & Composed by Leigh Gracey

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NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - NOW 5  - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - 1983  - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - SUMMER ALBUM - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - NOW 9 - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - 80'S PARTY  - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - MUSICALS  - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - RUNNING 2014 - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - RUNNING 2017 - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - OFFICIAL WEDDING LIST - UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC
​​NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - MILLENNIUM SERIES 1984 - UNIVERSAL/SONY 
NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - MILLENNIUM SERIES 1985  - UNIVERSAL/SONY 

Nice one chaps!!.........you both sounded brilliant at the Proms.

Dave

John Gleeson launches a brilliant new book charting the 332 years history of the            Band of HM Coldstream Guards

(the world's oldest military band)

I'm proud to have served 7 years with the band as trumpet soloist before leaving in the early 80's for the BBC 'Come Dancing Orchestra' directed by Andy Ross.

"Great days serving in the British Forces alongside John - we have a few very funny stories which would not pass the censor control desk for this book!! - thank you for your kind words in your the book  John"

Dave

Recording session with Sotos at Ashwood Studios

Sax legend Martin Dobson (Eurythmics)

1st rehearsals in London along side the New York  MOVIN’ OUT  band and       Billy Joel's  Musical Director 2006

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Dave will be performing                  Mari Wilson's new album              'POP DELUX' PLUS                          Marc Almond 'live'            Shepards Bush 2017

London 'West End' Show - Orchestra personal 

Great to work with the Claire Barker Band

Pete, Matt and myself on the brass team!!

Death on the Tyneis the follow up to Murder on the Blackpool Express and features an all star cast including Johnny Vegas - who describes it as "Speed 2 meets Scarface" - Car Share's Sian Gibson, Sue Johnston, Benidorm's Madge aka Sheila Reid, Two Doors Down actress Doon Mackichan and ex Eastenders and 55 Degrees North actor Don Gilet.

I had the wonderful privilege of playing trumpet for Nigel Hess on his wedding day with London's 'Little Big Band'. Nigel had written a special arrangement of this beautiful tune which was played doing the signing of the register, played on this clip from his film score 'Ladies in Lavender' with Joshua Bell (violin) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

One of the most charming melodies I have ever heard!!

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The name of the series came from a poster Virgin boss Richard Branson found in a bric-a-brac shop on Portobello Road, depicting a singing chicken and a pig exclaiming "Now that’s what I call music!".

Branson gave the poster to Virgin Records Co-Founder Simon Draper, and a couple of years later they thought the wise words of the porker could be a great slogan for the compilation idea they had come up with.

It could also explain why the latest version has a pig wearing sunglasses on its front cover.

Interestingly enough, Branson went on to marry the owner of the shop.

Number ones

Now albums have spent 654 weeks at number one, and the average household owns four volumes.

Of the 99 past albums, 98 have all gone to number one in the charts.

The artists

Some 2,100 artists have been featured on the records, and if you were to listen to all the albums back-to-back it would take you more than 250 hours, or 10.5 days.

The spin-offs

There have been a number of spin-off albums such as Now Classic Soul, and Now Christmas which is the seventh-best-selling album of all time in Britain, selling 4.5 million copies and rising!!.

Breathe  The album   'All That Jazz'  contained the group's two best-known hits, "Hands to Heaven" and "How Can I Fall?".              The former charted at No. 2 in 1988 

"It's been a privilege and lots of fun working with Paul over the years, from sessions to gigs - he is 'awesom'!!"

                                                                                                                                                                                       Dave

'Beat the Beat'     Mari, Laurence Cottle                            Dave (catching flies!!)

Winner of 2003 Tony Award - Best Orchestrations - Billy Joel & Stuart Malina

Dave playing trumpet on Death on the Tyne -broadcast 15/12/18 Christmas Gold TV

duty free scene - background music courtesy of   Audio Networks plc

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NEW CD 

fet: Dave Land & Martin Dobson - Horns

Dave will be busy this summer playing trumpet with lots of the 80's pop artists including Leo Sayer, Mari Wilson, Mark Almond, Motown show 

'Get Ready'

Book now available via Amazon £30

KPM, a division of EMI Music Publishing, has been the world’s premier source of production music for over 60 years. As a market leader, its comprehensive catalogue crosses every musical genre imaginable and encompasses large-scale orchestral recordings, archive recordings spanning the 20th century through to underground dance and cutting edge Indie. KPM has recorded over 1000 albums and has worked with some of the most distinguished and influential composers in the UK and Worldwide to produce music that is essential, innovative and often ground breaking. In so doing KPM has created the benchmark within the industry for high quality production music.

sample of new album - due for release later this year

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Clive Hitchcock - Sax

Dave Land - Trumpet

Looking forward to working with Leo & Mari again this summer 

Album release date to be confirmed

Richard Pardy - Tenor/Bari Sax

Dave Land - Trumpet

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Virgin boss                  Sir Richard Branson &

Dave

Andy Ross Orchestra Fet: The 'Great'

Derek Watkins & Dale Gibson

I had the great fortune to sit along Derek & Dale when they came to play trumpet for TV & Radio sessions with the Andy Ross Orchestra.

Some world class brass playing from the 'London Brass'

Featuring Rich Edwards (Trombone) who I had the honour of joining the Guards band with in the late '70's

We both studied at Kneller Hall - Richard is a fantastic musician and world class trombonist (plus top chap!!)

I also had the good fortune to do a few sessions and shows with the great John Barclay - a true 'legend' of the London session scene - and very very funny guy!! 

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A real privilege to play trumpet & flugel on this wonderful album by Shena   Songs inspired by Whitney Houston Vol.1      produced by my good friend, the late Jim Winchester                   (Rest in peace mate x)

Breathe -'In Concert' ITV '              Live Television Broadcast 1989 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 David Glasper - lead vocals  Marcus Lillington - Guitar  Ian 'Spike' Spice - Drums

                                                                                                                             plus: Graham Edwards - Bass (Go West)

Ian Hoare (Everyone!)& Molly.......... - BV's     Mike ......... - Keys (Seal)                    Dave Land - Trumpet & Flugel                                                                Paul 'Shilts' Weimar  - Sax 

Paul Weimar, under the stage name “Shilts”, hails from London and lived in L.A. for the last ten years. His 30 year career has spanned all forms of jazz, funk, soul and pop music, and he has toured all over the world and recorded with a host of international artists such as David Bowie, Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Jimmy Paige, Bill Wyman, and Dina Carroll.  Shilts was the bandleader and front-man of the British urban jazz funk export, “Down To The Bone” which enjoyed massive success in the United States.  This group released 7 albums on which Paul was heavily featured, both as a player and as a writer.  Now with 5 solo albums released, he is considered one of the world’s most successful Jazz Funk artists of this century. Shilts will perform at Festival Jazz Roja in 2018.

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PRESS 'PLAY' FOR TASTER TRACK

Balfour Castle -Shapinsay -Orkney Islands

Leo Sayer - 'Everyone' from  Voice in my Head                   Paul 'Shilts' Weimar - Sax    Dave Land - Trumpet    plus    The City of Prague Philharmonic

Dave hopes to perform on the QE2 in 

2019 where the ship is now a luxury hotel docked in Dubai.

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Love this jazzy version of "Walking on Sunshine"

Redhornz & Sway Band       with      The Bah Hah Boys   (Who let the dogs out?)     and the     Cuba Tropicana Orchestra

Two of Dave's 6th form  trumpet Students at Wymondham College - Norfolk  get a special chance to have a lesson with the world-renowned

trumpet soloist Håkan Hardenberger

​November 2017

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32 Years this month since Dave 

performed on one the most famous ships in the world - QE2

London to New York then Carribean 

Tommy Hawkins                                  QE2 Show Band

Promoting Mike Lovatt's brilliant trumpet CD!!

2019 UK Dance Championships - Ross Mitchell Orchestra

Trumpet Section:

Adam Linsley

Mike Lovatt

Gavin Mallett

Me - shameless promotion of Mike's CD!!! 

  INCLUDING                              Castell Roc Festival:  

               Leo Sayer &                 Mari Wilson

It is one of the longest running musicals in West End history, with 7,408 performances; however, the Broadway production ran for only 761 performances. It is also the most popular musical show in Germany, where it has been performed continuously since 1988.

Matt Thompson with Håkan Hardenberger

Dave & Mike Innes (Trombone) session for Victoria Swarovski

Studio 2 - Abbey Road Studio

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Redhornz & Sway Virgin Atlantic Band

Tour of Cuba & Bahamas 2005

Rich Pardy & Ian Richards (sax) 

Dave Land (Trumpet)

Out on 21st September 2018  'Quincy'

A true living music legend!!!

ITV Countrywise - Broadcast 28th Dec 2018

Dave playing Trumpet - music clip

'Walking on Sunshine'

Presented by naturalist Liz Bonnin, intrepid adventurer Ben Fogle and farming and agricultural expert Paul Heiney, Countrywise, which returned for a sixth series last week, celebrates Britain’s natural beauty and investigates the issues affecting our countryside.

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Helena Jessie                                                              Redhornz 

Brass arrangements - Dave Land

Old photos I took on the QE2 cruise with Tommy's band 1986  (docking in New York - Pier 88 Hudson River, West 46th & 54th Street, NY                                                                       we still had the twin towers and I still had some hair!!

It was to be the QE2's  final steam crossing from New York to Southampton - we were all given the commemorative medals to mark this  historic occasion   (see below)

SOUND TRACK TO 'BIG HAIR' SHORT FILM

SONIC STUDIOS - COMPOSER JAMES ROGERS

TRUMPET - DAVE LAND

18 year old's Dave & Rich

Kneller Hall

Mari, Laurence & Stu

Mari Wilson & The New Wilsations                                                             Richard Cottle - MD   Stuart Curtis - Sax                                                                    Tim Goodyer - Drums   James Nisbet - Guitar  Laurence Cottle - Bass           Lucy Potterton & Sara Beth Brimer Davey - Backing Vocals                             Dave Land - Trumpet & Flugel

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Mick Wilson (10cc) 

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Ron Sayer Jr and Charlotte Joyce

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Dave can be heard playing trumpet on                          Philip Scofield's'How to spend it Well'                       House & Garden'

Wymondham College to provide music to the ears of N&N patients

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is to host its largest ever musical performance when the students of  Wymondham College Jazz Orchestra  visit the hospital on Thursday 9th July.
The college’s full orchestra including brass, guitar, double bass and drums will be performing in the West Atrium Restaurant to provide entertainment to patients, visitors and staff. 
Emma Jarvis, NNUH Arts coordinator said: “The hospital has a wide variety of audiences from young children visiting relatives to older patients staying on wards. The variety of songs performed by the younger students should appeal to all.”
Dave Land - Wymondham College Brass and Trumpet Teacher commented: “We hope to put a smile on everybody’s face and also give the opportunity to our young musicians at Wymondham College to give a concert. The concert will give people the chance to sing and clap along to our music. On behalf of my director of music at the college, Andrew Day, and myself we are really looking forward to sharing our music with the hospital.”

The performance will be held in the West Atrium Restaurant from 2.30pm for 45minutes on Thursday 9th July. 

Notes to editors
Media are invited to attend. Please notify Emma Jones on 01603 289821.

3 sampler tracks

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                                               Chepstow Castle Concert with    Leo Sayer  &  Mari Wilson

 Leo looking great at 70!!!

Terry (Johnny Vegas) and Gemma (Sian Gibson) promise to take Mildred (Sheila Reid) and her care home friends, including Hilda (Georgie Glen) and Colleen (Sue Johnston) on an Amsterdam cruise adventure across the Tyne. They're welcomed aboard the Empress of the Tyne by ageing lothario Captain Jack (James Fleet) and his motley crew - Cruise Director Denise (Felicity Montagu), First Officer Justin Valentine (Tony Gardner), DJ Bobby (David Mumeni), ex-pianist Alan (Don Gilet), barmaid Tracy (Taj Atwal) and self- obsessed cabaret singer Emily (Doon Mackichan).

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     DAVE   LAND  Freelance Musician 

Bless the Bride

​Sadler's Wells Theatre

Starring: Ruth Madoc & Una Stubbs

1987

Original London Cast

 Musical Director: Grant Hossack

Assistant Music Director / Keyboards: Bobby Purvis

Bass: Dennis Bowden

Percussion: David Hulley

Woodwinds: Andy Barnwell, Colin Courtney, Andy Panayi

Trumpets: Andy Mitchell,  Dave Land

Trombone: Mark Graham

Horn: Simon Morgan

Harp:  Julie Allis

Violins: Michael Rennie*, Ruth Dawson, Martin Gill, Rosalyn Lishak, John Mayer

Cello: Myrtle Bruce Mitford

Dave's trumpet can be heard on at least 11    NOW  THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC    albums with: Katrina & the Waves, Nik Kershaw, Tracey Ullman, Starlight Express

I took this picture of the great KENNY BAKER having a early morning sleep at Madrid airport - late 1980's tour with Peter Skellern. Kenny was featured soloist for the concerts -late finish!!

Also in the picture is Dickie Bell (Guitar) and session French horn play - John Peniugie.

Dave Lord & Dave Land - trumpets

Ross Mitchell Orchestra - Russia

(The Moscow Autumn Cup 2017 - Pro Ball Room Dance Championships)

Live TV Video Broadcast - Moscow

Mari Wilson Band:

Richard Cottle - Keys & Musical Director

Laurence Cottle - Bass

Dave Holmes - Gtr

Tim Goodyer - Dms

Joanna Goldsmith (BV's)

Sara Davey (BV's)

Stu Curtis (Sax)

Dave Land (Tpt)

                                                    Trumpet 

                                   Flugelhorn  Instrumental Tuition

NORWICH SCHOOL PREPARES FOR HOSTRY FESTIVAL EVENTS

13 OCTOBER 2017

Preparations are in full swing as Norwich School prepares to host The Hostry Festival Classical Concert in the Blake Studio on Sunday evening, 7-9pm. The evening is a brand new event for the Hostry Festival which hopes to celebrate Norfolk’s young emerging musicians.

The Hostry Festival have partnered with Norfolk Music Hub and Norwich School to bring together the county’s top up and coming young performers of classical music. Norfolk’s next generation of musicians will be performing songs, piano, wind, strings and percussion, involving both original composition and much loved classical music. The guest of honour, and newly appointed concert patron, is Julian Lloyd Webber.

The evening begins with a trumpet fanfare written by Norwich School trumpet teacher Dave Land entitled ‘Cloister Fanfare’. This will be the premiere of the piece and includes Norwich School players India Riordan (L6B), Matthew James (L6B), Henry Lee (L6C), Shannon Lai (U6S) and Daniel Possener (M5S).Also performing from Norwich School are Alice Palmer (M5C), who will sing Antonio Caldara’s Sebben Crudele and Caitlin Obee (U6B) who plays George Enesco’s Cantabile et Presto on flute.

The event is the first of the two week programme of events held by the Hostry Festival, which includes The Norfolk Arts Awards where the Norwich School 2016 musical will be celebrated. Ms Ziegler and Mr Allain are nominated for the Dr Frank Bates Dance and Musical Theatre Award for their roles in the production of Sweeney Todd. The school is also delighted that Megan Blair (U6P) will be performing at the event having been invited following a performance at last year’s Blake Studio opening by festival co-founder and Artistic Director Stash Kirkbride. Megan will be one of the music acts featuring at the red carpet gala event on Friday 20th October at The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral.

Megan, as well as Director of Music Mr Allain took part in a BBC Radio Norfolk broadcast for the Hostry Festival last week, which you can listen to here.

Aleks Jenner with Håkan Hardenberger

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Starring Suzi Quatro

1986

Original London Cast

 Musical Director: Grant Hossack

Assistant Music Director / Keyboards: Bobby Purvis

Bass: Dennis Bowden

Percussion: David Hulley

Woodwinds: Andy Barnwell, Colin Courtney, Andy Panayi

Trumpets: Andy Mitchell,  David Land

Trombone: Mark Graham

Horn: Fred Crossman

Violins: Michael Rennie*, Ruth Dawson, Martin Gill, Rosalyn Lishak, John Mayer

Cello: Myrtle Bruce Mitford

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

1984 – 2002

Apollo Victoria Theatre

 

(confirmed November 2001)

Musical Director: Neil Cleary

Keys 1 / Harmonica / Assistant Musical Director: Peter Hagen

Keys 2: Roy Moore

Keys 3: Ken Poole

Keys 4: Andy Read

Drums: Tom Nichol

Percussion: Roger Harrison

Guitar: Nick Pearson

Guitar: Vic Saville

Bass Guitar: John Mole

Trumpet 1: Graham Russell

Trumpet 2: Dave Land

Trumpet 3: Andy Gibson

Horn: Julie Lord

Trombone 1: Martin Kelly

Trombone 2: Roger Williams

Tenor Saxophone / Flute / Piccolo: Peter Ripper

MOVIN’ OUT

2006

Apollo Victoria Theatre

 

Musical Director / Lead Guitar:                          Dennis Delgaudio (Broadway MD)

Lead Vocals / Pianoman: James Fox, Darren Reeves

Synthesiser: Michael Martin

Drums: Jerry Brown

Guitar: Joseph Ross

Bass Guitar: Velroy Bailey

Trumpet: Adam Linsley

Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Dave Land (rehearsals only)

Trombone: Andy Crompton

Saxophones: Ian Richards

Saxophone / Percussion / Backing Vocals:                      Richard Pardy