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After
performing for up to eight hours a day on a tour to Miami aged 16,
Becki decided she wanted to be a musician. Her parents were
horrified...
Really,
though, they shouldn't have been so surprised, as there were some
pointers along the way. At the age of 12 Becki was entered into, and
duly won, the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Competition. She began
playing the clarinet, closely followed by the alto saxophone, even more
closely followed by the tenor saxophone, working her way through the
ranks of her school band, Adjazz, as they toured from La Rochelle to
Los Angeles and Louisiana to Liverpool.
Since
graduating from Leeds College of Music, she has performed with several
ensembles including the Laurie Holloway Trio and the National Youth
Jazz Orchestra. Becki is also a member of the 'Head and Neck
Sessions', a Nu-jazz group based in London, and has collaborated with
Paul Hardcastle on the no. 1 selling Smooth Jazz album Hardcastle 5, nominated for a grammy 2009.
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