Wayne Matthews Trio

Coventry-born electric and acoustic fretless bassist Wayne has performed in a variety of styles and genres in the UK and internationally, including the West End (The Tina Tuner Show and Get Up Stand Up), TV, radio, gospel, orchestral (Limelight Orchestra), big bands (Crash Collective, Swingshift, Jazz Colossus and Fat Chops), jazz, soul and reggae. He currently runs a weekly Jazz Jam Session in Leamington Spa which to date is in its 7th year, is also involved with school ensembles, teaches privately and at Nexus ICA and nurtures young artists with the 2Funky Project Live in Leicester.

Wayne's musical education began in the Church, where he began to play the bass and had the best ear training there is! He also became involved with a city wide schools choir run by the Coventry Centre for Performing Arts, and there he worked his way up to the Coventry Youth Orchestra led by Brian Chappell. He studied at the Leeds College of Music specialising in Viola performance for a classical music degree. He also played the electric and upright basses in various jazz bands/ensembles with electric bass tuition from Robin Mullarkey. 'Not only is Robin a fantastic bassist, he just happens to be one of the sharpest musicians I've met anywhere.' As a professional musician he has performed in Japan, Dubai, Southern France and Spain.

With Mike Sole on keyboards and Dave Anderson on drums.