Graeme Blevins

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Graeme Blevins is an Australian saxophonist and composer, and is based in London.[1]

Blevins is named and featured on "Mary Jane vs Graeme Blevins"[2][3] in the album "My 21st Century Symphony" by Brit award winner[4] RAYE.

Blevins has recorded and toured as lead saxophonist in the bands of Mark Knopfler,[5][6][7] Kylie Minogue,[8][9] Phil Collins,[8][10] Robbie Williams,[11] Shirley Bassey, Paloma Faith, Kyle Eastwood[12][13] and Jamie Cullum.[14] He is credited in the original recording of Williams' Let Me Entertain You,[11] Minogue's 2012 Abbey Road Sessions of On a Night Like This and Locomotion,[15] and in tracks on Noel Gallagher's Council Skies Album in 2023.[16]

He also performs in the Delta Saxophone Quintet,[17] Jules Buckley Orchestra,[18] Gareth Lockrane Big Band,[19] Guy Barker Big Band[20][21][22] and with Louis Cole.[23] Known primarily as a saxophonist, he is highly sought after in Europe as a live and studio performer in styles ranging from traditional jazz, modern jazz, west end pit bands, and studio work.[24][25][26][27] Blevins is also a multiinstrumentalist and has recording credits on flutes, clarinet, melodica and as an arranger and conductor.[28]

For Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy), Blevins performed on the No One Ever Tells You album which won a Grammy award. He is also credited on many original motion picture soundtracks, including For Once in My Life from the film Judy,[29] Soprano Sax solo, the Valley of the Kings, from the The Jazz Ambassadors, by Michael J. McEvoy,[30] solo saxophonist on the film Don't Look Up (2021), saxophone on Mortdecai (2015), and in the house band of the TV series Ridley.[31]

His own album, "Monochrome", was released on Seneca Records.[32]

Blevins presents workshops and masterclasses at the Royal College of Music,[33] and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[7] He is also an alumni of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts,[34] Australian National Academy of Music[35] and an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.[36]

Blevins was a founding member of Hip Mo' Toast,[37] which was recognised as best original jazz group at the West Australian Music Industry Awards, over four consecutive years in the early 2000s.[38] He is also an alumni of the Western Australia Youth Jazz Orchestra.[39]

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  1. ^ "Graeme Blevins and Leo Richardson Quartet". Hampstead Jazz Club. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "RAYE Releases New Live Album". Clash Music. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Raye live in London". NME. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2 March 2024). "Brit Awards 2024: Raye scores record-smashing six wins". The Observer. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Mark Knopfler review". The Standard. 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mark Knopfler Plots Summer North American Tour". Rolling Stone. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Band". Internet Archive - Mark Knopfler. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29.
  8. ^ a b "Graeme Blevins". Sax School Online. 23 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Spry January". Spry January. Camden New Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Graeme Blevins in Wellington". Somerset County Gazette. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b "XXV Credits". Robbie Williams. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Review: Kyle Eastwood". London Jazz News. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Bassist-Composer Kyle Eastwood Channels His Earliest Jazz Influences on The View from Here". Guitar International. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  14. ^ "The 'Jazz Night' before Christmas with Norah Jones, Jamie Cullum and José James". NPR. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Kylie The Abbey Road Sessions". Discogs.
  16. ^ "Noel Gallaghers High-Flying Birds, Council Skies Album". Discogs. 2023.
  17. ^ "Delta Saxophone Quartet". www.deltasax.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  18. ^ "Prom 48: Stevie Wonder's Innervisions". London Jazz News. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  19. ^ "BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Now - Gareth Lockrane". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Review: EFG London Jazz Festival – Jazz Voice". Westminster Extra: The independent London newspaper. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Celebrating Mingus: Guy Barker and the BBC Concert Orchestra". BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Jazz Voice International Stream". EFG London Jazz Festival. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Review: Collier Cole Mullarkey (Jacob Collier, Louis Cole, Rob Mullarkey)". London Jazz News. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Jazz Voice International Stream". EFG London Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  25. ^ "Playing & Arranging - Rob Eckland: Musical Director, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards & Producer". robeckland.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  26. ^ "Review: EFG London Jazz Festival – Jazz Voice; Makaya McCraven; and Harvest Time Project". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  27. ^ "What matters to Serge Le Goueff". Busselton-Dunsborough Mail. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  28. ^ "Dreamgirls". West End Pit Bands. 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  29. ^ For Once in My Life by Renée Zellweger on Apple Music, 2019-09-27, retrieved 2024-05-13
  30. ^ Valley of the Kings (feat. Graeme Blevins - soprano sax solo & Tom Walsh - muted trumpet solo) by Michael J McEvoy on Apple Music, 2018-11-25, retrieved 2024-05-13
  31. ^ "Graeme Belvins | Music Department, Actor". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  32. ^ "Graeme Blevins - Monochrome". Amazon. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  33. ^ "Royal College of Music". X. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  34. ^ "PAST STUDENTS - Friends of the Academy". Friends of the Academy. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  35. ^ Ltd, August Pty. "Musician Lists by Year | Australian National Academy of Music". ANAM. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  36. ^ "Eleven jazz honorees in the 2016 list at the Royal Academy of Music". London Jazz News. 21 March 2016.
  37. ^ Hash (2002-07-14). "Libby Hammer". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  38. ^ Hash (2003-06-30). "Graeme Blevins and Grant Windsor". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  39. ^ "About Us". WAYJO. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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