User:Pierre Craig/Tim Vine (Musician)

Tim Vine is a renowned Musician, known primarily as a Pianist and Keyboard player. Born in Jersey on 7th February 1973, his career has been extremely varied. Growing up in a musical family, he was a chorister at St.Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London from the age of 7, where he witnessed the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana. The choir also made several recordings, including an album with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. A music scholarship to Cranleigh School followed, then regular lessons and workshops at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town, mainly taught by Ian Carr. He later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, with sponsorship from Phil Collins and a scholarship. He left the degree course after a few months to embark on a busy recording and touring schedule with many well-known Artists.

Tim's first main gig was with platinum-selling Blue Note group US3 with whom he toured extensively, eventually becoming their Musical Director. While based in London, he also worked with many visiting American legends, such as Marlena Shaw, Art Farmer, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Pee Wee Ellis, as well as becoming a regular face on the London jazz and pop/rock scene. He went on to play with Baby D, Incognito, Stress, Wilko Johnson, The Pasadenas, Ola, Gota Yashiki, and David Jordan (singer) amoungst others. A long stream of recording (many albums including several hits) and longer tours around the world came over the following years, with Artists such as Simply Red, Moloko, Groove Armada, Toploader, Doc Gyneco, Terence Trent D'Arby, Malcolm McLaren, Nellee Hooper and Howie Day, involving many TV appearances, and thousands of gigs ranging from Bilbao beach to Buckingham Palace, Madison Square Gardens to Hollywood Bowl, Glastonbury Festival to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.

Tim now lives in France, and is writing the music for The Musical of Dorian Gray, as well as a novel provisionally titled The Electric Dwarf.