Charlotte Glasson
Charlotte Glasson is a British multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer and session player, playing soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and viola, penny whistle, melodica, percussion, and saw.
Early life
Charlotte started playing the violin at the age of five, got a guitar when she was seven and taught herself how to play Beatle tunes, and then got a saxophone for Christmas when she was 12.Charlotte went on to study Music at Kingston University, after which she progressed into a career as a session musician, bandleader and composer/arranger.
Career
Glasson plays jazz, classical music, blues, soul, funk, Latin, country and everything in between. She has composed music for an Art Installation at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei, and music for theatre performances by George Dillon. She leads the Charlotte Glasson Band, who perform her compositions along with those of the band. Glasson has played with Roxy Music and is also part of the band of Camille O'Sullivan. She has been a member of Three Friends, a progressive rock band who perform the music of Gentle Giant, and was a regular of the cast for The Lost and Found Orchestra. She is currently touring as a member of The Waeve and appears on the "City Lights Sessions " album.Music critic Jackie Hayden described Glasson's playing as: "If you've ever wondered what smiles sound like, this is it."
Bands and solo artist discography
as Charlotte Glasson / Charlotte Glasson BandEscapade Travels with Charlotte Glasson Charlotte’s World Wide Web Playground Live Festivus Robots Bonito Cosmo's Cosmoother projectsQue Pasa: Glass Blower – Latin Jazz with Chris Kibble on piano, Quentin Collins on trumpet, and Adam Riley on drumsLazy Days – with Jez TonkinShadow Dance – with Dan HewsonTritones – with Sam Arts and Sam Glasson Camille Sings Cave Live - Camille O'Sullivan Camille O'Sullivan
as a session musician
- Barry Adamson – Know Where To Run
- James Blackshaw – All Is Falling, Holly EP, Fantomas
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
- The Divine Comedy – Casanova, A Short Album About Love, Fin de Siècle, Victory for the Comic Muse, Bang Goes the Knighthood
- Andy Mackay – 3Psalms
- Claire Martin – Take My Heart, Perfect Alibi
- Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
- Nerina Pallot – The Graduate
- Chris Spedding – Pearls, Joyland
- UNKLE – "The Knock on Effect"
- Jah Wobble – ''Fly''
Film and television work
Raw – composer Jim Williams – viola- Possessor - composer Jim Williams - viola & violin
- One More Time with Feeling – viola<A Field in England – composer Jim Williams – violaDanger Mouse – composer Sanj Sen – soprano, alto, tenor, baritone sax, flute and alto fluteMoshi Monsters: The Movie – composer – Sanj Sen – bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto flute, piccoloBad Girls – appearing in the TV series 2 and 3 – tenor saxA Mother 's Son – composer Daniel Pemberton – violaMoney – composer Daniel Pemberton – tenor and alto saxVanity Fair – composer Murray Gold – baritone saxDesperate Romantics – composer Daniel Pemberton – baritone saxPG-Tips advert- Joby Talbot – baritone sax Young Musician of the Year theme Joby Talbot – soprano saxTomorrows World theme – composer Neil Hannon/Joby Talbot – flute saxIce Road Truckers – composer Daniel Pemberton – flute viola sax
Compositions and arrangements
Theatre plays by George Dillon:GraftHell and other storiesThe Gospel of MatthewThe man who was HamletHamletEveryone's Life is an Epic, an art installation at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei.