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Stan Tracey

Stan Tracey is one of the UK's most original, talented - yet startlingly underrated - jazz musicians. Sonny Rollins is quoted as saying "Does anyone here realise how good he really is?" Tracey played professionally from the age of 16, before becoming house pianist at the famous Ronnie Scott's jazz club in his home city - London. In this capacity he accompanied many great musicians of the day including Rollins, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk and Zoot Sims.

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Matt Helders

Matthew Helders (born 7 May 1986), is the drummer for the band Arctic Monkeys, he also provides backing vocals. In August 2008, it was announced that Helders would compile the latest release in the LateNightTales DJ mix cd series, that was released on 27 October 2008.

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The Lurios

The Lurios are two sets of brothers dragged up from the smog-filled streets of the Teesside area. Captivating audiences with their youthfulness and sheer knack at writing brilliant indie-pop tunes, this four piece are currently crafting more and more songs and seem to be gathering more and more fans along the way, as they play the odd gig and shine the odd bit of lurio-light into the hearts of those that come to see them perform.

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James Morrison

There are multiple artists by the name of James Morrison: 1) James Morrison (born James Morrison Catchpole in 1984) is a singer/songwriter from Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He says that his musical influences include Al Green, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and the Kinks. At 13 Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived at Porth near Newquay, in Cornwall. After years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to write his own.

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Stewart Copeland

Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician. He was the drummer for the band The Police and is an influential drum stylist. Copeland is also popular for a wealthy catalogue of SOUNDTRACKS. During the early days of The Police he also released music under the (then secret) pseudonym of Klark Kent. In the late 80's's Copeland formed the band Animal Logic, who released two albums before their demise. He is also a member of the supergroup Oysterhead.

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35 Seconds

35 Seconds are a Birmingham based band who seem to have been on the verge of something great for a number of years. The band formed around 1997 and have self released a number of their own EP's and played many gigs over the years to support them. Their sound initially was very indie, jangle pop inspired but over subsequent years have developed a tight, complex and unique style of music which came to fruition in latter material like 'Walk The Plank' and 'Youth club'.

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I, Ludicrous

I, Ludicrous is a two piece popular music ensemble formed in london in 1985 by John Procter (b. 1957) and David Rippingale ("Will Hung") (b. 1956). The band sprang to notoriety at the end of 1987 when their debut flexi release ('Preposterous Tales') reached Number 11 in John Peel's Festive Fifty. I, Ludicrous are still producing music today and play occasional live dates, primarily in London. I, Ludicrous at MusicBrainz.

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