Charlotte Glasson

Charlotte Glasson (born 1 March 1973, London, England) 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

Equally at home playing jazz, classical music, blues, soul, funk, Latin, country and everything in between she's kept busy on the music scene. She has also 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. Currently, Charlotte leads the Charlotte Glasson Band, who perform her compositions along with those of the band.[1] She is a member of Three Friends, a progressive rock band who perform the music of Gentle Giant, and has been a regular of the cast for The Lost and Found Orchestra. Charlotte is also a part the band of Camille O'Sullivan.[2]

Bands and solo artist discography

as Charlotte Glasson/Charlotte Glasson Band

  • Escapade (2005)
  • Travels with Charlotte Glasson (2008)
  • Charlotte’s World Wide Web (2010)
  • Playground (2011)
  • Live (2012)
  • Festivus (2014)
  • Robots (2018)

other projects

  • Que Pasa: Glass Blower (2004) – Latin Jazz with Chris Kibble on piano, Quentin Collins on trumpet, and Adam Riley on drums
  • Lazy Days (2005) – with Jez Tonkin
  • Shadow Dance (2009) – with Dan Hewson
  • Tritones – with Sam Arts and Sam Glasson (2009)

as a session musician

Session musician

As a session musician, Charlotte has worked with amongst others:
Barry Adamson
Alan Barnes
The Brighton Beach Boys
James Blackshaw
Cubana Bop
Lorraine Bowen
Rob Bravery
Cache
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Cool Music
John Cooper Clarke
The Divine Comedy
Heather Cornell
David Coulter
Lea DeLaria
Steve Ellis
Digby Fairweather
Herbie Flowers
Antonio Forcionne
Will Gaines
Nigel Godrich
Ian Hamer
Gavin Jones
Robin Jones
Stephen Kalinich
The Karelia
Ladyhawke
Bill Laswell
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers
The Lost and Found Orchestra
The Damage Manual
Claire Martin
John Martyn
Guy Massey
Bobby Matos
Big Band Metheny
Jim Mullen
The Mummers
Andy Newmark
Oasis
Oriole
Orlando
Camille O'Sullivan
Nerina Pallot
Daniel Pemberton
Steve Power
PJ Proby
Bah Samba
Ian Shaw
Andrew Skeet
Snowboy
Chris Spedding
Paul Stacey and Jeremy Stacey
Spike Stent
Joby Talbot
Pucho and The Latin Soul Brothers
Three Bonzos and A Piano
Three Friends playing music of Gentle Giant
Unkle
Foy Vance
Diana Vickers
Julian Lloyd Webber
Reuben Wilson
Jah Wobble
Murray Young
Will Young

Film and television work

Compositions and arrangements

Theatre plays by George Dillon:

  • Graft
  • Hell and other stories
  • The Gospel of Matthew
  • The man who was Hamlet
  • Hamlet

Everyone's Life is an Epic, an art installation at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei.

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References
  2. "Camille O'Sullivan shines at Festival of Voice with her new show "Cave"". Cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. "Raw (2016) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. "A Field in England (2013) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Moshi Monsters (2013) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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