On Wednesday 15th September 2021 Martin Nickless, presented The wonderful ‘Music From The West Coast’ with some of our very finest musicians.

Martin Nickless is an internationally respected musician. He is a senior clarinettist, saxophonist, composer and arranger for many projects including the BBC’s New Artist programme American Big Bands and beyond. Some of the arrangements to be performed on our inaugural opening night have been passionately written by Martin himself and it is an area in which he excels. They capture the era of Clifford Brown, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Bob Florence. Martin’s discography includes both playing and arranging for the Chris Barber Big band, The Pasesdina Roof Orchestra, Herb Millar UK and many more.