Watkins was "widely considered to be the foremost British Big Band trumpet player" of all time, said Mr Biggs.
"That's why we were so happy to be nominated for the Mercury, because we're album people I think, " said the band's keyboard player Gus Unger-Hamilton.
Their longtime bass player quit the band, saying he had had enough of the group's craziness.
The band, which included bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, was looking for a drummer for their planned trip to Hamburg.
"The last tuba player and the band haven't necessarily been on the same stand, but now we're almost there, " says Toyota's Convis.
My eldest brother was unquestionably the best trumpet player in this band.
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As the bass player with 70s band Christie, I worked with Reg many times in the 90s in live concerts and TV shows, mainly in Germany.
Jon Lord, the former keyboard player with heavy rock band Deep Purple, has died aged 71.
When he was born, his four older brothers were already playing music and knew they needed a bass player to complete the band.
In 1971, working with Ralph Simon, a keyboard player in a rival band, he started a new company for music publishing, recording and concert promotion.
The 2004 collaboration between Apple Computer and the rock band U2 for the iPod MP3 music player.
The 2004 collaboration between Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and the rock band U2 for the iPod MP3 music player.
This year's event got under way on Thursday morning with an impromptu performance from flamenco guitar player Vicente Amigo and his band on the steps of Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall.
Mr. BENNIE PETE (Tuba Player, Hot 8 Brass Band): We knew they were there because that's where they were housing the evacuees, and we just showed up and, you know, we were going there with - on our mind to kind of just show what we had, to share with each other that we were united.
Rooney, 24, and Fabregas, 22, will compete to join a select band of players to have won the young player award in the same season as the main honour.
The band's manager Terry Webster has described her as "a quality horn player" who offered her services, having previously played for Foden's and the Yorkshire Building Society band.
She quite vocally relays her opinion of Allen's every move, even suggesting at one point that he needs to start conversing with everybody in the band, not just the nominal leader, banjo player Eddy Davis.
Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 60s rock band The Doors, has died aged 74.
Instead he trained as a clarinettist and spent 10 years as a clarinet player (part of that time in the band of the Household Cavalry) and as a struggling freelance conductor.
Horn player Sheona White will play with the acclaimed brass band at the contest in Birmingham in September.
Bass player Jesse Quin, who has played with the band on and off since 2007, is now an official full-time member.
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The work features musicians from across Yorkshire, including a Sheffield brass band, Columbian drummers from Leeds, the York Minster carillon player and a harpist from Haworth.
Besides being keyboardist and guitar player for globe, the trendy dance-sound band, he is composer, arranger and producer for the techno group trf, and for the wildly successful fashion and music phenomenon Amuro Namie.
Wireless broadband company Clearwire (nasdaq: CLWR - news - people ) already has quite a bit of spectrum in a higher band, but might bid to make itself a more national player.
Ramphele joined the band when he was just 14 and last year was appointed lead trumpet player.
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Bass player Nic Potter 's inventive rhythms were an integral part of the band Van der Graaf Generator.
The trumpet player, Raymond Williams, was one of the founding members of this band, and we've got a clip of him talking to the kids.
When a player gets ready to make a cut, Wilson explained, someone holding the other end of the elastic band yanks on it to try to pull the ball out of his grip.
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