Kai Jansen

A lot of my musical education took place 'out-of-hours', and included hearing & seeing and being influenced by the likes of Pentangle, Tom Paxton, Julie Felix, Bob Marley, John Martyn and Santana. Leeds being a thoroughly musical place in the late-60's/early 70's I was lucky… Read more

A lot of my musical education took place 'out-of-hours', and included hearing & seeing and being influenced by the likes of Pentangle, Tom Paxton, Julie Felix, Bob Marley, John Martyn and Santana. Leeds being a thoroughly musical place in the late-60's/early 70's I was lucky enough to hear John Williams & Julian Bream together, most of the major classical orchestras of the of the day at the Leeds Town Hall & Wagner operas at the Grand, which also at one point featured Spike Milligan, my favourite mad person. This huge exposure to all things great, along with a pseudo-formal musical education, left me with an appreciation that can not be put in to words. I say pseudo-formal only because I didn't get in to the course I was on and ended up 'creating' my own situation by attending more classical events and lectures than the 'light-music & jazz' I was supposed to be studying. Story of my life; winging it!
A publishing contract with Burlington Music, (a subsidiary of Chappell’s Music) led to initial appearances on National BBC-TV, Scottish BBC, Radio2 and local BBC radio.
Many years and a few recordings later, I'm still at it and probably enjoying music more than ever. You don't play for 51 years and not learn something.
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