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Julian Marc Stringle – Clarinet. Alto and Tenor Saxophones and Vocals. Julian was a child prodigy reed player. He was educated at the Latymer Music School and The London College of Music, where he studied clarinet with Wilf Keeley and composition with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Julian made his TV debut with Acker Bilk when he was just 14. The show featured his junior teenage Dixieland band “Young Jazz” that included the Sidewell brothers on trumpet and trombone, Paul Clarvis on drums, Andy Cleyndert on bass and Sam Brown vocals. At 17 he formed a modern jazz quintet and toured Europe. He has played on concert, club, festivals and broadcast dates with his own band and with Peanuts Hucko, Wild Bill Davidson, George Chisolm, Don Lusher, Kenny Baker, Cleo Lane and Sir John Dankworth. He was voted “Best Clarinettist” at the British Jazz Awards in 2006. Sir John Dankworth stated that he is the best clarinettist to emerge in the British jazz for decades