Jazz pianist, composer and mentor
Welcome! I’m a jazz pianist, composer and teacher. From 2012-2016 I studied on an exciting “New York comes to Groningen” program in the Netherlands where I was able to study with some of the best Dutch musicians and visiting New York Teachers. I’m from London originally, studied philosophy for 3 years in Sheffield, lived in Cornwall for a couple of years and then the Netherlands for 5 years. I also spent a semester in Paris (as part of the Erasmus program) where I had lessons from some of the top musicians from the French scene. I’m now living and working in Bristol.
I’m currently working on a number of projects with great musicians from Bristol. You can see us playing at various music venues in Bristol.
My interests
I have a wide variety of interests in music ranging from the jazz tradition and classical music to modern exploratory approaches and freely improvised music. I’ve also developed an interest in electronic music and synthesisers in more recent years. I occasionally like to write about philosophy, politics or spirituality and have a fairly wide interest in things like social justice, the environment, eastern and western philosophy, spirituality, art, films and music and jazz.
My Music
My favourite jazz pianist is probably Brad Mehldau, but I also love Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Orrin Evans, Mark Copland, Dominic J. Marshall, Robert Glasper, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Sonny Clark.
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/timmyfunnell