Music Makers - Ep 1

An Oral History of London's Session Musicians

In this episode we look at how the musicians got started, the studios, their day-to-day work and the skills they needed.

MADE BY
Digital-works
[Sav Kyriacou and Matthew Rosenberg]

WITH
Chris Conway
Tone Davies
Alan Fortune
Rozanne Gomes
Maya Gottlieb
Paul Irving
Caroline Lake
Rhona Levene
Neville McDermott
Maggie Perrin
Mimi Romilly


SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mo Foster


THANKS TO
Camden Local Studies and Archives
City of Westminster Archives
Isobel Griffiths
RAK Studios
AIR Lyndhurst


INTERVIEWEES
Richard Bailey
Kuljit Bhamra
Greg Bone
Clem Cattini
Paul Clarvis
Mo Foster
Colin Green
Isobel Griffiths
Jim Hunt
Sonia Jones
Skaila Kanga
Jody Linscott
Sara Lowenthal
Henry Lowther
Everton Nelson
Anna Noakes
Mimi Romilly
Ray Russell
Bob Saker
Ralph Salmins
Jackie Shave
Andy Treacy
Gavyn Wright


Additional Camerawork
Arvo Bickerton Packer



ABBEY ROAD SESSION 
FOOTAGE & PHOTOGRAPHY
Benjamin Ealovega

Music
Sir Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto op. 61

Musicians
Solo violin - Thomas Bowes
Conductor - Nic Fallowfield

Recording Producer - Stephen Frost
Recording Engineer - Arne Akselberg

Orchestra fixed (contracted) by
Isobel Griffiths Ltd (Susie Gillis)
Leader - Jackie Shave



RAK STUDIOS SESSION
Endure
written by Ray Russell / George Baldwin
Slow Day
written by Ray Russell
Performed by
Johnny Thirkell - Trumpet
Simon Willescroft - Tenor Saxophone
Ray Russell - Guitar
Jim Watson - Electric Piano
Mo Foster - Electric Bass
Ian Palmer - Drums



LIVE MUSIC
What You Waiting For
Performed by
KOKOMO
live at the Half Moon, Putney



FUNDED BY
National Lottery Heritage Fund



© Digital-works 2023

Project website: www.sessionstories.org.uk

Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/826140827