JIM RATTIGAN

Jim Rattigan studied french horn at Trinity College of music and the Royal Academy of music in London. While a student, he was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra and a founder member of the European Community Youth Jazz Orchestra (Eurojazz).

On leaving college he embarked on a free-lance career working with all the major London symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras and small ensembles. He joined the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra where he was a member for six years. During this time he also worked with the Bobby Lamb / Ray Premru Big Band and played on the Mike Gibbs album 'By The Way'.

Jim has played on numerous film scores, T.V. and radio, for which he has also written music. He left the RPO to concentrate on jazz and composition, forming his own group "Pavillon". He recorded "Unfamiliar Guise" with Pavillon in 2000.

He has played and recorded with Mike Gibbs, The Creative Jazz Orchestra, Julian Arguelles' ensemble, The London Sinfonietta, The Magic Mountain, Hans Kollers' New Memories and Mark Lockhearts' Scratch Band. He has also played with Django Bates' Delightful Precipice, Micheal Brecker Quindectet, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, McCoy Tyner big band, The Simon Purcell Octet, and the BBC Radio big band.

He has recently released his new album "Jazz French Horn".

Click movie to see Jim performing in Brighton. To view the movie you may need the QuickTime plug-in which can be downloaded free from QuickTime. The movie is 1.93Mb and lasts 2'30"