James Gardiner-Bateman (alto sax) studied at the Royal Academy and has worked and toured with Joss Stone, Dennis Rollins’ funk outfit “Badbone and Co”, Mica Paris, Beverley Knight, Pixie Lott and Paloma Faith, as well as The Guy Barker Orchestra, the Reuben Fowler Big Band, Floating Points Ensemble and Keith Tippett’s Octet.