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With commitment to first rate artistic consistency in both live and studio applications, Chris is regarded as one of the top Player / Producer / Educators in Europe. In 2010 he was asked to become a member of the Zildjian Artists family and now plays Zildjian cymbals and Vater sticks exclusively.
BBC Introducing Award 2009
BEST JAZZ ALBUM 2010 ( MoJo Magazine ) with trioVD;
Parliamentary Jazz Award Nominee 2010 for Fill It Up With Ghosts trioVD
Chris over the last 4 years has recorded and written with some of the biggest names in Pop / Rock / Classical and Jazz. As a composer recent work used by ABC News America, BBC, Sky Sports, E4, Hollyoaks, Top Gear, Russell Brand Show, CNN.
trioVD ( Naim )
Michael Bolton ( Sony BMG )
Tim Garland
Evelyn Glennie ( ECM )
Arrested Development ( Cutting Edge Japan )
Femi Kuti
James Taylor Quartet
Jennifer Kae ( Warner Brothers )
London Sinfonietta
Acoustic Ladyland ( Sony / Leaf )
Kit Downes ( Edition )
Steve Chrisanthou ( Corrine Bailey Rae )
InMe ( EMI )
Big Joe Turner ( BB King Albert Collins )
Marc Ducret (Screwgun)
Tim Berne ( Screwgun )
Polar Bear (Leaf )
Henry Rollins ( Quatrestick Records )
Terrorvision ( EMI )
80’s Matchbox B-Line Disaster ( Sony )
Speech Debelle ( Big Dada )
Chris writes for Production Music Library Audio Network plc and conducts workshops for Serious Music Productions London. These workshops cater for primary to post grad applications. He also lectures at Leeds College Of Music Conservatoire.
“drummer Chris Bussey stands out as the preposterously talented instrumentalist with a tone and attack huge enough to fill any stadium, let alone a nightclub...”
Daniel Spicer on trioVD ‘Fill It Up With Ghosts’
“.....with Bussey’s maverick inclinations, the resulting flow of brilliant and busy ideas are unstoppable as they are breathtaking”
BBC Music Magazine on trioVD ‘Fill It Up With Ghosts’
..."it’s drummer Chris Bussey that brings an extraordinary energy and charisma to their live show (trioVD). Bussey’s ferocious attack, sheer exuberance and abundant virtuosity combine with a high wire, devil-may-care humour that’s wrapped up in a manic Keith Moon grin that simply bursts of the stage”
Mike Flynn Jazzwise
“Rapidly making a name for producing some of the most progressive sounds anywhere in the country”
Daniel Spicer : Jazzwise
“Chris Bussey is emerging as being one of the most important young musicians in the music business”
Producer Simon Humphrey; Abba / David Byrne
“Likes his tea strong as a badger, a true Yorkshireman”
Producer Richard Lacey; Edens Bridge
www.myspace.com/triovd
www.myspace.com/chrisbussey1
www.myspace.com/bilbaosyndrome
Recent Awards:
BBC Introducing Award 2009
BEST JAZZ ALBUM 2010 ( MoJo Magazine ) with trioVD;
Parliamentary Jazz Award Nominee 2010 for Fill It Up With Ghosts trioVD
Chris over the last 4 years has recorded and written with some of the biggest names in Pop / Rock / Classical and Jazz. As a composer recent work used by ABC News America, BBC, Sky Sports, E4, Hollyoaks, Top Gear, Russell Brand Show, CNN.
Recent recording, touring, producing, billing and playing credits include:
trioVD ( Naim )
Michael Bolton ( Sony BMG )
Tim Garland
Evelyn Glennie ( ECM )
Arrested Development ( Cutting Edge Japan )
Femi Kuti
James Taylor Quartet
Jennifer Kae ( Warner Brothers )
London Sinfonietta
Acoustic Ladyland ( Sony / Leaf )
Kit Downes ( Edition )
Steve Chrisanthou ( Corrine Bailey Rae )
InMe ( EMI )
Big Joe Turner ( BB King Albert Collins )
Marc Ducret (Screwgun)
Tim Berne ( Screwgun )
Polar Bear (Leaf )
Henry Rollins ( Quatrestick Records )
Terrorvision ( EMI )
80’s Matchbox B-Line Disaster ( Sony )
Speech Debelle ( Big Dada )
Chris writes for Production Music Library Audio Network plc and conducts workshops for Serious Music Productions London. These workshops cater for primary to post grad applications. He also lectures at Leeds College Of Music Conservatoire.
Quotes
“drummer Chris Bussey stands out as the preposterously talented instrumentalist with a tone and attack huge enough to fill any stadium, let alone a nightclub...”
Daniel Spicer on trioVD ‘Fill It Up With Ghosts’
“.....with Bussey’s maverick inclinations, the resulting flow of brilliant and busy ideas are unstoppable as they are breathtaking”
BBC Music Magazine on trioVD ‘Fill It Up With Ghosts’
..."it’s drummer Chris Bussey that brings an extraordinary energy and charisma to their live show (trioVD). Bussey’s ferocious attack, sheer exuberance and abundant virtuosity combine with a high wire, devil-may-care humour that’s wrapped up in a manic Keith Moon grin that simply bursts of the stage”
Mike Flynn Jazzwise
“Rapidly making a name for producing some of the most progressive sounds anywhere in the country”
Daniel Spicer : Jazzwise
“Chris Bussey is emerging as being one of the most important young musicians in the music business”
Producer Simon Humphrey; Abba / David Byrne
“Likes his tea strong as a badger, a true Yorkshireman”
Producer Richard Lacey; Edens Bridge
Band Websites
www.myspace.com/triovd
www.myspace.com/chrisbussey1
www.myspace.com/bilbaosyndrome