Charlotte Glasson

Charlotte Glasson (Born 1 March 1973, London) is a multi instrumentalist, band leader, composer and session player, playing soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and viola, penny whistle, melodica, percussion, and saw.

Charlotte started playing violin at the age of 5, got a guitar when she was 7 and taught herself how to play Beatle tunes, and then got a saxophone for Christmas when she was 12. Charlotte went on to study Music at Kingston University, after which she progressed into a career as a session musician, band leader and composer/arranger.

Equally at home playing jazz, classical music, blues, soul, funk, Latin, country and everything in between she’s kept busy on the music scene. She has also composed music for an Art Installation at The Ashmoleon museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei, and music for theatre performances by George Dillon.

Currently, Charlotte leads her own group band, the Charlotte Glasson Band, who perform her own original compositions along with those of the band. She is a member of Three Friends , a progressive rock band who perform the music of Gentle Giant, and has been a regular of the cast for The Lost and Found Orchestra. In this year's Brighton Fringe festival, Charlotte joined the band of Camille O'Sullivan.

as Charlotte Glasson/Charlotte Glasson Band

• Escapade (2005)
• Travels with Charlotte Glasson (2008)
• Charlotte’s World Wide Web (2010)
• Playground (2011)
• Live (2012)
• Festivus (2014)

other projects

• Que Pasa: Glass Blower (2004) - Latin Jazz with Chris Kibble on piano, Quentin Collins on trumpet, and Adam Riley on drums
• Lazy Days (2005) - with Jez Tonkin
• Shadow Dance (2009) - with Dan Hewson
• Tritones - with Sam Arts and Sam Glasson (2009)

as a session musician

Barry Adamson - Know Where To Run
James Blackshaw - All Is Falling, Holly EP, Fantomas
The Divine Comedy - Casanova, A Short Album About Love, Fin de Siècle, Victory for the Comic Muse, Bang Goes the Knighthood
Claire Martin - Take My Heart, Perfect Alibi
Oasis - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Nerina Pallot - The Graduate
Chris Spedding - Pearls, Joyland
UNKLE - The Knock On Effect
Jah Wobble - Fly

As a session musician, Charlotte has worked with amongst others:
Barry Adamson
Alan Barnes
The Brighton Beach Boys
James Blackshaw
Cubana Bop
Lorraine Bowen
Rob Bravery
Cache
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Cool Music
John Cooper Clarke
The Divine Comedy
Heather Cornell
David Coulter
Lea DeLaria
Steve Ellis
Digby Fairweather
Herbie Flowers
Antonio Forcionne
Will Gaines
Nigel Godrich
Ian Hamer
Gavin Jones
Robin Jones
Stephen Kalinich
The Karelia
Ladyhawke
Bill Laswell
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers
The Lost and Found Orchestra
The Damage Manual
Claire Martin
John Martyn
Guy Massey
Bobby Matos
Big Band Metheny
Jim Mullen
The Mummers
Andy Newmark
Oasis
Oriole
Orlando
Camille O'Sullivan
Nerina Pallot
Daniel Pemberton
Steve Power
PJ Proby
Bah Samba
Ian Shaw
Andrew Skeet
Snowboy
Chris Spedding
Paul Stacey and Jeremy Stacey
Spike Stent
Joby Talbot
Pucho and The Latin Soul Brothers
Three Bonzos and A Piano
Three Friends playing music of Gentle Giant
Unkle
Foy Vance
Diana Vickers
Julian Lloyd Webber
Reuben Wilson
Jah Wobble
Murray Young
Will Young

• Raw - composer Jim Williams - viola
• A Field in England - composer Jim Williams - viola
• Danger Mouse - composer Sanj Sen - soprano, alto, tenor, baritone sax, flute and alto flute
• Moshi Monsters: The Movie - composer - Sanj Sen - bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto flute, piccolo
• Bad Girls - appearing in the TV series 2 and 3 - tenor sax
• A Mother ‘s Son - composer Daniel Pemberton - viola
• Money - composer Daniel Pemberton - tenor and alto sax
• Vanity Fair - composer Murray Gold - baritone sax
• Desperate Romantics - composer Daniel Pemberton - baritone sax
• PG-Tips advert- Joby Talbot - baritone sax
• Young Musician of the Year theme Joby Talbot - soprano sax
• Tomorrows World theme - composer Neil Hannon/Joby Talbot - flute sax
• Ice Road Truckers - composer Daniel Pemberton - flute viola sax

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theatre plays by George Dillon

• Graft
• Hell and other stories
• The Gospel of Matthew
• The man who was Hamlet
• Hamlet

‘Everyone’s Life is an Epic’, an Art Installation at The Ashmoleon museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei.