Deirdre Cartwright

Deirdre Cartwright ( born July 27, 1956 in London) is a British guitarist of fusion jazz.

Life

Cartwright studied piano as a child, but is self-taught on the guitar. Since 1983 she played in her hometown in various jazz combos, but also in big bands. Since 1981 she was a member of the " Guest Stars", a female fusion band. In the television course " Rock School " the BBC she was engaged as a guitar specialist and also authored educational materials series, which reached 2 million viewers in Britain and was also broadcast in other countries.

In 1984 she was with the " guest stars " on tour in the United States, then in other countries. The band brought out three albums; especially the first one was successful. After the band dissolved in 1988 Cartwright worked with musicians such as Ian Shaw, Carol Grimes, Annie Whitehead ( Vortex Foundation Big Band ) and Tal Farlow. In 1992, she founded her own quintet ( Deirdre Cartwright Group), which besides its two " Guest Star " fellow Alison Rayner (bass) and Louise Elliott ( saxophone), the percussionist Chris Baron and Gary Hammond belong, with whom she went several times on tour and albums of his own compositions presented.

Furthermore, Deirdre Cartwright played with the Electric Country Ladies, Sisters in Jazz, the Giant Steppes and Marjorie Whylie, operating in London its own jazz club Blow The Fuse ( with Alison Rayner ), named after a band they had in the late 1980s with Rayner, and also appeared as Radiomoderatiorin in the broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Jazz Notes forth.

Discography

• Tune Up Turn On Stretch Out (2008)
• Dr Quantum Leaps (2005)
• Precious Things (2002)
• Play ( 1996)
• Live in Berlin (1987 )
• The Guest Stars (1985 )