Nick Webb (musician)

Nicholas "Nick" Webb (born 1954 in Manchester, † 5 February 1998 in London ) was a British jazz guitarist and composer in the field of smooth jazz and New Age.

Webb was a nephew of actress Sylvia Syms and had as a child actor with her and Tony Hancock in 1963 made ​​an appearance in the feature film The Punch and Judy Man. As a teenager, he performed as a folksinger and studied at Leeds College of Music, then briefly literature in London before he moved full time to the music. With Greg Carmichael He founded in 1987 the Jazz band Acoustic Alchemy with which they recorded their debut album Red Dust and Spanish Lace for MCA. Successfully, the band was in 1990 after changing the label GRP Records, which led to two Grammy nominations for the song Caravan of Dreams ( from the album Reference Point, 1991) and for the album Arcanum of 1996. Webb died at age 43 a pancreatic tumor. Appeared in 2007, the tribute album Into the Rainbow: A Tribute to Nick Webb ( Prestige ).

Disco Graphical Notes

• Acoustic Alchemy - Reference Point (GRP, 1991) with Randy Brecker
• Acoustic Alchemy - Against the Grain (GRP, 1994)
• Acoustic Alchemy - Positive Thinking (GRP, 1998)