Charlotte Glasson

Charlotte Glasson (born 1 March 1973, London, England) is a British multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, 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.

Early life

Charlotte started playing the violin at the age of five, got a guitar when she was seven 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, bandleader and composer/arranger.

Career

Glasson plays jazz, classical music, blues, soul, funk, Latin, country and everything in between. She has composed music for an Art Installation at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei, and music for theatre performances by George Dillon. She leads the Charlotte Glasson Band, who perform her compositions along with those of the band. Glasson is also part of the band of Camille O'Sullivan. She has been a member of Three Friends, a progressive rock band who perform the music of Gentle Giant, and was a regular of the cast for The Lost and Found Orchestra. Bonito (2022) was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She is currently touring as a member of The Waeve.

Music critic Jackie Hayden described Glasson's playing as: "If you’ve ever wondered what smiles sound like, this is it."

Bands and solo artist discography

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)
• Robots (2018)
• Bonito (2022)

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)
• Camille Sings Cave Live - Camille O'Sullivan Camille O'Sullivan (2019)

as a session musician

• Barry Adamson – Know Where To Run
• James Blackshaw – All Is Falling, Holly EP, Fantomas
• Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
• The Divine Comedy – Casanova, A Short Album About Love, Fin de Siècle, Victory for the Comic Muse, Bang Goes the Knighthood
• Andy Mackay – 3Psalms
• 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

Film and television work

• Raw – composer Jim Williams – viola
• Possessor - composer Jim Williams - viola & violin
• One More Time with Feeling – 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

Compositions and arrangements

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 Ashmolean Museum in Oxford with Chinese Artist Qu Leilei.

External links

• Official website
• Charlotte Glasson at IMDb
• Charlotte Glasson discography at Discogs
• 2022 Interview in London Jazz News