Left to right
Roger Hind - Piano/Keyboard
Roger has retired from teaching music at Oakwood School School, Surrey, the area where he lives. Always busy performing somewhere or other, Roger plays with several jazz outfits, is a church organist and is a leading light in the Watermill Jazz Club in Dorking. As well as being an accomplished pianist, Roger is an able arranger and has been musical director for many shows. Jazz is the music he enjoys and plays so well.
Frank Osborne - Guitar (author of the ConChord website)
Has been with the band since day one and been through all the crisis that all bands are destined to suffer, but is now happy to work with a great bunch of dedicate players. As well as being part of the rhythm section he produces our shows and looks after the website, gigs, publicity, transport and other sundry tasks. Lives in East Grinstead and operates a small upholstery business. Bought his first guitar from a junk shop near Liverpool Street Station and in his mis-spent youth played in Rock and Roll bands.
Brian Sharp - Drums
Brian lives in Crawley and also works there for a company that builds flight simulators. He has been with the band for approx. four years and has extensive experience playing with various small groups and bands, ConChord being his first big band. Jazz is his first love but Brian has an open mind about music and just loves to play his drums.
Graham Howe - Synthesiser/Keyboard
Multi-talented Graham is an Immigration Officer at Gatwick Airport. In addition to speaking several languages fluently he is an excellent classical guitarist and arranger. For quite a while now Graham has been Musical Director for GAPS (the Gatwick Airport Pantomime Society) which plays to full houses and raises huge sums of money for charities. With all these things going for him, I, as a mere mortal am happy to report that he is the most untidy person on this planet.
Bill Gledhill - Bass
Bill came to us via one of our "Search For A Star" shows. He was a contestant playing bass accompanying his daughter singing "Fever". Living in Ashurstwood, a small village just outside East Grinstead, Bill enjoys ballroom dancing and playing all kinds of music. He bought his "anorexic" bass through the Internet from the US, and it arrived in one piece!
