James Beckwith

James Beckwith is a London-based jazz pianist and composer. James studied Jazz at Leeds College of Music, winning the John Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition. He then moved to Canada to study how to be a Piano Technician. He then returned to London and after a brief period working at Steinway & Sons, enrolled at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance to undertake an MMus in Composition.. James has released two studio albums - Long Distance, and SE10. His album SE10 features Chelsea Carmichael, Sheila Maurice-Grey, James Copus, Joe Downard and Harry Pope. Beckwith has headlined shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and performs regularly with the aforementioned Harry Pope in the band of trumpeter Jackson Mathod. James has his own website -