Percy Pursglove

Trumpet
(United Kingdom)

Percy Pursglove is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and educator from the U.K. known for the stylist breadth of his work. 

Alumnus of both the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and New School University, New York City, Percy is now nearing the end of his PhD studies hinged around choral composition.

Percy is currently the newest member of the NDR Big Band, Hamburg, a position against which he balances numerous freelance projects and compositional commissions.  

As a renowned educator, since the age of twenty-three, Percy has been most closely associated with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's senior and junior departments and acted as visiting tutor and external examiner for: The Royal Academy of Music; Trinity Laban; Guildhall School of Music; University of Birmingham, Chethams Schools of Music and Leeds College of Music.

Some of the most prominent artists Percy has performed and recorded with include;

NDR Big Band - Hamburg, WDR Big Band - Köln, Bill Frissell, Barry Guy, Michael Gibbs, Phil Woods, Claudio Roditi, Evan Parker, Jakob Bro, Elliott Sharpe, Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, Django Bates, Steve Swallow, Chris Potter, David Liebman, Dave Holland, Enrico Pieranunzi, Norma Winstone, Elbow, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter, Dr John and Amy Winehouse.