Meet the Band
Miles Guerrini
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar
Miles Guerrini had a passion for performance from his earliest nursery ballet lessons to school acting roles. After his Post Graduate Diploma in Classical Acting and Musical Theatre he toured the U.K., Europe and then the world in various productions before winning the role of Richie Valens in The Buddy Holly Story in the West End. Further roles followed but family life beckoned so Miles retired and helped his wife realise her dream, creating her own nursery school (www.acornscirencester.com).
The Curious Little Big Band now satisfies Miles' need to sing, dress up and show off, dance to great music and have fun with friends and the general public. Other than that he enjoys stamp collecting, tiddlywinks and watching paint dry.
Guy Guerrini
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Saxophones
Guy Guerrini was the fifth of six children, all of whom are musicians and so, desperate to outdo them and attract some of his parents scant attention, he never contented himself with just the one instrument. Initially inspired by a family friend and jazz aficionado he triumphed at tinkling on the ivories before engaging with the mighty church organ. Pipes became a theme as he moved into the flute which led to the saxophone – and all before the age of 16. With such a grounding, he is now literally able to grab whatever comes his way and squeeze music out of it. In this band he has played everything on stage at one point or other and adds lead, backing and rap vocals to his roster.
When not flexing his performance muscles he can be found inspiring hundreds of young musicians as Director of Music at Bristol Grammar School. Unlike his brother Miles, all these talents are touted with disarming modesty.
Andy Hughes
Drums, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Andy Hughes travelled the world as a singer before returning to his native and beloved Cirencester. Whilst he continues with his solo singing, The Curious Little Big Band have managed to lure him back to his first musical endeavour – drumming. But, if you listen carefully, he is not a man to be out done by the other vocalists in the band.
Russell Blackaller
Keyboard, Backing Vocals
Russell Blackaller has busked with his accordion around the planet and has played the piano in some of the finest hotels in the world. When not playing music, he might make appearances as characters from Alice in Wonderland down the world famous The Rabbit Hole at Glastonbury Festival. Russell now feels at home amongst the array of delicious characters in The Curious Little Big Band. His love of theatre and music can be fulfilled in one fell swoop.
Simon Messenger
Guitar
Simon Messenger is an incredible guitar player with all of the licks and riffs under his belt. He can also improvise ecstatically whenever needed. Despite this he is surprisingly modest and, when not playing, delivers a constant stream of witty banter.
Henry Blackaller
Bass
Henry is a music composer for film stock libraries based in Bristol. You can follow him on Instagram and watch this dark example of his stop motion cabaret.
Rowan Porteus
Trumpet
Rowan is astonishingly accomplished. He has his own jazz band which produces original albums but we are very lucky he joins us for some proper fun.
Rupert Irving
Drums
Also appearing in our line-up from time to time is our dep drummer Rupert Irving. Rupert has played -many- gigs with the Band including Glastonbury Festival.
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