Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

The idea of a brass ensemble came to Philip Jones while counting his many tacit bars as a very young trumpet player in the Royal Opera House. Brass ensembles did not exist then, nor was there any repertoire. At that time it would have been difficult to imagine that, three decades later, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, with a large and varied repertoire and over 50 gramophone records to its credit, would be traveling around the world, playing at major international festivals, performing at grand occasions and giving masterclasses on brass ensemble playing worldwide. But this is precisely what the PJBE did during the last ten years of its existence.