About Us
The Lorraine Jones Quartet are a newly formed Jazz Band comprising ex pro’ and ex record label musicians.
Individually we have a wealth of experience playing in venues ranging from The Royal Albert Hall to tiny clubs on the continent.
Now we appear at private parties, weddings, functions, corporate events and Jazz Venues
Our individual biographies are below.
Jenny Kemble - Piano
Jenny started playing piano when she was 8 years old.
Coming from a musical family, her father a professional bass player, Jenny has been involved in the London & Cambridge jazz scene all her life; playing professionally and semi-professionally in a myriad of jazz venues, whilst also working for the U.K’s top Jazz Magazine ‘Crescendo’.
Jenny recently told us she once shook Oscar Peterson’s hand at Scott’s when she was a teenager and didn’t wash her hand for a week!
Jenny is an established talent in the world of jazz piano.
Noel Price - Bass
Noel’s been playing bass since he was 12.
His second ever gig, just after turning 16, was supporting Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames when he was playing on the circuit around Birmingham with the now legendary ‘Spellbound’.
After selling his Recruitment Consultancy in London when he was 30, Noel toured an album with Cajun band ‘The Lizards’ who signed to Festival Records soon after his joining.
Noel is now in his late 60s. Shortly after retiring 8 years ago from his post of Head of Faculty, Noel started playing Jazz seriously following an inspirational tutorial with Paul Young’s bass man.
Simon Bittleston - Drums
Simon started playing drums professionally at the age of 13 as a sight-reading musician, backing professional cabaret singers, in an extensive range of clubs and venues throughout London and the south.
As a PhD scientist, he built a career in a major multinational company at VP level, working in Norway, the USA, France and UK; but always maintaining his musical passion with various pickup bands.
He also plays clarinet and has appeared at The Royal Albert Hall.
Lorraine Jones - Vocal
Lorraine has been singing in a wide variety of bands since she was 15.
She has appeared in many well known venues over the decades including the Marquee in Soho, Rock Garden in Covent Garden and the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden.
In the 1990s, she was a session singer for bands who were showcasing their talents to prospective music promoters.
Lorraine has always had a deep love of jazz and put this quartet together in 2024 for the joy of singing some of the coolest hits ever recorded.
Some of the Venues at which we have appeared individually include:
Thea Marquee, Wardour St
The Royal Albert Hall
The Alhambra Opera House Bradford
Band on the Wall Manchester
Barbarellas Birmingham
Bury Town Hall
Derby Town Hall
The Rock Garden London
Holmfirth Town Hall
Towngate Theatre, Basildon
Buxton Town Hall
Break for the Border, London
Headlining Bradford World Music Festival
The Winter Gardens Malvern
The Winter Gardens Cleethorpes
Sun-down spot at The Guilford Blues Festival in the football Stadium
The Cambridge Folk Festival
Streatham Hill Theatre
Tito’s, Almeria Spain
Oxford University
Warwick University
Kent University
York University
Birmingham University
Darlington Arts Centre
The Mean Fidler, London
The Tramshed, London
The Half Moon Putney
The Railway Birmingham
Artists Some of Us Have Supported Include:
Sasha Distel
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
The Real Thing
UB40
Frankie Miller
John Cooper Clarke
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Dr Feelgood
The Tom Robinson Band