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The Belper Jazz Company presents Dennis Rollins at No28, Belper.

One of the UK's finest trombonists, Dennis Rollins MBE, will be joined by the Belper Jazz Company. Together they will be putting the fun into funk.

Sunday 9th March 2025
6:30pm til 9:00pm (Performance starts 7:00pm)

Sunday 9th March 2025
6:30pm til 9:00pm (Performance starts 7:00pm)

The Belper Jazz Company presents Dennis Rollins at No28, Belper.

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The Belper Jazz Company presents Dennis Rollins at No28, Belper.

Music Genres

Jazz


About

BIOGRAPHY

A passionate performer and educator, British trombone player Dennis Rollins MBE has established a reputation as an artist of excellence, and has lent his unique and stylish talents to some of this country's, and indeed the world's top jazz and pop personalities such as Courtney Pine, Maceo Parker, Jamiroquai, US3, The Brand New Heavies, Blur, Monty Alexander, Pee Wee Ellis and Jean Toussaint, amongst others.

 As a bandleader, in 2006 his jazz/funk outfit Badbone & Co won a prestigious BBC Jazz Award in the Best Band category. In the following year he picked up both Trombonist of the Year at the British Jazz Awards and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Awards.  Dennis was nominated twice in the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards for Jazz Musician of the Year and for Jazz Education; he won the latter.

Other awards include British Trombone Society (BTS) Player of the year Award 2013 and JazzYorkshire Award 2012 Best Band for his band Velocity Trio.

 In his hometown of Doncaster UK, Dennis was given Honorary Freedom of the Borough in recognition of his successful musical career and for his constant inspiration to the regions musical youth.

As part of Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018, Dennis was honoured with an MBE for Services to music. 

Most recently in June 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Wales, UK.

​A sought after jazz educationalist, Dennis has worked in collaboration with many of the UK's university and colleges delivering  a wide range of music programmes and performance workshops. 

Dennis says "Growing up, I was extremely fortunate to have had the most inspiring and dedicated teachers. The skills and compassion I acquired were a result of that education. Teaching feels very natural to me. I feel it's a duty to pass on my musical knowledge to the next generation." 

​As a recording artist he's currently recorded 5 critically acclaimed albums. Three with his award-winning band Badbone & Co, and two with his progressive jazz organ-trio, Velocity Trio.

​He's proud to be an exclusive endorsee of UK brass instrument maker, Michael Rath Trombones and Argentinian mouthpiece maker Boqar Baro Mouthpieces.

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Venue Address

28 Market Place, Belper, DE56 1FZ

Venue Rating

5 / 5 based on 19 reviews

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