"The first song I fell in love with When I was seven and I started playing the trumpet, my mum would take me to the library. They just happened to have Afro by Dizzy Gillespie, and I fell in love with Con Alma, which Dizzy plays on the trumpet with so much soul that it feels like a voice. I remember thinking: Wow, this is something else."
"My whole family has always loved Queen. When Queen played Knebworth in 1986, my granny and grandad lived in the village, so we felt like they'd come to play to us. My mum, dad, aunty and uncle all went. We were left behind, but could hear it across the fields. If we were on a long car journey, I'd insist on having it on five times in a row."
He fell in love with Con Alma by Dizzy Gillespie at age seven after starting trumpet lessons and library visits. He avoids karaoke because reading lyrics would throw him off, though he might choose Crocodile Rock if required. Queen was a family staple and their Knebworth concert was a memorable local moment that prompted repeated listening on long car journeys. He recommends Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland as the best party song for its horn-driven energy. He dislikes Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody for its ubiquity and association with frantic holiday shopping. Iestyn Davies's Rodelinda moves him to tears. He wants both Mozart's Requiem and Bach's St Matthew Passion at his funeral.
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