Mark Nightingale

b. 29 May 1967, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Nightingale took up the trombone as a child and at the age of 15 won the prestigious award named for Don Lusher. Immediately following this he became lead trombonist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. It was while he was with the NYJO that Nightingale extended his musical prowess into the fields of composing and arranging. In the late 80s he formed Bone Structure, a small band with an all-trombone front line. The outfit released one album, Bone Structure, on the Calligraph label in 1988. A student at London's Trinity Colle...