Complex sentence: When turning professional, Fairweather helped found the Keith Nichols Midnite Follies Orchestra, recorded solo albums from 1978, and joined a quartet known as Velvet with guitarists Denny Wright and Ike Isaacs plus bassist Len Skeat.
Split into simpler sentences: When turning professional, Fairweather helped found the Keith Nichols Midnite Follies Orchestra. From 1978 he recorded solo albums, and joined a quartet known as Velvet, with guitarists Denny Wright and Ike Isaacs plus bassist Len Skeat.