Gary Alesbrook
Gary Alesbrook (1976) is a British trumpet player. Early life and education. Alesbrook was born in Plymouth and educated at Leeds College of Music. Career. On leaving college Alesbrook started his session career in 1999 playing for the Super Furry Animals, touring and playing on the albums" Mwng", "Rings Around the World", "Hey Venus!" and "Phantom Power." He also played on Gruff Rhys solo album, "Hotel Shampoo." Alesbrook recorded with Kasabian in 2006, playing one track, 'The Doberman,' on their second album "Empire". He toured next with the Scissor Sisters on their UK dates and for their live  DVD recorded July 2007 at London O2 arena. He then joined Kasabian for recording and touring from 2007 until the present day. He has recorded on all of the band's subsequent albums. In 2008 Alesbrook recorded on the album "Torch" with the group INgrooves. In between Kasabian commitments Alesbrook also toured with US RnB artist Raphael Saadiq and recorded on albums "KT Tunstall", "Tiger Suit" and "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds". He maintains his own band, The Duval Project, who have released an EP mixed by Grammy winning sound engineer Russell Elevado and also released two singles in  2015. Alesbrook has also played on soundtracks for film and TV, including "London Boulevard" and Guy Ritchie's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". He also played on soundtracks for "The Mighty Boosh." In 2013 Alesbrook recorded with the Rich O'Brien Project on the album "Horizons", and in 2015 he continued to perform with the Super Furry Animals. In 2015 he performed with pianist Ruth Hammond. In 2016 he was interviewed on BBC about his songwriting and performing with Kasabian, and in 2017 he performed with the Andy Hague Big Band. In 2019 Alesbrook would appear on American rock band Twin Peaks ' fourth studio album "Lookout Low", which was recorded at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales.