Nik Carter
Nik Carter was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk on the 6th September 1985.
He started playing the clarinet at the age of 8 and moved onto the saxophone at the age of 12. While at school he played with various youth concert, orchestra and big bands having sax lessons locally with George King and later Dean Masser, Nick Walker and Simon Allen. Nik attended the Junior Jazz course at the Royal Academy Of Music for a year, which was lead by Nick Smart, and played with various British jazz musicians such as Tim Garland and Pete Churchill.
At the age of 16 he made a guest appearance with NYJO, and after continued rehearsals obtained a regular spot in the band playing tenor. With NYJO Nik played with Buddy Grecco, and also played at the BAFTA Awards in London. He was also featured playing on a NYJO album called "London Pride" which featured special guests Sir John Dankworth and Cleo Lane. At around this time he acquired a place on the jazz course at Trinity College Of Music in Greenwich, London.
At Trinity, he received lessons and master classes led by Martin Speake, Mark Lockheart, Mick Foster, Jean Toussaint, Russell Van den Berg, Gerard Presencer, Bobby Lamb and Ian Ballamy. Whilst at Trinity, Nik was presented with opportunities to work in the 'session' and commercial world of playing - the first of these being work with a band called "Holy Soul" who played at Peter Andre and Jordan's wedding. More recently Nik has just finished two world tours with UK pop artist Lily Allen and is involved, performing and recording with various other Pop, Gospel and Jazz artists in London.
For further information visit www.nikcarter.co.uk or www.myspace.com/nikcartersax