Mandorla bass player Oli Hayhurst

Since moving to London from Cambridge in 1995 to study at the Royal Academy of Music, Oli Hayhurst has worked in a wide range of musical fields, playing double bass, bass guitar and guitarron. He was a founder member of The Orient House Ensemble with Gilad Atzmon with whom he recorded two albums for Enja and toured extensively in the UK and Europe. With Polly Paulusma he has played all over Italy and toured Europe opening for Bob Dylan. He is currently working with Tim Whitehead, Respectable Groove, Zoe Rahman, Reem Kelani, Curious Paradise, Parallelogram and Mandorla. He has backed artists as diverse as Vanessa Mae, Bill McHenry, John Parricelli, Maria Ewing, Jim Mullen, Patrizio Buanne, Melanie C, Cara Dillon, Martin Speake, Theo Travis, Bobby Wellins, Liam Noble, Mark Lockheart, Anita Wardell, Polly Gibbons, Henry Lowther, Joe Townsend and Martin Green.

"Symmetry and poise...doesn't miss a beat" John Fordham

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