Saxophones
  • Alto Pete Deane
  • Alto Rob Tagg
  • Tenor Will Statham
  • Tenor Chris Brake
  • Baritone John Newman


Trumpets
  • Huw Evans
  • Della Farrell
  • ​Peter Wing
  • Tom Beeching

Trombones
  • Robin Upcott
  • Simon Wyld
  • Steve Powell
  • Tom Wallace










Rhythm
  • Drums - Glenn Martin
  • Bass - Clive Chase
  • Keyboards – Russell Pusey

Vocal
  • See Concert Schedule for the Monthly Vocalist Program
  • Guests

Pete Deane - Musical Director

 Pete  started playing in Bristol   playing sax in the school band   led by his maths  teacher Les Pursey in the mid 70's - who also created the Bristol Schools Dance Orchestra with Jack Fear.
Progressing from this Peter toured Spain, Germany and the UK with a small jazz rock band from Bristol -- the Fred Bloggs Band  --playing a complete mix  of jazz and rock.
As a student in Plymouth Pete played with small groups, both jazz and commercial,  as well as re-engaging with the Plymouth Arts Centre big band.
Moving on from this Pete did stints with truly commercial bands in Bournemouth and Weymouth before moving to Surrey and initially playing with the SJO   on Tenor Sax during the early 1980's when the band was playing at Ripley and then Woking.
Although Pete had a 10 year absence when he lived in Yorkshire he rejoined the SJO in 1999 and has played many roles with the band since then - playing pretty much all of the sax chairs at one time or another.
Now (2017) Pete takes on the leadership of the band and is delighted to be given such a great opportunity -with so may skilled and talented musicians.

Glenn martin -- Drums
Glenn turned professional in 1960, his first pro job was taking over from Ringo Starr when he joined The Beatles. Throughout the 1960’s he worked through Europe with various pop groups and in 1965  topped the charts with Hedgehoppers Anonymous on ‘Its Good News Week’.   In the latter half of the 1960’s he was the drummer for Sandie Shaw.   In 1970 he started a career of theatre and cabaret work backing every major British and many American Variety stars. He also appeared on the same bill with such Jazz Luminaries as the Louis Bellson Orchestra. He was resident during this period at the Wakefield Savoy Theatre Club, Butlins and the Rank Organisation theatres and touring shows, the Webbington Country Club in Weston super Mare and the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.   In 1978 and 1979 he was awarded No1 European Drummer by the British Music Retailers Association.   Glenn joined the SJO in 1991 and continues to do club and session work.