Ashley Slater (born 1961) is a British

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player and best known for his

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on the

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Boo! as well as his work with

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(a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) in the band

Freak Power Freak Power was a band founded by bassist Norman Cook (later known as Fatboy Slim), Ashley Slater (the trombonist with the anarchic British jazz big band Loose Tubes), and vocalist Jesse Graham, also known as "the Bass Cadet". Their music was ...

Career

In 1983 after leaving the army, Slater attended the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, after which he joined the jazz orchestral collective

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. Over the next few years he was the bass and tenor trombonist of choice for George Russell, Carla Bley,

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, El Sonido de Londres, Billy Jenkins,

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and

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Discography

As leader

*''The Human Groove'' (1988), with Microgroove *''Big Lounge'' (2002) *''Cellophane'' (2008) With Kitten & The Hip *''Hello Kitten'' (2014) With

*''

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'' (1995) *''More of Everything for Everybody'' (1996) With

* ''

'' (1985) * ''Delightful Precipice'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1988) With Kin Chi Kat * ''You Think You Love Me'' (2019)

With others

* Billy Jenkins, '' Scratches of Spain'' (1987) * George Russell, '' The London Concert'' (1990) * Carla Bley, '' The Very Big Carla Bley Band'' (1991) *

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, ''Mirrormask: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2005), ''Molecular Gastronomy'' (2007) *

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, ''Back to Daylight'' from the Album Rum & Coke (2009) * Monkey Business, ''Id Song'' and ''London Dealing'' from the Album ''Twilight of Jesters?'' (2009) * Tape Five, ''Jambalaya'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Ashley 1961 births Living people British jazz trombonists Male trombonists British people of Canadian descent 21st-century trombonists 21st-century British male musicians British male jazz musicians Loose Tubes members Oxcentrics members