David Roach (born 1955,

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

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, England) is a British saxophonist who released a solo single, "Emotional Jungle" in 1984. His album, ''I Love Sax'' reached #73 in the UK Albums Chart in April that year. As a Coda-Landscape recording artist in the 1980s David made 2 albums 'Running with the River ' and 'The Talking City'. He has played

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

and

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for the Michael Nyman Band since 1985, making his debut on ''

The Kiss and Other Movements ''The Kiss and Other Movements'' is the sixthcounting the withheld ''The Cold Room'' album release by Michael Nyman, and the fifth recording (fourth full album) with the Michael Nyman Band. The title track is an "operatic duet" between Dagmar Krau ...

'' and appearing on nearly every album since. Prior to that he was musical director for Billy Ocean and a founding member of the Myrha Saxophone Quartet. David played oboe and saxophone for Frank Sinatra in his European tours of the early 1990s. He was a member of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet and producer of the London Saxophonic. He also co-produced Nyman's albums, '' After Extra Time'', The Suit and the Photograph and Sangam. Roach's soprano and alto saxophone playing has featured in many film and television scores. He has played with most of the major London orchestras including 25 years for the

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, and he has been a visiting professor of chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

in Manchester.

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Apollo Saxophone Quartet
1955 births Living people British classical saxophonists People from Darlington 21st-century saxophonists British male saxophonists 21st-century British male musicians {{saxophonist-stub