ArtistInfo

Nikki Iles

p, *1963 GB, Dunstable
Musician / Composer of Jazz

Nikki Iles (born 16 May 1963) is an English jazz composer and musician, playing piano and accordion.Iles was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, her parents both musicians (her father a drummer and her mother a pianist). She started her musical education at primary school, where she learnt to play the harmonica and the clarinet, and at eleven years old she won a junior exhibition at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied clarinet and piano (1974–1981). She became a member of the Bedfordshire Youth Jazz Orchestra. As a result of her increasing involvement with jazz, she went on to the Leeds College of Music to study alto saxophone and piano (1981–1984).

Instruments

• Piano
• Accordion

Genres

• Jazz
• Rock
• Classical
• R&B/Soul
• Pop

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