The James Goff Big Band are well known for playing the music of such ‘greats’ as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and of course, Glen Miller and play many of their own arrangements at concerts. 

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Musical Director

Vocalist

James Goff

Jeannie Dee

 {Click on the Band Members’ names to see their profiles}

Saxophones

Pete Hopkins

Brian Peploe	Colin Bell	Peter Hartley
Peter Barber	Norman Sage	Dave Cox

 Did you know that?

1876: The Saxophone Made First Public Appearance.

 The saxophone made what many consider to be its first public appearance in the US when it was played by Etta Morgan at New York City's Olympic Theatre. The instrument had been invented in the first half of the 19th century by Belgian musician Adolphe Saxe. Early on, the saxophone became an integral part of the wind band, and later on of jazz music.

Trombones

John Williams	Philip Harrison
Marcus Robb	Adrian Jarvis

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Trumpets

Don Payne	Duncan McLean
Matt Dellow	John Stanton

Rhythm Guitar

Bass Guitar

Dave Burley

Rey Lear

Drums

Piano

Mike Cox

Mick Gooch

Drums

Drums

Graham Hallwood

Roy Holliday

Guest Players

Trumpet    Nigel Carter

Trumpet  Roy Crosby

Trumpet   Chris Clark

Trumpet    Jimmy Venn

Trombone  Ken Price

Trumpet  John Gates

Trombone   Matt Quick

Bass Guitar    Dave Williams

Saxophone   Jamie Wright

Saxophone  John Shelley

Here is a list of past and present players who have played in The James Goff or The Vandyke Big Band 

The Vandyke Big Band name was changed to The James Goff Big Band in 1992. see  for more.

If you have played for the band and would like to be included please  me with your details.

Name	Instrument	Band	Started	To
James Goff	Musical Director	Vandyke/J Goff	1991	Present
Jeannie Dee	Vocals	James Goff	-	Present
Norman Sage	Saxophone	James Goff	1995	Present
Peter Hartley	Saxophone	James Goff	-	Present
Colin Bell	Saxophone	James Goff	-	Present
Brian Peploe	Saxophone	James Goff	1994	Present
Peter Hopkins	Saxophone	Vandyke/J Goff	1989	2003
Peter Barber	Saxophone	Vandyke/J Goff	1989	Present
Matt Dellow	Trumpet	Vandyke/J Goff	1989	Present
Duncan McLean	Trumpet	James Goff	-	Present
John Stanton	Trumpet	James Goff	-	Present
Don Payne	Trumpet	James Goff	-	Present
John Williams	Trombone	James Goff	-	Present
Marcus Robb	Trombone	James Goff	-	Present
Philip Harrison	Trombone	James Goff	2002	Present
Dave Cox	Saxophone	James Goff	2000	Present
David Burley	Guitar	James Goff	1981	Present
Rey Lear	Bass Guitar	James Goff	-	Present
Mike Cox	Drums	James Goff	-	Present
Mick Gooch	Piano	James Goff	-	Present
Graham Hallwood	Drums	Vandyke/J Goff	-	Present
Dave Williams	Bass Guitar	James Goff	-	-
Chris Toop	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Roy Holliday	Drums	Vandyke/J Goff	Guest Player	15/16 years
Ron Wells	Trombone	James Goff	-	May 2003
Kevin Nicholls	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
John Mardlin	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Roy Taylor	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Ian Tipping	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Nigel Carter	Trumpet	You can hear Nigel on BBC Radio 2	Guest Player	-
Charlie Manning	Trumpet	James Goff	-	-
Mat Taylor	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Mick Gilbert	Trombone	James Goff	-	-
Ray Miles	Saxophone	James Goff	-	-
Paul Clark	Saxophone	James Goff	-	-
Mike Payne	Guitar	James Goff	-	-
Alex McLean	Trumpet	James Goff	-	-
Roy Crosby	Trumpet	James Goff	Guest Player	-
Chris Clark	Trumpet	James Goff	Guest Player	Website Link
Jimmy Venn	Trumpet	James Goff	Guest Player	-
Jamie Wright	Saxophone	James Goff	Guest Player	-
Ken Price	Trombone	James Goff	-	Present
Matt Quick	Trombone	James Goff	Guest Player	Website Link
John Shelley	Saxophone	James Goff	Guest Player	-
Ernie Barnard	Trombone	James Goff	-	Present
John Gates	Trumpet	James Goff	Guest Player	Present
Nick Dytham	Double Bass	James Goff	2003	Present