Member Profile
Desmond Chisholm
Location:
London
Originally a saxophonist/singer. One of my first professional engagements was supporting the legend Jimi Hendrix. Later, with another band I also supported Al Green & Jose Feliciano on TV, toured US bases with Erma Franklin - the original singer of “Piece of my Heart”, then later becoming a solo recording artist as singer/songwriter/saxophonist and also signing my very earliest songs to other music publishers.
One band I formed included on keyboards; Dave Rowberry (Stevie Wonder, The Animals, The Four Tops, Solomon Burke, Tom Jones), Ron Telemacque (Funkmasters, David Cross, Jimmy Ruffin, Incognito, The Equals) on drums.
Under the pseudonym Jimmy Silver, I also gigged or recorded with Eddy Grant, The Pioneers, Gordon Hunt (Bob Marley, Sade, Gonzalez), Matt Aitkin (Stock Aitkin & Waterman), writer/key's/producer Martin Lascelles ("Love is a house"), producer Phil Harding (Peter Waterman Ltd), Ray Carless (Jazz Jamaica, Billy Ocean, Incognito), writer/producer/ Rod Gammons (Beverly Knight, Liberty X, Ultravox), Shirley & Dee Lewis (Bros, George Michael) and... too many to mention.
After a very long lay-off, I played sax on the theme "Blues for Langston" a Channel 4 TV program on poet Langston Hughes backed by Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors including Gary Crosby, Tony Rémy & Mark Mondesir.
Now back in the songwriting saddle, I've written many catchy, commercial songs and am looking for (a) the right singer with a sensible attitude to manage, then take him/her skywards and (b), signed singers needing mostly Pop, Soul, R 'n' B, Funky radio and danc floor friendly music.
