Born 1978 in New York, but largely based in Britain, Justin grew up under the influence of both his parents’ past musical encounters: from his mother’s work with John McLaughlin, to his father’s playing in jazz, commercial, and Indian musical settings. His professional career began in his late teens, sitting in on his father’s gigs in New York and he has been establishing an ever increasing reputation on both sides of the Atlantic ever since working with the likes of Kenny Wollesen, Kermit Driscoll, Martin France, Gerard Presencer, Simon H. Fell, Mark Sanders, Alex Ward and Leafcutter John. His debut album with his own group Bakehouse was named 1 Jazz Album of 2005 by MOJO magazine and described as “Convincingly jagged, serene, tranquil, provocative, reassuring and strangely beautiful all at once”. Justin is also a winner of the 2004 BBC Jazz Award for Innovation alongside fellow members of the F-ire Collective.
“a startlingly fresh and deeply individual talent” Mojo
