About Me
Nick Bradshaw Drum Tuition offers professional drum lessons in South East London. Have a read through my previous projects and my influences.
MOST RECENT PROJECTS
Since 2008, Nick has been the drummer for the original & highly successful ‘Duelling Pianos’ show, playing over 450 dates throughout the UK & Europe, over the past 10 years.
In 2010, Nick became a member of funky soul-jazz London quintet Alice in Grooveland,performing in most of the capital’s top jazz venues & festivals throughout the UK. The band’s album ‘Skyline’, released in 2015, reached #2 in the UK jazz chart & has been played on jazz radio stations all over the world.
In the last few years, Nick has also played for Welsh National Music Theatre Orchestra(concert tour 2016); also the ‘Motown Greatest Hits’ touring show & much other freelance work as well’.
In 2022, Nick played some dates on the UK Bruce Springsteen Tribute Tour’; it felt good to ‘dust-off my rock chops’ & play with a seriously good band, playing the Springsteen back-catalogue with amazing accuracy, was a lot of fun!
Since 2021, Nick has had a residency in the iconic Jazz After Dark’ club (in London’s West End), playing with different acts & featuring some of London’s finest jazz & soul musicians.
He has also kept busy freelancing,with dates on the Barry White Tribute touring show ‘Let the Music Play’, also with the ‘London Piano Man’,-a high-energy piano-led request show,playing round the UK.
In 2024, Nick performed on some European dates with the legendary ‘Scorpios’-the eclectic Sudanese funk-jazz have a big following across Europe & beyond. A sucessful stint with the band led to recording date in the famous Abbey Road Studios, London.
Performing Career Highlights
Early Influences
- Studied with Paul Brodie (BBC Radio Big Band)
- Dave Cutler (Georgie Fame)
- Studied at Manchester University BA (Hons)
Theatre
- Grease
- They’re Playing our Song
- City Lights
- Damn Yankees
- California Dream Boys
- The Demon Headmaster
- Motown’s Greatest Hits


Jazz
- Mark Nightingale
- Matt Wates
- Gilad Atzmon
- Bobby Wellins
- Paul Morgan
- Dick Heckstall-Smith
- Gill Manly
- Broadway seasons at London’s Pizza on the Park
- Jazz Directive (Gospel) at Ronnie Scott’s
- World Music Festival at St. Martin’s in the Fields
- Mervyn Africa Band
Bands
- The Commitments
- Heatwave (USA)
- The Platters (USA)
- The Rah Band (Clounds Across The Moon)
- Laurel Aitken (‘The Godfather of Ska’)
- Good Rockin’ Tonite (UK’s Number 1 Elvis Tribute Band)
Singers
- Debbie Shapiro
- Dana
- Brenda Cochrane
- Austin Drage-X-Factor Finalist
Big Bands
- Andy Ross (Come Dancing)
- Joe Loss Orchestra
- The Squadronaires (Big Band Cruise, QE2)


