Tim Giles is a

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

who won the

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Young Composer of the Year Award in 1992 at the age of 12 and has gone on to perform with a variety of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

musicians. Giles was a member of Richard Fairhurst's Hungry Ants, and later formed his own group,

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, with James Allsopp. Fraud won the ''Jazz on 3 Innovation Award'' at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards.

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