Terry Disley
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Terry Disley is a keyboardist, born in London. While in London and Los Angeles in the 1990s, he recorded with many artists including Bryan Ferry, Bon Jovi, Van Morrison, Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Madness, Mick Jagger, Terry Hall, Brian Wilson and Billy Bragg. For Five years, he was also the 's musical director for Dave Stewart,contributing music for five major motion picture scores including "Showgirls", "Beautiful Girls" and "The Ref".
He was a touring keyboardist with Acoustic Alchemy from their earliest days in the 1980s until the end of the 1990s. Disley was an influence on their recordings and co-wrote on Acoustic Alchemy's Grammy-nominated CD Back on the Case. After the death of Nick Webb in 1998, Acoustic Alchemy returned in 2000 with a release on EMI's Higher Octave label. Disley composed the radio hit The Beautiful Game for that release and followed with Love at a Distance on the followup CD, Aart. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, Disley appeared on Acoustic Alchemy's tour as a special guest.
After relocating to San Francisco, he formed his own group, the Terry Disley Experience, which received rave reviews from appearances at the Lake Tahoe and Catalina Jazz Trax Festivals, as well as the first ever Sonoma Jazz Festival. The group's debut CD, Experience, has had extensive national airplay.
