Nigel Ipinson

Nigel Ipinson
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Background information
Birth name Nigel Ipinson-Fleming
Born 1970
Liverpool, England
Genres Pop, Rock, Gospel and Jazz
Occupation(s) Keyboardist, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Coach
Instruments Keyboard, Piano

Nigel Ipinson-Fleming (born 1970, Liverpool, England) is a British keyboardist. He has played, written and produced for several bands in including The Stone Roses and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.[1]

Career

Ipinson started playing piano when he was 3.[1] He first appeared in the group Juvenile Jazz, which won the BBC TV talent contest Saturday Superstore Search for a Superstar in 1987 and issued a self-titled album the same year. Ipinson joined Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and played on their albums Sugar Tax (1991), Liberator (1993) and Universal (1996)[2] which included writing the single Walking on the Milky Way. He joined The Stone Roses as keyboardist throughout the band's Second Coming Tour of 1995 as well as some festival gigs in the summer of 1996, and appeared on some studio recordings by the group. Ipinson wrote songs for former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, and also played on other tracks from the Singer's debut album "Unfinished Monkey Business", released in 1998. In 1999 Ipinson-Fleming became the Managing Director of 'Music and Message', a multimedia solutions company. He has also performed and written for Hot Chocolate, The Gospel Music Workshop of America[3] and has also worked with many Education Bodies including St Mary Redcliffe School, Bristol Cathedral School, The Cabot Learning Federation, and Christchurch School Clifton.[3]

He is the director of UK Churches and Garage Gospel and also pastors a church community in South Wales -Bethlehem Church Life Center.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Nigel". Garage Gospel. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. "Orchestral Manoeuvres offers irresistible pop". Boston Globe. 22 September 1991. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Mr Nigel Ipinson-Fleming - MusicTeachers.co.uk". musicteachers.co.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2015. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 28 (help)
  4. "UK Churches Community Gospel Choir". thelivelens.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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