He played The Artilleryman in the first live production of Jeff Wayne's 'War of The Worlds' and was musical director for the Jack Daniels British Country Music Show. He is the great-nephew of Sydney Northcote, British musicologist and arranger.
Primarily a jazz pianist and vocalist, recording and performing both as a solo artist and with Welsh Jazz Fusion band New Jazz Aliens, he has also performed as a drummer, guitarist and saxophonist. His first professional appearance was with Welsh National Opera at the age of eleven, since when he has performed on BBC Television, Thames Radio, Radio France, Men & Motors channel and a special appearance on the Welsh Language version of This Is Your Life, where he surprised, and performed with, long-time friend Jenny Ogwen in S4C television's Christmas episode, 1997