Who's Who

Manfire Music is a trio of musicians based in the Hull area. 

Dan- Piano/Keyboard/Alto Sax
Based in Hull, Dan splits his time between primary school teaching and running a music tuition business. He performs regularly on piano, sax and clarinet in his local area and across the UK. Before turning his hand to jazz, Dan has been an orchestral player, a military band musician, a choir leader and a brass band conductor - among many others. 
​He is also currently performing with a local rock and pop covers band and works as a piano accompanist as well as piano teacher. 

Rob - Tenor/Soprano Sax
Rob has played sax for twelve years. He usually plays tenor sax with the trio. He plays in and around Hull and is a member of the streetband Bandanarama, Buckrose Concert Band, as well as many others. Rob has also formed Smoo’tings, a local soul band. For many years, he played 'C' melody sax in York with the Artsbarge band, Bargestra.

Brendan - Trombone/Vocals 

Although a specialist nurse by profession, Brendan is a trombone player based in Hull and the surrounding areas. He performs in many styles ranging from: jazz, blues, funk, ska, reggae and brass band. He has particular love of New Orleans influenced jazz and performed in New Orleans in 2018.
As well as performing in the band, Brendan also takes a lead on event management and artistic direction.
​Brendan studies trombone with world  renowned international jazz artist Dennis Rollins MBE.

 From   the   beginning                                                 Where we are now

Coming together for a 'one-off' event in 2016, Brendan, Rob and Dan received excellent feedback from guests at a formal function at Hull City Hall. They then spent 6 months rehearsing and developing their sound and style and began taking bookings for a variety of functions which received equally good reviews.   

The Trio are performing regularly in a variety of professional and community settings. They cater for everything from formal functions and demonstrations to school assemblies. Their set contains swing, blues, latin, ballads as well as those good old fashioned standards and can prepare specific jazz repertoire on request.