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Kielan Sheard

Jazz

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Bass
Kielan Sheard
Worlds Collide
Kielan Sheard
Wilfred's Abode
Oscar Pettiford
Blues in the Closet

Kielan is an upright and electric bassist and composer from London. He started playing classical double bass at the age of nine and began experimenting in rock on the electric bass at eleven. During secondary school he played in the Habs Big Band and was taught by Tom Taylor, Matt Herd and Jon Ormston. Kielan joined the Junior Royal Academy of Music when he was fifteen, when he was taught by Gareth Lockrane. It was during his three years there that he got serious about playing jazz. Kielan began studying at Trinity Laban in September and loves being surrounded by like-minded musicians.

He has composed an album’s worth of tunes and aims to record a full album by 2022.

photo © Jonathan Trotman

Kielan Sheard performs at the Final of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Young Jazz Musician 2020

Kielan's set includes two original compositions and Oscar Pettiford's Blues in the Closet