James Copus is an award winning jazz trumpet player who is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting musicians on the London scene. Having grown up in a musical household, James took to music at an early age and started playing trumpet aged 8. He attended the junior Jazz course at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music before going on to study there full time and graduate with first class honours. During his time at the Academy, he became a proud recipient of the distinguished Derek Watkins award. You can hear James at venues up and down the country playing with bands such as the Alex Hitchcock Quintet, Ralph Wyld’s Mosaic, Jay Davis’ Local Yokels and his own group, The James Copus Quartet, for which he composes and arranges original music.