Keith Gemmell paid his dues playing rock, jazz and blues saxophone at the age of 17 in smoky European clubs and US army bases. R&B and Soul music was all the rage in Europe and a typical gig, for Keith, involved backing the popular soul artists of the day.

He later joined forces with art-rockers Howard Werth, Trevor Williams and Tony Connor to form Audience. The line-up was electrified acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums and Keith on saxophone, flute and clarinet. Note the absence of the obligatory lead guitar. Who, then, was going to provide the high-energy solos, to satisfy all those head-bangers in the audience? The solo role, of course, fell to Keith. He forged his own distinctive sound and style with the aid of echo units and wah-wah pedals.

Audience recorded four albums, two with the legendary producer Gus Dudgeon, famous for his work with Elton John and David Bowie.

When Audience imploded, as bands so often do, Keith recorded two albums with folk/rock band Stackridge, for Elton John’s Rocket Record Company.

After a lengthy spell as a London rock, jazz and blues session player, Keith turned musically respectable and joined the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, an extraordinarily busy 20/30s authentic jazz orchestra. The work involved extensive worldwide touring - concerts, jazz clubs, high-profile galas plus TV and radio broadcasts. The music was not only enthralling to play - tight horn section and lots of room for improvisation - it was also an education and shortly after joining Keith began scoring arrangements for the orchestra. Upon leaving the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, 14 years later, he had completed over 80 scores and recorded eight CDs with them.

Upon leaving tour buses, trains, boats and planes behind him, Keith focused his career efforts on writing and recording. In at the beginning of the music technology revolution he soon had his own personal hi-tech recording facility, which has constantly been updated to the present day. In fact he’s become something of a music technology expert and is the author of no less than eight books on the subject published by PC-Publishing. He also contributes monthly to Music Tech Magazine.

But of course, despite the time-consuming writing, Keith hasn’t stopped playing great blues saxophone. Using his considerable music technology skills, he composes and records educational sheet music products for budding saxophone players, here at this website.