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Trombone, euphonium and piano player. Tutor at London Centre Of Contemporary Music.
Touring, recording and performing credits include Tina Turner, Annie Lennox, Chaka Khan, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles, Paul Young, George Michael and Lauryn Hill.
T.V, Radio and Film performances are extensive, including reputable performances on Top of the pops, The Tube and Radio One.
Sometimes credited as 'Fayaz Virgi'

ALBUMS


Fayyaz Virji
Capital City
CD, Album, Amphonic Music Ltd., ,
Score/Soundtrack/Theme
Beggar & Co.
Revisited, Remixed & Remastered
2021, CD, Album, Comp, Expansion, ,
Soul/Funk/Jazz-Funk
Various
Simply Brazil
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Union Square Music, ,
MPB/Bossanova/Samba
Beggar & Co* Featuring The Funk Jazz Collective
Brass, Strings N' Things
2007, CD, Album, MBJ Records,
Various
Simply Latin (4 CD's Of Hot Latin Flavours)
2005, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Afro-Cuban/Bolero/Cha-Cha/Mambo/Salsa/Bossanova
Jazz Warriors
Chameleon
1993, ,
Acid Jazz
Frayz Featuring Helena Paul + Frayz Horns
Sunny
1999, CD, Maxi, Frayz,
Frayz Featuring Helena Paul
Phase One
1999,
Incognito
Into You
2023
Incognito
Tomorrow's New Dream
2019
Sine Qua Non
Serge Gainsbourg Reimagined
2013
Incognito
Tales From The Beach / Transatlantic R.P.M.
2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE, Ear Music, ,
Jazz-Funk/Acid Jazz/Soul
Incognito
Transatlantic R.P.M.
2010, ,
Acid Jazz/Soul
Freedom Town
The Ultimate Smooth Jazz Eperience
2003, CD, Black Box, ,
Smooth Jazz
Incognito
One Nation (Japanese Artists Remixed & Produced By Incognito)
2003, ,
Deep House/UK Garage/Soul/Acid Jazz/Downtempo
Incognito
Reach Out
2002, 2x12", Talkin' Loud, ,
UK Garage/Future Jazz/Deep House/Broken Beat
Incognito
Life, Stranger Than Fiction
2001, CD, Album, Talkin' Loud, ,
House/Acid Jazz/Disco
Incognito
Life, Stranger Than Fiction
2001
Incognito
Life Stranger Than Fiction (Vikter Duplax, 4 Hero, Ski Oakenfull & Para:Disco Remixes)
2001, ,
Broken Beat/Future Jazz/Deep House
Incognito
Nights Over Egypt
1999, Vinyl, ,
Garage House/UK Garage
Incognito
No Time Like The Future
1999, ,
Acid Jazz
Incognito
Blue Moods
1997, ,
Acid Jazz
Incognito
Beneath The Surface
1996, ,
Acid Jazz/Contemporary R&B
Incognito
100° And Rising
1995, CD, ,
Acid Jazz
Incognito
Positivity
1993, ,
Acid Jazz/Jazzdance/Jazz-Funk
Incognito
Tribes, Vibes And Scribes
1992, ,
Acid Jazz
Incognito
Inside Life
1991, CD, ,
Acid Jazz
Incognito
Tomorrow's New Dream
2019, CD, ,
Soul/Soul-Jazz/Acid Jazz/Contemporary R&B
Incognito
Positivity
1993

APPEARANCES +


Various
It's A Triple Earth
1994, CD, Comp, Triple Earth, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Tribal
Rod Stewart With Jools Holland
Swing Fever
2024,
Swing
Sammy Virji
Blue Breeze
2022, 5xFile, WAV, EP, Sammy Virji, ,
UK Garage
The Big Band Collective Feat. Jimmy Somerville & Rick Astley
I Wish You Well
2020, File, ,
Gospel/Soul
The Dowling Poole
See You See Me
2020, ,
Power Pop
Avelia Moisey
From the Shadows
2019, CD, Album, Not On Label (Avelia Moisey Self-released)
Steve Mason
About The Light
2019, ,
Indie Rock
Jools Holland, Marc Almond With The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
A Lovely Life To Live
2018, ,
Big Band/Rhythm & Blues
Jools Holland, José Feliciano With The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
As You See Me Now
2017, CD,
Jools Holland
Piano
2017, ,
Boogie Woogie/Piano Blues/Contemporary Jazz
Jools Holland & Ruby Turner and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
Jools & Ruby And The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
2015, ,
Soul
Sarah Moule
It's A Nice Thought
2015, ,
Swing/Vocal
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
Sirens Of Song
2014, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Clive Gregson
This Is Now
2013, CD, Album, Gregsongs
Mario Biondi
Sun
2013, ,
Europop/Soul
Graham Collier
"Relook": Graham Collier 1937-2011: A Memorial 75th Birthday Celebration
2012, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Jazzcontinuum,
Beggar & Co. Featuring The Funk Jazz Collective
Sleeping Giants
2012, CD, Album, Expansion, ,
Soul
Avelia Moisey, Jill Neenan
Ifs, Buts & Babies
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Avelia Moisey Self-released)
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
The Golden Age Of Song
2012
Beggar & Co.
The Legacy
2011, CD, Album, MBJ Records
Acoustic Alchemy
Roseland
2011, ,
Smooth Jazz
Mario Biondi And The Unexpected Glimpses
Due
2011, ,
Easy Listening/Soul
Various
Simply Brazil
2010, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Union Square Music, ,
Bossanova/Salsa/Samba
Various
Verve Today 2009
2009, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group, ,
Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Various
Simply Salsa (2 CDs Of Essential Latin Rhythms)
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Sli, Union Square Music
Graham Collier
Directing 14 Jackson Pollocks
2009, 2xCDr, Jazz Continuum, ,
Free Jazz/Modal/Post Bop
Howard Jones
The 25th Anniversary Concert Live At The Indigo²
2009, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop
Basia
It's That Girl Again
2009,
Yvonne Stevens
Special
2008, CD, Single, JumpStart (3), ,
House
Will Young
Grace
2008, ,
Ballad
Jools Holland With Ruby Turner Featuring Rico Rodriguez And Louise Marshall* And His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra*
The Informer
2008, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Teddy Thompson
A Piece Of What You Need
2008, ,
Indie Pop
Kenny Wellington
Kind Of Black
2007, CD, Album, MBJ (Mobetta Jazz)
The Hoosiers
& The Trick To Life
2007
Jools Holland
Best Of Friends
2007, ,
Blues Rock/Big Band/Piano Blues
Jenifer
Lunatique
2007, ,
Chanson
Marek Niedźwiecki
Smooth Jazz Cafe 8
2006, CD, Comp, Universal Music Polska, ,
Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Will Todd
Mass In Blue
2006, ,
Choral/Big Band
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra*
Boulevard De L'Indépendance
2006, ,
African
David Maxwell And Friends*
Max Attack
2005, ,
Piano Blues/Electric Blues
The Ordinary Boys
Brassbound
2005, ,
Indie Rock/Britpop/Ska
Acoustic Alchemy
American / English
2005, ,
Smooth Jazz/Fusion
Cheikh Lô
Lamp Fall
2005, ,
African/Afro-Cuban/Mbalax
Various
Área Reservada 3
2004, CD, Comp, Verve Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Acid Jazz/Latin Jazz
Amorphous Androgynous
The Isness & The Otherness
2004, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Downtempo/Experimental/Prog Rock/Ambient
Big Brovaz
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
2004
The Ordinary Boys
Over The Counter Culture
2004, ,
Indie Rock/Britpop
The Ordinary Boys
Seaside
2004
Tom Jones & Jools Holland
Tom Jones & Jools Holland
2004, ,
Country Blues/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
The 411
Between The Sheets
2004
ed/ge
A View From The ed/ge
2003, CD, Album, Kwerk, ,
Downtempo/Hip Hop/Acid Jazz/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Instrumental
Claude Deppa
Toi Toi
2003, CD, Album, Jika Records
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3
2003, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Big Band
Rowland Sutherland's Mistura
Coast To Coast
2002, CD, Album, FMR Records (2), ,
Latin Jazz
Amorphous Androgynous
The Mello Hippo Disco Show
2002, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo/Experimental/Ambient
The Future Sound Of London
The Isness
2002, ,
Downtempo/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Workshy
Mood
2002
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra*
More Friends (Small World Big Band Volume Two)
2002, ,
Brass Band/Big Band
X-Press 2
I Want You Back
2002, ,
House/Deep House/Tech House
X-Press 2
I Want You Back / Lazy (Remixes)
2002, ,
House/Tech House
Soul Bossa Trio
Best Remixes 1993-2000: Time And Tide
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Wildjumbo, Tokuma Japan Communications, ,
House/Acid Jazz/Future Jazz
Keziah Jones
Blufunk Is A Fact / Liquid Sunshine
2001, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RE, Delabel,
Leonardo*
Turistas
2001, CD, Album, Columbia, ,
Alternative Rock/New Wave
Mory Kanté
Tamala - Le Voyageur
2001, ,
African
Jazz Jamaica All Stars*
Massive
2001,
Howard Jones
Metamorphosis
2001, ,
Electro
Acoustic Alchemy
Aart
2001, ,
Smooth Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Workshy
Clear
2000, ,
Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Cool Jazz
Soul Bossa Trio
Soul Bossa Trio Remixes - Blue Sonic
2000, ,
House/Future Jazz/Deep House/Latin
Paradise Code
One Summer Sky
2000, ,
Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Downtempo
Byron Stingily
Club Stories
2000, ,
House/Progressive House
Citrus Sun
Another Time, Another Space
2000
Made In London
A Perfect Storm
2000, ,
RnB/Swing/Soul
Howard Jones
Perform.00
2000, ,
Alternative Rock/Reggae-Pop
Miki Imai
氷のように微笑んで
1999, CD, Single, Enh, Pasión Récord!, Warner Music
Kele Le Roc
Everybody's Somebody
1999, ,
Contemporary R&B/Ballad/UK Garage/Pop Rap
Camelle Hinds
Vibe Alive
1999
Dany Brillant
Nouveau Jour
1999, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Chanson
Marek Niedźwiecki
Smooth Jazz Cafe
1999, CD, ,
Smooth Jazz
Various
Samba Del Verano
1999,
Basia
Clear Horizon - The Best Of Basia
1998
Jimmy Ray
Jimmy Ray
1998
Dominique Dalcan
Ostinato
1998, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Easy Listening
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
1998, ,
Neo Soul/Conscious/Contemporary R&B
K-Klass
K2
1998, CD, ,
House/Garage House/Downtempo
Awesome
The Future
1998, ,
Europop/Pop Rap/Euro House
Carmel
The Best Of Carmel
1997, CD, Comp, RE, London Records
Wet Wet Wet
10
1997, ,
Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Ballad
Swing Out Sister
Shapes And Patterns
1997, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Synth-pop
Adeva
New Direction
1997, CD, ,
House/Garage House/Downtempo/Contemporary R&B/UK Garage
Camelle Hinds
Soul Degrees
1996, CD, Album, RM, Victor
Various
JVC Jazz Festival 1996
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, GRP,
Steven John
Latino Rhythms (Ritmos Latinos)
1996, CD, Chappell Recorded Music Library, ,
Mambo/Cha-Cha/Rumba/Bossanova/Samba
Katrina + The Waves*
Walking On Sunshine
1996, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop
R. Kelly
Thank God It's Friday
1996, ,
Contemporary R&B/Jazzdance
Pet Shop Boys
Bilingual
1996, ,
House/Synth-pop
George Benson
That's Right
1996, CD, ,
Smooth Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Contemporary Jazz
Alexander O'Neal
Lovers Again
1996, ,
Rhythm & Blues
George Michael
Older
1996
George Benson
Holdin' On
1996, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Soul
Shaggy Featuring Grand Puba
Why You Treat Me So Bad
1995
Marla Glen
Love & Respect
1995, ,
Soul/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary R&B
Basia
Basia On Broadway: Live At The Neil Simon Theatre
1995, ,
Vocal
Opaz Featuring Ray Hayden
Back! From The Raggedy Edge
1995, ,
Trip Hop/Drum n Bass/Soul/RnB/Swing/Acid Jazz/Downtempo
Swervedriver
Ejector Seat Reservation
1995, ,
Alternative Rock
Carmel
World's Gone Crazy
1995, ,
Soul-Jazz/Downtempo/Synth-pop
Yasuaki Ide
Cool Blue
1995
3*D
Deep Inside
1995, CD, ,
Swingbeat/Neo Soul
Maysa*
Maysa
1995
Count Basic
Is It Real / So Close
1994, CD, Single, Promo, Car, Spray Records, ,
Acid Jazz
Various
Stolen Moments (Red Hot + Cool)
1994, 2x CD, ,
Acid Jazz/Conscious/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Downtempo
Count Basic
Life Think It Over
1994, ,
Acid Jazz
Various
Groove Oil
1994, ,
Acid Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Basia
The Sweetest Illusion
1994, ,
Smooth Jazz/Downtempo/Jazzdance/Synth-pop
Various
Jazz Fusions One
1994, ,
Fusion
The Brand New Heavies
Brother Sister
1994
Dodge City Productions Featuring Ghida De Palma*
As Long As We're Around
1993, ,
Acid Jazz
Tashan
For The Sake Of Love
1993, ,
Contemporary R&B
Lulu
Independence
1993, CD, ,
House/Downtempo
Dodge City Productions
Steppin' Up & Out
1993, ,
Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Hip Hop
Opaz Featuring Ray Hayden
I Don't Want It
1993, ,
Acid Jazz/Downtempo
Ray Carless
Body Moves
1992
Ray Simpson
Ray
1992, CD, ,
Contemporary R&B/Soul/New Jack Swing/Garage House
Keziah Jones
Blufunk Is A Fact!
1992, Vinyl, ,
Electric Blues/Soul/Funk
Linton Kwesi Johnson
LKJ In Dub Volume Two
1992, CD, ,
Dub
Omar
Music
1992, ,
Acid Jazz
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Tings An' Times
1991
Carla Bley
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
1991
Various
Tempo Jazz Edition Vol 4 (Talkin' Loud - Sayin' Something)
1991, ,
Acid Jazz
Aster Aweke
Kabu
1991
Carmel
Collected
1990, ,
Soul-Jazz
Chris Mc Gregor's Brotherhood Of Breath* - Archie Shepp
En Concert A Banlieues Bleues
1989, CD, Album, 52e Rue Est, ,
African/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Bone Structure
Bone Structure
1989, CD, Album, Calligraph Records
Aster Aweke
Aster
1989, ,
African
Carmel
Set Me Free
1989, ,
Synth-pop/Downtempo/Soul-Jazz/Vocal
Snowboy & The Latin Section
Ritmo Snowbo
1989, ,
Acid Jazz
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath
Country Cooking
1988, ,
Big Band
Carmel
Every Little Bit
1988, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Jazz Warriors
Out Of Many, One People
1987, ,
Big Band
Bhundu Boys
True Jit
1987, ,
Folk Rock/African
Carmel
Everybody's Got A Little...Soul
1987, ,
Soul-Jazz
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
1987
Tippa Irie
Is It Really Happening To Me
1986, ,
Dancehall/Toasting
Cayenne
Hot Nights
1986, ,
Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Carmel
The Falling
1986, ,
Jazzdance/Gospel/Soul/Alternative Rock
Shorty Rogers - Bud Shank With Vic Lewis And His Big Band, Bud Shank Quintet*
Back Again
1984, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
NYJO* featuring Litsa Davies
Why Don't They Write Songs Like This Any More?
1983, LP, Album, NYJO Records, NYJO Records, ,
Big Band/Easy Listening
Shorty Rogers With The National Youth Jazz Orchestra*
Born Again
1983, Cass, Album, BBC Records And Tapes, ,
Big Band
Keziah Jones
Blufunk Is A Fact / Black Orpheus
CD, CD, Box Set,
Various
Gramophone Explorations - Perspectives On Contemporary Music, Volume 2
1997, CD-ROM, Comp, Gramophone Magazine, ,
Contemporary/Modern/Post-Modern
Various
Jingle Pursuit
1994, 6xCD, Amphonic Music Ltd., ,
Score/Theme/Acoustic/African/Alternative Rock/Big Band/Celtic/Classical/Country/Disco/Beat/Doo Wop/Blues Rock/Euro-Disco/Easy Listening/Funk/House/Military/Punk/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues/Soundtrack/Breakbeat/Hardcore
Various
Unknown Public 02: Common Ground
1993, CD, Album, Comp, Unknown Public
Rod Stewart With Jools Holland
Swing Fever
2024, ,
Swing
Liz Mitchell
Share The World
2024, ,
Ballad/Reggae-Pop
Acoustic Alchemy
Roseland
2011,
Howard Jones
The 25th Anniversary Concert Live At The Indigo 2
2009, ,
Synth-pop
Tom Jones & Jools Holland
Tom Jones & Jools Holland
2004, ,
Country Blues/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
David Maxwell & Friends
Max Attack
2003, CD,
The Brand New Heavies
Brother Sister
1998, CD, ,
Acid Jazz/Future Jazz/Funk
George Michael
Older
1996, Cassette, ,
Pop Rock/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Contemporary Jazz
Basia
The Sweetest Illusion
1994
Carla Bley
Escalator Over The Hill
2xCDr, Unofficial, e.b,
The Ordinary Boys
Brassbound
,
New Wave/Pop Rock/Punk/Indie Rock/Ska