Alex Hutchings - Featuring at the Irish Guitar Festival

• Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Pizza Express Soho, 606 jazz club
• Glastonbury Festival
• Edinburgh Jazz Festival
• Isle of Wight Jazz Festival

In 2002 Alex Won the National Guitar Competition ran by Erine Ball. After entering from the magazine guitar techniques he won his place into the regional heat and was chosen to compete in the final at the Music live show at the N.E.C. Then winning the grand final he earned his custom made Axis super sport valued at £2000.

2005/6 saw Alex perform live on various radio stations with recording artists the Honeyriders amongst others and two global TV apperences, audience figures were in the millions.

In 2006/7 Alex composed Music for BBC Television and radio as well as other short films privately commissioned.

Here are some public references below, taken a National wide magazine, European and an American magazine.

Guitarist Magazine January 2003 issue
Mr. Music Man Jam 2002 winner claims his prize: “Alex Hutchings won Jam 2002 at Music Live 2002 and is seen here clutching his Custom Axis Super Sport, earned with an incendiary display of musical and technical brilliance.”

Jazzwise Magazine Aug 05
“……also featured, the weekend’s busiest muso. The fired-up and consistently inspired guitarist Alex Hutchings, a cross between Scott Henderson and Carlos Santana he had chops to spare, but it was his gutsy feel that regularly whipped the crowd into a frenzy with some jaw-dropping solos.” Glastonbury festival review Jazz lounge stage

Frets magazine (American edition) spring 06

“I see young players who are absolutely burning using every technique, and who can play through changes like a knife through butter ……bass player Kevin Glasgow, and a British chap named Alex Hutchings who cop a lot of my licks, but they’re taking it to another level ………….. phenomenal musicians.” Frank Gambale, guitarist for Chick Corea 86-present