Jeff Wootton Musical artist

Jeffrey Wootton (born 12 May 1987) is an English guitarist and songwriter from Manchester. He has played lead guitar with Damon Albarn in Gorillaz alongside Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash and is currently working on his first album as well as playing lead guitar with Damon Albarn on his solo project.He has also collaborated with Liam Gallagher, Nick Zinner, Brian Eno, Damo Suzuki from Can and Unkle with his first band The Black Marquee.In 2013 Wootton joined Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Nick Zinner and several other musicians and producers on a trip to Mali, in West Africa to record an album as part of Africa Express.On 24 November 2014, Jeff along with composer Andre de Ridder, Nick Zinner, Brian Eno and Damon Albarn released an 41 minute African version of Terry Riley's iconic 1964 minimalist piece In C with local Mali musicians through Transgressive Records.

Personal facts

Jeff Wootton
Birth dateMay 12, 1988
Birth place
Manchester

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Musical artist

Career started2007
associated musical artist
Gorillaz
Damon Albarn
The Black Marquee
Beady Eye
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Ambient music
Alternative rock
Experimental music
instrument
Gibson Les Paul
Fender Telecaster
Gibson ES-335
Fender Jaguar

Jeff Wootton on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.jeffwootton.net
  2. http://www.sympathyforvinyl.com