Also known as Joolz Gianni Name Julian Smith | Years active 1993–present Labels Sony Pictures Television Website juliansmithsax.co.uk | |
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Born 21 May 1969 (age 54)
Halesowen, West Midlands, England ( 1969-05-21 ) Instruments Saxophone, clarinet, bassoon Role Musical Artist · juliansmithsax.co.uk Albums Blonde Pleasures, Somewhere, Rave Rap Genres Classical music, Jazz, Soul music, Blues, Funk, Pop music Similar People John Stein, DJ Tocadisco, Robert Abigail, DJ Rebel | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Education Birmingham Conservatoire | ||
Britains got talent 2009 julian smith sax player including judges comments pre commentary hq
Julian Smith (born 21 May 1969) is a British saxophonist and music teacher from Halesowen. He is also known by his stage name Joolz Gianni. He has made guest appearances alongside artists such as Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce) and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), and has performed on national television together with Chris Rea, M People, and Dina Carroll. In 2003, he released a solo album, Chilled 2 the Sax, which features Acker Bilk, Dina Carroll, and Ola Onabule. Some of his tracks also appear in the multi-platinum selling The Classic Chillout album series from Sony Music. Smith became better known after appearing on the third series of Britain's Got Talent in 2009 and finished in third place behind singer Susan Boyle and winning dance troupe Diversity.
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- Britains got talent 2009 julian smith sax player including judges comments pre commentary hq
- Julian smith plays the saxophone britain s got talent 2009 show 2
- Career
- Britains Got Talent
- Personal life
- Joolz Gianni
- Compilation appearances
- Julian Smith
- References
Julian smith plays the saxophone britain s got talent 2009 show 2
Career
He studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Smith's father was a music teacher and had the opportunity to try out a lot of different instruments. He started playing the clarinet, but later switched to the saxophone. He studied the mechanics of the bassoon at the Birmingham Conservatoire but began concentrating on the sax thereafter. Smith has been playing the saxophone for 20 years and cites some of his influences to be Kenny G, David Sanborn, Candy Dulfer, and Kirk Whalum.
He toured with The Stylistics in 2010 and with Diversity in 2012 on their Digitized tour.
Britain's Got Talent
On 18 April 2009, during the third series of Britain's Got Talent, Smith entered with his saxophone. A standing ovation occurred after Smith's performance. During the judges' remarks, Simon Cowell stated, "...there could be something special about you Julian". With the public voting the fate of all the contestants, Smith advanced to the semi-final round of competition which took place on 28 May 2009. In the final on 30 May, Smith placed third with 16.4% of nearly 4 million votes.
Personal life
He has children with his wife Iraz and said that he entered Britain's Got Talent to "make life better for them".