Blue Tides is an 8 piece band based in the Dorset/Hampshire area of England It were first established in 2002 when guitarist and arranger Stephen Godsall got together with drummer Anthony Climpson
The sound is a luminous combination of flute, saxophone, brass, guitar, bass and drums
With three distinctive vocalists they play songs from the Great American and British Songbooks plus exciting original arrangements.
The musicians are :
Stephen Godsall - guitar,vocal
Anthony Climpson - drums
Mark Wootton - bass, vocal
Wendy Orpwood - vocal, percussion
Diane Annear - flute, piccolo
Angharad Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn
Janet Cooke - alto/tenor saxophone,clarinet
Matt Sturgeon - trombone
Anita Somner - flute.