Jools Holland, Britain's most connected musician and television presenter, asked him to play at his wedding and he has played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones. Two of the Rolling Stones Band and Mick Jagger's brother have joined him in New Zealand. Singer Bernard Fowler has been provided backing vocals for the Rolling Stones since 1988 and like the rest of the band crosses multiple musical genres. Tim Ries plays saxophone, keyboards and organ and when not on Rolling Stones Band duties is Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Toronto. With "The Rolling Stone Project" he recorded two albums of jazz arrangements of Rolling Stones music.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 22:41 UTC