Alex Bezzina

As a trumpet player who actively plays in Big Bands, orchestras and jazz combos, I've always been inspired to take my improvisational skills to the next level and put some ideas on paper.. My works are purely a transcription of what I play in an improvised setup, and I hope to share with a wider audience, by encouraging different musicians of any background and various line ups to interpret my work.

Alex first music appearance goes back to 1992 with  St Anthony s band club under the direction of Archibald Mizzi. In 2007 Alex received a scholarship from The Janatha Stubbs Foundation and moved to London to focus on his studies in Jazz and Contemporary Music. He achieved Bmus (Hons) from London Centre of Contemporary Music and Master of Arts in Music from Middlesex University. During his studies Alex attended to masterclasses run by world class musicians such as Marcus Miller, Michel Camilo, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley (James Brown horn section) Eg Whight (songwriter for Adele, Joss Stone, Linkin Park) and others. Before moving to London, Alex also studied classical music gaining LLCM in trumpet performance and AMusLCM in harmony and theory under the tuition of Kevin Abela and the late Mro Ronnie Debattista.

Alex credits ranges from:
Music Director for concerts organized by the Malta High Commission in London and the Young Diplomats in London (YDL) in venues such as Marlborough House, Europe House and St James’s Church Piccadilly
Music Director for Big Band Brothers JNR.
Music Director and arranger for the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra 

Lead Trumpet player for the Big Band Brothers
Co-wrote with Funkshone and released an album “2” with Skyline records (UK) & P-Vine (Japan) aired on BBC Radio 6.
Co-wrote a score with Daniel Cauchi and performed during Kubu'18 as an opening act of the Malta International Arts Festival.

Wrote and arranged a setlist for Big Band Brothers Roving premiered during the open ceremonies of Valletta 18.
Music Director and Arranger for X Factor Malta Big Band 2020

UK tour with 6 Day Riot including Glastonbury and Green Man Festival.
Released with Blam! Jazz Quartet, 2 albums “Blam!” and “Attached/Detached” featuring original and arranging work which can be heard online platforms like Spotify, Itunes, Amazon and others.

Other performing credits include Vince Dunn Jazz Orchestra, Reuben Richard, the Black Hat Band, Fernando’s Kitchen,Pure Brass Quintet and various London-based Jazz big bands playing in venues such as the London Jazz Café, Ray Jazz, Hideaway, Savoy, Band on the Wall (Manchester) and others.

Alex also works as a pit musician credits includes Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar.

His arranging and compositions includes Big Band, jazz combos, brass quintet, large ensemble and orchestral writing and featured in concerts such as X Factor, Rockestra, Kelma Kelma Nota Nota, Klaċċ u Brejk,Folla Nies, Taksir Sharqi in Egypt and others.

Alex Bezzina worked with London Centre of Contemporary Music as the Deputy Head of Education, Module Leader and Tutor for 7 years. During this time, Alex was responsible for managing and designing two Bmus Hons music programs, both of which were successfully validated by Middlesex University in 2013 and later with Open University in 2017.

In 2017 Alex got appointed as a brass tutor for the Degree Plus at the University of Malta and recently as a visiting lecturer covering arranging for Wind Bands and History of Jazz.

Alex first music appearance goes back to 1992 at a young