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Tony MacDonnell  was the first drummer to graduate from the Jazz & Light Music course at Leeds College of Music and then went on to complete a post graduate teaching course at Hull University, teaching in Humberside in classrooms and later in North Yorks as a peripatetic drum and percussion teacher and band director of Sierra Tango, now the Harrogate Youth Jazz Orchestra.   Tony has worked on TV, radio and studio recording, touring and rep theatres, professional and amateur shows,  variety and summer seasons, in corporate and private functions and with major British pop artists and many many leading British comedians. Tony has also accompanied numerous instrumental jazz soloists including Alan Barnes, Jimmy Hastings, John Dankworth, Bill Le Sage, Tony Coe, Joe Harriott,  Tubby Hayes, Tony Coe, Roy Williams and Duncan Lamont, notable jazz vocalists Salena Jones, Lee Gibson and Elaine Delmar, big bands including The Mike Daniels Band, The Ken Mackintosh Band, The Albion Band, The Paul Eshelby Band and the period jazz Cotton Club Orchestra and with the American jazz tap dancer Will Gaines.  He continues to work on shows, in jazz groups and big bands and with blues bands and jump jive bands.