Shanti Jayasinha, our previous trumpet player (he's on the album) has been appointed to the prestigious post of Senior Lecturer in Jazz at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, no less. So many congrats to Shanti! Naturally this makes playing in a London based band like Perfect Stranger, er, a bit less convenient. We managed to persuade the excellent George Jefford, who has depped for us a couple of times, to take Shanti's chair — and Shanti graciously agreed. So we have a new trumpeter, and a very fine one too! Welcome, George.