The Mad Dogs and Suits star loves the Stone Roses and was a session musician for Robbie Williams – but which festive song makes him storm out of the room?
The first record I bought
L is for Lover by Al Jarreau, as an 18-year-old student at the Guildhall [School of Music and Drama in London], although I’d been given lots of records as presents before. I’d been playing piano, drums, vibraphone and percussion since I was five, so my aspirations were to be a session musician. Jarreau always brought in the top LA session guys, so you knew the musicianship was going to be great.
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