Bandzilla was born at SARM Studios in London in 1985. I had just finished a session for Grace Jones’ album, Slave To the Rhythm. Producer Trevor Horn had asked me to arrange the album using an 85-piece orchestra, including a full jazz ‘big band’ – 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and 5 saxes. The musicians were kindly complementing my writing and trumpeter Guy Barker said, “You really should form your own big band!” He and others had been asking me to do this but I was a studio guy at