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Acoustic Alchemy is a British contemporary instrumental and smooth jazz band formed in London, England in the early 1980s (c. 1981), originally fronted by acoustic guitarists Nick Webb and Simon James. The band is currently fronted by Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale.

During the 1980s, there was little grateful audience for this form of music in the UK, and the big players in the genre were all American. The pioneering sound of two duelling acoustic guitars - Simon James on nylon and Nick Webb on steel - was a fresh touch on the genre, and hence the immediate success of the band, backed up by a double bass, percussion, and occasionally string quartet The Violettes. In the mid-1980s, James left the band; he would go on to form Kymaera, a similar, albeit more Latin oriented band. Webb then went on to discover Greg Carmichael, who became James' immediate successor.

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Members

Greg Carmichael
since 1981 Unknown
Bert Smaak
since 1981 Unknown
Miles Gilderdale
since 1996 Unknown
Anthony
since 2000 Unknown
Mario Argandoña
since 1981 till 2003 Unknown
Greg Grainger
since 2003 Unknown
John Parsons
since 1981 till 1989 Unknown
since 1994 till 2000 Unknown
Julian Crampton
since 2007 Unknown
Nick Webb
since 1981 till 1998 Unknown
Rainer Brüninghaus
since 1981 till 1998 Unknown
Terry Disley
since 1990 till 2001 Unknown
Werner Kopal
since 1981 till 1988 Unknown
Frank Felix
since 2000 till 2007 Unknown
Simon James
since 1979 till 1985 Unknown
Patrick Bettison
since 1990 till 1993 Unknown
Jamie Norton
since 2003 till 2005 Unknown
Klaus Sperber
since 1989 till 1991 Unknown
Dennis Murphy
since 1996 till 1998 Unknown
Jeff Clyne
since 1992 till 1992 Unknown
Ron Mathewson
since 1992 till 1992 Unknown
Konrad Mathieu
since 1988 till 1988 Unknown
Abe White
since 1990 till 1990 Unknown

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