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Olie Brice by Alex Bonney
Olie Brice. Photo by Alex Bonney.

Olie Brice is a double bassist, improviser and composer. He leads the Olie Brice Quintet, described by Richard Williams as “one of the most interesting and satisfying bands on the current UK scene”. The Olie Brice Quintet have released two albums, Immune to Clockwork in 2014 and Day After Day in 2017.
He also leads an improvising trio, Somersaults, featuring Tobias Delius and Mark Sanders.

Brice is in demand as a collaborator and band-member.  He has appeared with musicians including Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Rachel Musson, Luis Vicente, Tony Malaby, Ingrid Laubrock, Alexander Hawkins, Ken Vandermark, among many others, and is a member of bands led by Dee Byrne, Alex Ward and Loz Speyer.