TIM BONIFACE IS A JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, PIANIST, COMPOSER AND EDUCATOR BASED IN CAMBRIDGE, UK

 

A leader of his own ensembles and collaborator with many renowned jazz musicians on the UK scene, Tim is in high demand as a performer and educator, and also a composer whose imaginatively conceived jazz suites have received critical acclaim. His latest work, Psalter: Themes for Peace, was  released on CD with Audio-B in July 2025 to numerous favourable reviews across the jazz press.

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Tim runs the regular Sunday Sessions at The Lab in Cambridge, where as the leader of house trio he has collaborated with a wide array of top UK jazz names, and is regularly found leading a trio in Cambridge's University Arms Hotel. He works as a performance coach with the Cambridge University Centre for Music Performance and a tutor with Cambridge University Faculty of Music as well as teaching privately.

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Tim is the founding Artistic Director of Girton Jazz, a leading scheme at Girton College, University of Cambridge, which offers students the opportunity to work with some of the best names in the jazz business, and hosts these artists for consistently sold out concerts. An ordained priest in the Church of England, Tim is also Chaplain at Girton College and a pubished theologian who speaks on theology and the arts as well as other topics. He regularly partners with pianist extraordinaire James Pearson (Ronnie Scott's All Stars) in two unique shows: 'The History of Jazz in 90 Minutes', and 'The Jazz of Your Life'. 

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Tim's recordings and performances have featured on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4, and on numerous other international radio stations.

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