Paul Richard Edmonds (born 1968) is a British jazz trumpeter and piano player, composer and teacher.
[1] His early professional career was spent on the London jazz scene, playing with musicians including Jean Toussaint, Julian Arguelles, Iain Ballamy, Cleveland Watkiss, Julian Joseph, Jason Rebello, Simon Purcell, Clark Tracey and Alec Dankworth.
In 1997 he helped form "Sound Arts", a community based youth music project in North Kensington.
In 1999 he formed a new Quintet, with performances at the 606 Club, a monthly residency at Lauderdale House, a standing ovation at the Tabernacle and a week at Ronnie Scott's again in January 2000.
Oxley's sensitive style and semi-acoustic sound suited the original compositions perfectly, blending with the piano/synthesizer to create a warm, lush texture.
The unique sound of these recordings is most well documented on his 8th album, “Nature Boy”, which features a mix of his own music and some of his favourite jazz standards.