Flautist saxophonist and composer, Geoff Warren's career has been characterised by a typically English eclecticism and a constant search for new sounds and new situations in which to express himself creatively.
He has played in Europe, Asia and the United States in situations from contemporary chamber music to ethno-jazz, from commercial recording sessions to New Age. Particularly significant collaborations have been with English composer and bandleader Graham Collier, Ukrainian guitarist Enver Izmailov, and Indian percussionist Badal Roy.
He was born in the county of Kent (GB), studied for a degree in music at London University, graduating in 1978, while simultaneously studying flute with Derek Honner of the Royal Academy of Music.
His career as a professional musician began in 1979 with a tour with Graham Collier which took in the Camden Jazz Festival. The connection with Collier has continued down the years with tours in Hungary (1981) Greece and Southeast Asia (1984) and Israel (1986), with festival appearances at Bracknell (1983) and the London Jazz Festival (1994, 1997 and  2004). He also taught on Collier's jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music from 1984 to 1988.
In the eighties Geoff Warren fronted a jazz quartet of his own which frequently broadcast for BBC Radio as well as touring for the British Council in Hungary (1985) and Yugoslavia (1986). During these London years he worked with many of the big names of the British jazz scene, including Harry Beckett, John Surman, Art Themen, John Marshall among others.
In 1988 he began a series of collaborations with musicians in Italy. Since then he has worked with, among others, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava and Carlo Actis Dato, and in 1992 played at the Seville Expo with Andrea Centazzo.
In 1993 his musical "Poker" was produced in Munich and the entire score was broadcast on Bavarian radio.
In 1995 he toured Italy, Switzerland and Germany with Ukrainian/Tartar guitarist Enver Izmailov and during the tour recorded the CD "Dancing Over The Moon" for TUTU records, which the following year was presented at the Nuremberg East-West festival. The duo teamed up again at the Odessa Jazz Festival (Ucraine) in 2002.
In 1997 Geoff Warren met Badal Roy,  tablas player for Ornette Coleman and before that Miles Davis, and they put together their current trio project, which has toured Italy frequently since then. The CD Kolkata Rose, recorded in New York with bassist Stomu Takeishi has been released in the USA and in Europe, and second CD recorded in Verona with Italian bassist Marcello Sebastiani is due for release shortly.
Since 2001 Geoff Warren has been Artistic Director for the M.A.T. music school in Verona, Italy, where among other things he holds a Jazz Flute course every Summer.

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