Sister Bliss when she learned how to play the piano. She eventually moved on to the violin, saxophone and then bass. Sister Bliss formed Faithless in 1995 with Rollo, Jamie Catto and Maxi Jazz. Bliss constructed most of the music of Faithless herself electronically, but also played the piano, violin, saxophone and bass guitar. Various others have been members and collaborators over the years including Zoë Johnston and, frequently, Rollo's sister Dido, who began her musical career providing backing vocals on Rollo's 1994 single 'Give Me Life' (under the pseudonym Mr V). Faithless toured extensively, and while Rollo preferred to stay in
Mark Armstrong (musician) Mark Armstrong (musician) Mark Armstrong is a British jazz trumpeter, musical director, composer, arranger, and educator. Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, northern England. He was brought up in Amersham and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School. He studied then for a degree in music at the University of Oxford, when he played with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and helped to reform the Oxford University Big Band. He subsequently took a postgraduate course in jazz and studio music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Since 2008, Mark Armstrong has been Jazz Professor at the Royal