MALCOLM STRACHAN has been a professional trumpet player since he left the Leeds College of Music in 1996. During his career he has worked with countless artists and toured the world with big international names such as Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamiroquai, The New Mastersounds, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Craig Charles’s Fantasy Funk Band and he has recorded on countless pop tracks with various artists.

Malcolm is originally from Inverness, Scotland. He formed horn section / funk band The Haggis Horns in 1998 after leaving the college with fellow Scots Atholl Ransome from Dunfermline and the late Jason Rae from Aberdeen. They started out doing various club residencies in Leeds and quickly gained a following after appearing on “Keb Darge presents The New Mastersounds” and soon later released their debut album entitled “Hot Damn” in 2007 on First Word Records followed by another four Haggis Horns albums since then.