Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 2004

Members: Paul Archibald, Stephen Saunders, Jim Buck Jr, John Wilbraham, Ray Premru, Maurice Murphy, John Pigneguy, Gary Kettel, Frank Lloyd, Dave Stewart (2), James Watson (2), Steve Henderson, Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Purser, Colin Sheen, Elgar Howarth, James Holland, Anthony Chidell, Norman Archibald, Denis Wick, Eric Crees, John Fletcher (2), Philip Jones, Mike Hext, Roger Harvey, David Corkhill, Michael Laird (2), Anthony Halstead, John Wallace (4), Sidney Ellison, Howard Snell, Patrick Harrild, Nigel Gomm, Lindsay Shilling, James Anderson (6), Christian Rutherford, Derek James (2), Roger Brenner, Roy Copestake, Frank Rycroft, John Iveson, Michael Skinner (2), Arthur Wilson (3), Ray Brown (8), Anthony Randall, Ifor James, Rod Franks, William Houghton, Peter Harvey (2), John Jenkins (6), Peter Reeve, Harold Nash, Timothy Hawes, Patrick Garvey, David Moore (32), James Handy, Charles Gregory (7)

Formed by trumpeter Philip Jones in 1951, PJBE was one of the first modern classical brass ensembles. The group started as a quartet drawn from musicians of the Covent Garden Opera House Orchestra, later the ensemble performed either as a ten-piece or as a quintet Philip Jones Brass Quintet. In 1986, Philip Jones announced his retirement, and on June 8 the same year, PJBE played their last public performance.

First line-up:
Philip Jones - trumpet (1st)
Roy Copestake - trumpet (2nd)
Charles Gregory - horn
Evan Watkin - trombone

Last line-up:
Philip Jones - trumpet
Rod Franks - trumpet
Nigel Gomm - trumpet
Joseph Atkins - trumpet
Roger Harvey - trombone
Christopher Mowat - trombone
David Purser - trombone
Raymond Premru - bass trombone
John Fletcher - tuba