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When internet jokes attack! An eight piece all-saxophone improvising group!
Warning! At 'LUME Presents' this Sunday @vortexjazz….https://t.co/NKspxsronk
— LUME (@lumemusiclondon) December 5, 2014
Playing at the Vortex December 7th 2014 & The Family Album, Derby on December 9th 2014. Featuring Dee Byrne, Cath Roberts, Julie Kjaer, Rachel Musson, Oliver Dover, Colin Webster, Sam Andreae & myself. Chaos ensues…
It’s been a busy but fun couple of months! The recent highlight was probably playing at the Clore Ballroom as part of the London Jazz Festival with Cath Roberts’ Quadraceratops, recorded for broadcast on Jazz on 3. Here I am at the gig fiddling with my reed…:
@LondonJazzFest @quadraceratops on stage now Jazz In The Round pic.twitter.com/FSuqokWuhQ
— Jez Nelson (@jeznelson) November 23, 2014
Also really fun was travelling around Scotland with Philip Clouts (brief LondonJazz review) – nice to play with Tim Fairhall in the traditional roles that our respective instruments take & also to explore some (small bits of) wilderness:
And also engineering/taking photos for the Deemer recording session:
After a lot of hard work by bandleader Cath Roberts, we’re very pleased to present the first Quadraceratops album at the London launch party!
The Northern leg of the album launch!
I’m again replacing Carlos Lopez-Real for a tour around Scotland with Philip Clouts.
I’ll be depping for Chris Williams on alto with Paulo Duarte’s band.
The first of two LJF shows by the Quadraceratops
We’re very happy to be playing on the Jazz in the Round stage at the South Bank centre. Timings TBC!
Lovely set by @themadwort sax quartet! pic.twitter.com/H832aesCoh
— LUME (@lumemusiclondon) September 25, 2014
We had a wonderful time playing the new Menagerie charts to a packed & receptive Vortex audience!
First ever performance of @themadwort‘s menagerie happening now @vortexjazz! pic.twitter.com/vwLcyuGUk2
— LUME (@lumemusiclondon) August 3, 2014
Also, Alya Al-Sultani was there who reviewed the gig for LondonJazz. She said:
A rare London date for the sax quartet!
The London launch party for the Quadraceratops album!
Last week I was very fortunate to be part of a quartet of saxophones interpreting Corey Mwamba’s MRes project “New Dark Art”, alongside Chris Williams, Colin Webster & Cath Roberts. Corey videoed the day’s workshop as part of his study, and you can watch the day’s final performances here:
I’m very excited to be debuting my latest project at the Vortex on Sunday Aug 3rd as part of the new LUME at the Vortex season.
“After a momentary glimpse in a misfiring big band rehearsal, Tom Ward has been bugged by an overheard snippet of a weird quartet comprising bass clarinet, flute, trumpet and trombone. Transmogrifying some of his compositions for sax quartet, hybridising this with his free improv duo Ti/om and finally balancing woodwind, brass and strings with the addition of a cello, Tom is proud to present Madwort’s Menagerie. Featuring some incredible improvising musicians with a full spectrum of credits ranging from the London Improvisers Orchestra through Brass Mask, the Overground Collective, Quadraceratops and The Imaginary Delta to Sinfonia Cymru and the London Tango Orchestra.”
Tom Ward – bass clarinet, flute, composition
Julie Kjaer – flute, alto flute
Alex Bonney – trumpet
Magnus Dearness – trombone
Adam Spiers – cello
Tim Fairhall – double bass
The first outing of a brand new line-up comprising flute, cornet, trombone, bass clarinet, cello & double bass! More details to follow…
A varied month of music – a few gigs in the west country with the Philip Clouts quartet, an unexpected last-minute call to play bass clarinet in a rehearsal for the e17 large ensemble which turned out to be a video shoot(!), playing cuban songs with a voice/alto sax/congas trio, playing with Chris Dowding at John Hegley’s night at the Betsey Trotwood and going to see lots of gigs – the highlight of which was clearly Loose Tubes at Ronnie Scott’s, but Louis Moholo-Moholo at Cafe Oto wasn’t far behind!