I wrote something about our JackTrip / ANU projects in the COVID times for Perfect Sound Forever, read it here as part of a collection of essays:
Category: Collaboration
Anthropods @ Vortex
A last minute dep for Mark Holub!
“depping like a hero for Covid-stricken Susanna Gartmayer, the supremely talented Tom Ward on bass clarinet.”
Play Talk Play with Rodrigo Constanzo
This was lots of fun!
John Pope Quintet @ Fizzle – Review
“It was a tribute to Ward’s skills that he fitted in seamlessly, playing flawlessly during the ensemble sections and also impressing as a creative soloist on both alto sax and bass clarinet.”
“astonishingly nimble bass clarinet solo from the admirable Ward”
“Ward’s alto excursion combined fluency with incisiveness,”
“Ward delivered a blistering alto solo”
Duo @ LUME
s10c
Duo with Charlotte Keeffe @ HYG
Spinningwork @ Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021
Very excited at one of my first gig announcements for a while…!
This great quartet began rehearsing during lockdown using low-latency audio software JackTrip, with compositions by all the members:
Cath Roberts (Baritone Saxophone)
Tom Ward (Alto Saxophone)
Olie Brice (Double Bass)
Johnny Hunter (Drums)
Saturday 25th September
Doors: 8.00pm (Music Starts: 8.30pm)
Newcastle Arts Centre (The Black Swan Venue Space)
Spinningwork @ Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021 tickets
Imaginary Junction new review
“a real corker of a release” – Musique Machine
Vestiges review
Nice write-up, alongside a Stoney Lane trio.
“a collection of split tones, slurs and cries from Ward’s reeds keep the narratives barbed as well as brimming with ideas”
jazzword.com