Very pleased to announce this new release on the Porta-Jazz Label:
https://tavarestrocadoward.bandcamp.com/album/corrosion
Quartet at HYG 30th July
Music : Caroline Kraabel, Julia Doyle, Tom Ward & Douglas Benford. Sunday 30th July 15:30
Caroline Kraabel : saxophone
Julia Doyle : double bass
Tom Ward : saxophone
Douglas Benford : harmonium/objects
Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £5/8 donation at the door
Martina Verhoeven Invites
Advance notice – I’m very excited to play at Cafe Oto at the invitation of Martina Verhoeven next July 23rd. Tickets are already on sale at Cafe Oto.
Gigs Jan 2023
9th Jan – Alex Ward/Tom Ward @ Boat-Ting
21st Jan – Tom Ward/Andrew Woodhead @ BRÅK, waterintobeer
25th Jan – Union Division @ Vortex tickets
Machinefabriek +
In some amazing company on this new collaborative release:
The End of Touring? – Perfect Sound Forever
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:
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.”
Solo @ HYG
Launching my solo tape on Raw Tonk Records on 3rd Dec at Hundred Years Gallery! Woop!
Music : Matthew Grigg & Colin Webster duo | Tom Ward solo. Saturday 3rd December 19:30
.@themadwort solo at @hundredyearsgal pic.twitter.com/pre8qg8wtZ
— Raw Tonk Records (@RawTonkRecords) December 3, 2022
Transient Signalling at a Distance
New solo now open for pre-order at Raw Tonk Records!
“It’s profound the way life is profound. There’s also an earthy feel to this music. … If this were literature I think it would be Russian realism because it’s so honest and pure. ” https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/10/15/transient-signalling-at-a-distance-by-tom-ward/
Corey Mwamba played a track from this album on Freeness https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dp85
Spinningwork album
The forthcoming album is now available for pre-order on Bandcamp!
Jazzwise review! https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews/review?slug=spinningwork
Spontaneous Music Tribune review! https://spontaneousmusictribune.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-january-round-up-wallace-stopmobil.html