{"id":477,"date":"2014-08-05T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madwort.co.uk\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2020-02-19T22:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:03:20","slug":"madworts-menagerie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/?page_id=477","title":{"rendered":"Madwort&#8217;s Menagerie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Menagerie. Featuring some incredible improvising musicians with a full spectrum of credits ranging from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonimprovisersorchestra.co.uk\">London Improvisers Orchestra<\/a> through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomchallenger.co.uk\/projects\/brassmask\">Brass Mask<\/a>, the Overground Collective, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madwort.co.uk\/bands\/quadraceratops\/\" title=\"Quadraceratops\">Quadraceratops<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adamfairhall.co.uk\/projects\/the-imaginary-delta\/\">The Imaginary Delta<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/sinfoniacymru.co.uk\">Sinfonia Cymru<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelondontangoorchestra.com\">London Tango Orchestra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madwort.co.uk\">Tom Ward<\/a> \u2013 bass clarinet, flute, composition<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/juliekjaer.com\/\">Julie Kjaer<\/a> \u2013 flute, alto flute<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexbonney.co.uk\/\">Alex Bonney<\/a> \u2013 trumpet<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathrobertsmusic.co.uk\">Cath Roberts<\/a> &#8211; alto\/baritone saxophone<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/adamspiers.org\">Adam Spiers<\/a> \u2013 cello<br \/>\nTim Fairhall \u2013 double bass<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2261809238\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madwort.bandcamp.com\/album\/madworts-menagerie\">Madwort&#39;s Menagerie by Madwort&#39;s Menagerie<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026a curious beauty, where melodies have the ephemeral quality of dreams and harmonies like their lingering aftereffect upon waking, slowly and greeted by soft daylight, and the motion of the music is fitful and anxious, as if children unable to sit still in church pews during a morning service.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdistheworm.com\/best-of-2019-24-madworts-menagerie-madworts-menagerie\/\">Bird is the Worm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The music is rich in terms of colour and texture and the imaginative use of counterpoint also helps to keep both musicians and listeners on their toes. With its mix of jazz and contemporary classical elements this is highly distinctive music that avoids the clich\u00e9s and pitfalls of both and makes for fascinating listening. It won\u2019t appeal to everyone but open minded listeners should find much to enjoy here.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejazzmann.com\/features\/article\/tom-ward-madworts-menagerie-and-tom-ward-adam-fairhall-duo-susurrus\/\">The Jazz Mann<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/?page_id=477\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Madwort&#8217;s Menagerie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1427,"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/1427"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madwort.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}