Hi everybody,
Nette and I had a great time on the Isle of Man – our good friends Rolf and Silke looked after us very well, whizzed us around the island and organised a lovely gig for us!
We hope you are all having a fantastic summer and we look forward to seeing you at our gigs in the Autumn: the Tony Woods Project is doing a gig on the 1st September at the Oval Tavern in Croydon, 1.00pm start. We’ll be playing tunes from our up coming release “Into the Ether”, as well as old favourites from our previous four albums… On the Lowlands album I wrote a tune called Country Dance – and I’ve now written a tune called “Country Walk” which you can listen to here.
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Listeners’ comments from my Youtube Channel:
“Love this track”
“sounds really gooooood, like from Costa Rica“
“It was a great gig with very good musicians playing fantastic music“
Upcoming gigs:
September:
1st: Sunday lunchtime. Tony Woods Project @ the Oval, Croydon link here
11th: Wednesday. Tony Woods with Charlotte Glasson @ Cryer Arts, Carshalton. link here
October:
24th: Thursday lunchtime. Tony Woods with Marianne Windham @ The Maltings, Farnham link here
November:
1st: Friday. Tony Woods with Tim Whitehead @ South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell link here
20th: Wednesday. EFG London Jazz Festival with Way Out West @ River House Barn link here
24th: Sunday night. EFG London Jazz Festival with the NTJO @ Hampton Hub, Hampton link here
Other News:
The Way Out West gigs continue this autumn at the Turk’s Head Twickenham:
Sunday 22nd September – Gary Willcox
Sunday 20th October – Nick Mills
Wednesday 27th November – Larry Bartley
Saturday 2nd November Way Out West will be running a day of jazz workshops in memory of one of my students Neil Hamilton at RHACC Richmond.
The Woods Shed
I run a Jazz Workshop and Jam session at the Village Centre, Englefield Green on Monday nights. More info here.
The new academic year will start back on September 16th.
Chippings From The Woods Shed:
I always try and play melodically. Melodies often include intervals wider than a 2nd or 3rd so experiment playing phrases with larger jumps – get your fingers/lips used to playing 4ths/5ths/6ths/7ths/8ths…
