Hi everybody,
Summer hols are now over and we’re looking forward to the new season!
I have a gig at the Cryer Arts Centre, Carshalton next Wednesday 11th September with Charlotte Glasson, Meredith White, Sophie Alloway and Andy Hamill. I’m sure this will be a lot of fun- we’ll be playing some originals and some standards – quite possibly this folk tune that I recorded with Andy on the “Lowlands” album – Old Joe Clark
We’ll also be doing that tune with the massed forces of the NTJO on 24th November at Hampton Hub as part of EFG London Jazz Festival – a date for your diaries!…
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“Can’t stop listening, spellbinding”
Upcoming gigs:
September:
- 1st: Sunday lunchtime. Tony Woods Project @ the Oval, Croydon link here
- 11th: Wednesday. With Charlotte Glasson @ Cryer Arts, Carshalton. link here
October:
- 12th: Saturday. With Dave Jones Nonet @ Bull’s Head, Barnes (TBC)
- 24th: Thursday lunchtime. With Marianne Windham @ The Maltings, Farnham link here
November:
- 1st: Friday. With Tim Whitehead @ South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell link here
- 6th: Wednesday. With Rebecca Holweg @ Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly
- 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 Quartet
- Sunday 20th October – Nick Mills Blue Note Project
- Wednesday 27th November – Larry Bartley/ Bruno Heinen/Winston Clifford
- 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:
Repetition in music is very important. Think of song structures eg AABA. Lots of repetition there! Or Blues riffs. Or Sonata Form… In a jazz solo therefore it is also important. It gives the audience something to hang on to and gives your solo a sense of structure, a direction. It helps the narrative – the telling of the Story.
