We hope you had a great summer!
The Way Out West gigs at the Drayton Court Hotel (West Ealing) are going well and are happening on the third Wednesday of the month.
I’ll be there with my own band – the Tony Woods Project – on 17th September with special guest Chris Allard on guitar.
The Tony Woods Project plays its own brand of melodic, folk inspired jazz and has received great critical acclaim for its four albums:
“Colourful, evocative music from one of the most distinctive groups on the UK jazz scene” The Jazzmann
“Emotional and warmly personal music” (the Guardian)
★★★★ (the Guardian)
★★★★ (Jazzwise)
★★★★ (The Jazzmann)
★★★★ (Jazz Journal)
I also get a mention in the Jazzwise review of the Way Out West Tony Kinsey Tribute gig back in July:
“Tony Woods’ superb soprano taking a more spacious route…” (Peter Vacher)
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“Absolutely brilliant!”
“Tone! Killer performance.”
“Wow!! Just fabulous…”
“Superb Tony”
“What an amazing solo”
“Fantastic sound!”
“Awesome”
“What a way to start the day – had me dancing round my third storey”
“Story telling and space is the way to go . Lovely stuff Tony”
“Can’t stop listening, spellbinding”
Upcoming gigs:
September
1st: Tony Woods Project @ Milford Arms, Isleworth. link
13th: with Nette Robinson and Meredith White @ Parade’s End Books, Ham link
17th: Tony Woods Project @ Drayton Court Hotel, Ealing. link
20th: with Nette Robinson and Meredith White @ Rhymney Valley Music Club link
25th: with Dave Jones Nonet @ Jazz Sanctuary, Turk’s Head, St. Margaret’s link
Other News:
The Way Out West gigs continue this Autumn at our new venue Drayton Court Hotel, West Ealing, usually the third Wednesday in the month:
September 17th: Tony Woods Project link
October 22nd: Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/ Winston Clifford link
November 23rd (Sunday): EFG London Jazz Festival “The Train and the River” link
The Woods Shed
I run a Jazz Workshop and Jam session at the Village Centre, Englefield Green on Monday nights. We’re having a well earned break at the moment but we will be back on September 15th. New members always welcome…
More info here.
Chippings From The Woods Shed:
I’ve started doing a series of short solo recordings at home entitled Stories from the 14th Storey.
This Second Story I played on my John Packer student model saxophone JP041 (rather than my Selmer Mark 6!) and I think it demonstrates good use of space and repetition, which is something I have talked about in these Chippings. I even follow Miles Davis’ advice and take the horn out of my mouth at one point… but what is the tune??
Answers please in the video comments section…
