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| 1. | Lowlands
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| 2. | Breakthrough
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| 3. | Presence at Christmas
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| 4. | Penny's Whistle
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| 5. | Prayer
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| 6. | Country Dance
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| 7. | Rollo's Monkey
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| 8. | Old Joe Clark
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| 9. | Chocolat
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Jazz
All tracks by Tony Woods except tracks 1 and 8
The new album by the Tony Woods Project - 'Lowlands' (SRCD 6-2) draws its inspiration from world music and in particular the indigenous melodic folk idioms of his native Britain. Tony Woods’ quirky and uplifting compositions combined with outstanding musicianship from the whole band create a highly distinctive and individualistic sound. The collective improvisations are often reminiscent of early forms of jazz where the instrumentalists weave their lines around each other and are incorporated into bigger structures. Featuring the work of two rising stars: Mike Outram (guitar) and Milo Fell (drums and percussion), and long time associates Robert Millett on vibes and Andy Hamill on bass, the group displays a high degree of empathy and respect for each other and the music.
Tony Woods Born in Southampton, Tony Woods grew up in Chilworth Old Village and began playing folk music with his father at the age of five. Classical studies on clarinet and piano followed, becoming principal of Southampton Youth Orchestra in 1979, and a member of the British Youth Wind Orchestra in 1980.
From 1980-'84 he was a student at Keele University, where he gave frequent performances with the New Music Ensemble (directed by Roger Marsh,) including 'Screaming in the Sky' by Tom Williams, a piece written especially for Tony.
In 1984 he studied jazz at Leeds College of Music, winning prizes for saxophone, outstanding performance, and also the Associated Board's Lloyd Hartley Memorial prize for piano. In 1986 he won the soloist's prize at the Dunkirk International Jazz Festival and the following year graduated from Leeds with a First Class Honours Degree with Distinction.
In 1988 he attended the Guildhall School of Music as a post-graduate student: studying with John Harle and Jean Toussaint (of Jazz Messenger fame,) and playing in the Guildhall Jazz Band, which performed at Ronnie Scott's, the Bass Clef (with Kenny Wheeler) and also won the 1989 BBC Big Band Competition. Around this time TW also began working with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and playing in a band called Within The Word which performed at various jazz festivals including Soho, Southampton, Swanage, Bath and London, and completed a tour in 1992, sponsored by Jazz Services. From this time he worked as a session musician at many of London's major studios including Angel Studios, Landsdowne Studios, Abbey Road, BBC Maida Vale (with the BBC Radio Big Band) and for Paul Hardcastle.
Following these successes TW decided to form his own band: the Tony Woods Project to provide an outlet for his own folk inspired compositions
Andy Hamill: double bass. Since moving to London from Scotland in 1993 Andy has worked with jazz singers Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, and Salena Jones, and has many recording credits to his name, including 'Two Pages', and 'Creating Patterns' with 4 Hero, 'Beyond Skin' with Nitin Sawhnie, 'June Babies' with Rebecca Hollweg, 'Live at Ronnie Scott's' and 'Heart of the Sun' with Theo Travis...
Mike Outram: guitar. Mike moved to London in 1998 and since then has been heard with Herbie Mann, Stan Sulzmann and most recently with Dave O'Higgins, Jacqueline Dankworth and Tim Whitehead. He has toured South Africa, Sri Lanka and Europe and is also part of the professorial staff at Trinity College of Music and The Royal Academy of Music, London. www.mikeoutram.com
Robert Millett: vibraphone. After studying music at the Royal College of Music, Robert has worked in many different settings including Ballet Rambert, English National Touring Opera, contemporary music group Icebreaker and Tim Whitehead and Colin Riley’s Homemade Orchestra.
Milo Fell: drums. Milo was born in London in 1970. In 1989 he moved to Manchester where he played and recorded with John Ellis, John Thorne, Rare Birds, Graham Clarke and various jazz, fusion, funk and Latin groups. He also played with visiting soloists including Tim Whitehead who invited him to record a CD (Personal Standards) and play at Ronnie Scott's. He moved back to London in 1999 and since then has played with The Cinematic Orchestra, prize-winning Amsterdam-based band Dalgoo which toured Russia in autumn 2002, and Tim Whitehead and Colin Riley’s Homemade Orchestra.
"If ever a band deserved a higher profile, it has to be the Tony Woods Project" Jazz UK
"There's a corner of British jazz in which pastoral expressiveness, folk idioms and the like offer a distinct alternative to anything from mainstream America. The Tony Woods Project's album High Seas undoubtedly puts them at the forefront, vibraphone and guitar setting the style alongside the leader as he switches between saxophones and a wooden flute. A former student at both the Leeds and the Guildhall Schools of Music, Woods has a top soloist award from the Dunkirk Jazz Festival among his achievements and was part of the band Within the Word". Ronald Atkins - Guardian Guide
"This is 'now' jazz of excellent quality and I'm sure Tony's project will be a force to reckon with in the future". John Critchinson Musician Magazine
"It is good to hear jazz that succeeds in being individualistic and draws on a range of 'non-American' forms and styles with skill, imagination and elan. That Woods' album achieves this without sounding like an ECM session shows some class". Duncan Heining Avant Magazine |
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