IAIN BALLAMY
saxophone
7:30 p.m. Friday 12 May
with JONATHAN LEWIS tenor sax
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"Intensly melodic, eventful and full of surprises... The beauty of tone that Iain Ballamy gets is certainly one of the joys of the current scene, and his concern with creating it echoes Stan Getz's." Andy Hamilton, Jazz on CD "Technically flawless performances." Barry Withendon, The Wire "A major international voice." Chris Parker, The Times |
Photo by DAVE McKEAN
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Saxophonist and composer IAIN BALLAMY is internationally recognised as an original, freethinking and uncompromising musician.
His work is eclectic, contemporary and un-encumbered by formality and tradition.
Transcending musical genres and forging strong and ongoing relationships with musicians around the globe, notably Scandinavia, Iain has worked with many of the cutting-edge figures of today’s contemporary Jazz scene.
The group Food which he co-formed with drummer, composer and electronics wizard Thomas Stronen is now signed to ECM records. They celebrated their seventh release in November 2012, featuring Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset and Prakash Sontakke.
Ballamy leads the Anorak quartet featuring Gareth Williams on piano and continues to tour and record with the virtuoso Norwegian button accordionist Stian Carstensen as a duo known as The Little Radio.
The trio Quercus, which Ballamy co-leads with pianist Huw Warren, features the legendary folk singer June Tabor. Quercus will release their first CD for ECM in March 2013.
Highlights of a career spanning nearly 30 years include working with Loose Tubes, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Hermeto Pascoal, Django Bates, Kenny Werner, Gil Evans, George Coleman, The Karnataka college of percussion, John Taylor, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, The Britten Sinfonia, Gay Dad, Everything but the Girl, Guy Chambers, Mike Gibbs, Carla Bley, John Dankworth, and many more.
Ballamy is a consultant tutor at The Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
His work is eclectic, contemporary and un-encumbered by formality and tradition.
Transcending musical genres and forging strong and ongoing relationships with musicians around the globe, notably Scandinavia, Iain has worked with many of the cutting-edge figures of today’s contemporary Jazz scene.
The group Food which he co-formed with drummer, composer and electronics wizard Thomas Stronen is now signed to ECM records. They celebrated their seventh release in November 2012, featuring Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset and Prakash Sontakke.
Ballamy leads the Anorak quartet featuring Gareth Williams on piano and continues to tour and record with the virtuoso Norwegian button accordionist Stian Carstensen as a duo known as The Little Radio.
The trio Quercus, which Ballamy co-leads with pianist Huw Warren, features the legendary folk singer June Tabor. Quercus will release their first CD for ECM in March 2013.
Highlights of a career spanning nearly 30 years include working with Loose Tubes, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Hermeto Pascoal, Django Bates, Kenny Werner, Gil Evans, George Coleman, The Karnataka college of percussion, John Taylor, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, The Britten Sinfonia, Gay Dad, Everything but the Girl, Guy Chambers, Mike Gibbs, Carla Bley, John Dankworth, and many more.
Ballamy is a consultant tutor at The Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
Photo by DAVE McKEAN