Trish Clowes
“Everything Clowes does has an invigorating purposefulness”
The Telegraph
Described as “one of the most agile and original jugglers of improv and... composition”, Award-winning saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes has proven herself to be an exciting, world-class, musician of real creativity and skill. A former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, she received the British Composer Award (BASCA) in 2015 with notable performances including the Barbican, Toronto Jazz Festival, Rochester International Jazz Festival (US), Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Women in (e)motion Festival (Germany), National Opera House (Ireland), Galway Jazz Festival, and broadcasts for BBC 2 Proms Extra, BBC Radio 3 and Radio Bremen. With numerous critically acclaimed albums as leader to her name with her band "My Iris" or in collaboration with other musicians, Trish is also a highly respected composer, with a PhD in Musical Composition and commissions from the likes of the BBC Concert Orchestra, NDR Big Band (Germany), London Sinfonietta and many many more premier ensembles.
For this show, Trish will be playing music by her favourite composers, Wayne Shorter, Eddie Harris, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joe Henderson & Thelonious Monk, "plus whatever new obsessions I happen to be harbouring at the time“ and a few of her own tunes as well. Joining her will be an outstanding group of musicians, Mike Outram-guitar, Ross Stanley-piano, Calum Gourlay-bass & Steve Brown-drums.
“Clowes...bristles with uncommon genius” JazzDaGama; “an improviser to be reckoned with” Downbeat
photo by Chris Kelly