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Trish Clowes

Saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes has been described as “an improviser to be reckoned with” (Downbeat Magazine) and “one of the most agile and original jugglers of improv and adventurous composition to have appeared in the UK in recent times” (John Fordham, the Guardian). A BASCA British Composer Award winner and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Clowes has received critical acclaim for all five of her releases for Basho Records, the last two featuring her My Iris quartet with Chris Montague (guitar), Ross Stanley (piano and Hammond organ) and James Maddren (drums). Hailed as “the jazz of the future” (Augsburger Allgemaine) the band have toured and performed worldwide, including appearances at Rochester International Jazz Festival (US), Toronto Jazz Festival, the Barbican (EFG London Jazz Festival), the National Opera House (Wexford), Gateshead International Jazz Festival, Turner Sims, Women in (e)motion Festival and the Stadthaus Ulm. They have also recorded broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio Bremen.

Ninety Degrees Gravity

By Trish Clowes

Label: Basho Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Eric’s Tune; Abbott & Costello; Free to Fall; Arise; I.F.; Lightning Les: Dustlings.

Trish Clowes: Sounding Colors, Playing With Gravity

by Ian Patterson
September 12, 2019

If it hadn't been that day, twenty some years ago when the young Trish Clowes first felt the pull of the tenor saxophone, it would surely have been another. Barely in her teens at the time, Shropshire-born saxophonist and award-winning composer Clowes already played piano, clarinet and sang when she went to see her ...

Trish Clowes: Ninety Degrees Gravity

by Ian Patterson
August 24, 2019

Trish Clowes' stock has risen steadily since her debut, Tangent (Basho Records, 2010), which featured jazz quartet and, on several tracks, orchestra. That record announced a promising and ambitious voice, one equally at home with jazz and classical colors. Since then the saxophonist has continued to explore the meeting of jazz, voice and strings, attracting a ...

18th Edition Of The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts Friday June 21!

June 17, 2019

Jazz in June officially starts this Friday June 21 with the opening of the 18th Edition of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. The nine- day Festival runs through June 29 and will present more than 320 shows including a record 102 free shows and events and 220 shows in the Club Pass Series. It all ...

Brilliant Corners 2018

by Ian Patterson
April 3, 2018

Brilliant Corners 2018 Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland March 3-10, 2018 Compared to Dublin or cities in the UK, Belfast is usually overlooked when jazz groups tour. When the likes of Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau come to Ireland it's usually a one-stop visit ...

My Iris

By Trish Clowes

Label: Basho Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: One Hour; Blue Calm; I Can't Find My Other Brush; A Cat Called Behemoth; Muted Lines; Tap Dance (for Baby Dodds); In Between the Moss and the Ivy; Be A Glow Worm.

Trish Clowes: My Iris

by Phil Barnes
April 12, 2017

There's an energy and a focus about this, Clowes fourth album for UK indie Basho records, that suggests a creative breakthrough. My Iris has kept that restlessness and love of music irrespective of genre apparent in Clowes earlier work, but feels a better constructed programme where the stylistic shifts are organic developments that blend naturally into ...

Trish Clowes: My Iris

by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
February 18, 2017

Firstly, each individual in the Trish Clowes Quartet, Trish Clowes on various saxophones, Ross Stanley on piano and Hammond, Chris Montague on guitar and James Maddren on drums, fits their corner perfectly, providing the extra dimension that makes their cohesive playing effortless. There are no shirkers or hang back components in this line up. My Iris ...

Be A Glow Worm

February 7, 2017

Album: My Iris
By Trish Clowes
Label: Basho Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 4:21