Tom Playing Drums
September 15, 2023This is a track ‘Secret Path’ from a great new album from Fraser Fifield which I am playing on.
You can hear whole album here:
https://fraserfifield.bandcamp.com
Tom Playing Drums
This was a concert during lock down in May 2021. Phil and I had been playing together alot at his farm during lockdown in a barn.
Really enjoyed this session – although the Blue Lamp with an audience is one of my favourite places to play!
Tom Art
August 13, 2023TVG 90 Competition – I came third!
October 4, 2022
Of interest to Bodhran Geeks/Southern Indian Music Fusion Freaks/Supporters of Men in Man Caves/People in People Caves….
So I am delighted to say that I came third in a global Southern Indian online drumming competition!
I had to send a video of me playing a composition by TVG (see below) in round one, and then I got to the final and the 9 finalists were sent a brand new composition which we had about 3 days to learn. Then we had to send a video of us playing the
Sun Ra Says…
April 17, 2022Memories of Studying with Joe Morello
April 8, 2022I recorded these for an interview for a research thing. It was fun so I thought I’d put them up here. I was in Ghana and during the recording I get interrupted by my wife, nearly burn down the hotel room, there’s a lizard, and my wife
Lindsay L Cooper’s A Madman’s Approach To Music
February 19, 2021This is a beautiful music manifesto/poem from the sorely missed wonderful person and musician – Scottish bass and tuba player Lindsay Cooper.
To see the pdf click here
Playtime Interval Interview: Bonus extras
February 1, 2021Playtime Interval Interview: Tom Bancroft – Good bits that couldn’t fit into the interviews with Greg Lawson, Haftor Medböe, and Paul Towndrow. With Tom Bancroft
Playtime Interval Interview 18: Playtime Interval Interview (Blonde hair warning)
Playtime Interval Interview: Tom Bancroft interviews Dutch musician Jorrit – who is based in Boston – about being Dutch, jazz and improvised music as a form of resistance and protest, and reflect on the Multi Story Karma Park gig from 1997 – which featured Jorrit and Martyn Bennett (who died 16 years ago today) amongst many others – with some video footage from that gig featuring Martyn.. It is beautiful!
Playtime Interval Interview 17: David Berkman
Playtime Interval Interview: Tom Bancroft interviews New York’s David Berkman ahead of him joining Playtime for a live remote transatlantic improv session on January 29th at 8.15pm GMT (3.15 EST. and 1.15 pm PST. Find the livestream on YouTube