| Personnel: |
| Tom Bancroft |
| Claude
Deppa |
| Brian
Kellock |
| Chick
Lyall |
| Phil Bancroft |
| Oren Marshall |
| Eddie
Severn |
| Kevin
MacKenzie |
| John Telfer |
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| Tracklisting:
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| 1: Cat
N Mouse |
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| 2: Pieology |
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| 3:Scottish
Heart |
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| 4:The
Piano Is a Dark Horse |
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5:The
Battle of Algiers
(subtitle The Battle of Camp Bongo) |
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| 6:SleepyHead |
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| 7: Coal
& Logs |
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| The
Tom Bancroft Orchestra |
| 'Pieology' |
| Caber
001 |
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| Album
Notes : Pieology |
The Tom Bancroft Orchestra has been in existence for
over 15 years performing the leaders compositions and featuring
the cream of the new wave of Scottish jazz musicians, as well
as some of the best players from England and Holland.
PIEOLOGY
is a mixture of live and studio recordings from the first
six years of the bands existence, and captures the breadth
of the compositional influences : from haunting folk tinged
melodies through Ellingtonian use of colour and extended forms
, to Zorn-esque anarchic chaos and Mingus- tinged bluesy passion.
The CD also captures some of the incredible instrumentalists
featured in the band such as Claude Deppa, Brian Kellock,
Chick Lyall, Phil Bancroft, Oren Marshall, Kevin MacKenzie
and John Telfer.
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| Artist
Information: |
As a composer Tom has written for dance, TV, film, big and small
bands, and a children's musical. He is available for commission
for interesting compositional projects as well as offering an
opinion on just about any subject.
As
a drummer he has played with many musicians such as Sun Ra,
Tommy Smith, Martyn Bennet, Mungo Dunnett, Steve Mannion, Sheila
Jordan, Julian Arguelles, Phil Bancroft, Swirler, Charlie MacKerron,
Alyth MacCormack, Charlie Mariano, Emil Vicklicky, Laura MacDonald....
As an organiser
he has created Clandemonium's 1,2 & 3, Europhonium, Kidsamonium,
Multi Story Karma Park, Who's Solo Is It Anyway?, and Caber
Music.
He is the bandleader of the Tom Bancroft Orchestra, co-leader
of Trio AAB, drummer for Swirler, plus many other activities.
He is an innovator on the bodhran, playing in a unique double
ended style, soon to be unleashed on CD in the forthcoming CD
'Scylla & Charybdis'.
Tom is an active teacher of drums, improvising, and composition.
He has developed the unique 'Apple, Banana, Carrot Improvising
Method' with brother Phil. This has been used successfully with
students from primary school kids up to university level students.
He has two children Sam and Sophie.
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