Barbara Thompson (musician)

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Barbara Thompson (* 27. July 1944 in Oxford ) is a British fusion - and jazz - saxophonist - flutist and composer . She is the Music Ambassador of the United Kingdom and has been awarded a " Member of the Order of the British Empire ". Barbara Thompson was married to drummer Jon Hiseman from 1967 until his death in June 2018 .

Life

Barbara Thompson first studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music , but then came to jazz and saxophone through the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane . She first worked in the New Jazz Orchestra and the bands of Graham Collier , Howard Riley , Keef Hartley , John Dankworth and as a studio musician at Colosseum . After a baby break (son Marcus (* 1972), daughter Anna (* 1975)) she founded her own band, "Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia" (German: Paraphernalia ), a jazz-rock fusion band with various line-ups, including Colin Dudman (p; key), Pete Lemer (p), Dill Katz (b) and her husband on drums.

In 1975 she was also involved in founding the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble , the “Band of the Bandleader”, together with Wolfgang Dauner (p), Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Ian Carr (tp), Charlie Mariano (sax) and Ack van Rooyen (tp), Volker Kriegel (g), Eberhard Weber (b) and Jon Hiseman (dr) involved.

Because of a Parkinson's disease diagnosed in 1997 , she retired in 2001 with a farewell tour, initially as an active saxophonist. After a period in which she was exclusively active as a composer (but was also involved in the recording of Kate Westbrook's Cuff Clout ), she returned to the stage in 2003 to meet the seriously ill Dick Heckstall on the Tomorrow's Blues tour of Colosseum -Smith († 2004) to replace. In 2005 she was seen live again with Paraphernalia on the Never Say Goodbye tour, as well as in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011 with Colosseum . After she had to take a break here, she was able to perform live again in 2014 with the help of a new drug.

Barbara Thompson worked closely with Andrew Lloyd Webber on musicals such as Cats and Starlight Express and his Requiem . She also wrote several classical compositions (e.g. for Evelyn Glennie ), film and television music, her own musical and pieces for the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble , Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia and her big band Moving Parts . Her poetry adaptations Love Songs In Age (based on texts by the English poet Philip Larkin ) were hailed by the Times as the absolute highlight of the 1995 London Jazz Festival.

Discography

See United Jazz + Rock Ensemble

Solo / paraphernalia

  • Barbara Thompson's Jubiaba Barbara Thompson 1978
  • Paraphernalia Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1978
  • Wild Tales Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1979
  • Paraphernalia Live , Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1980
  • Mother Earth Barbara Thompson 1982
  • Pure Fantasy Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1984
  • Live in the Berlin Metropol-Theater Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1985
  • Heavenly Bodies Barbara Thompson 1986
  • A Cry From The Heart Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1988
  • Songs From The Center Of The Earth Barbara Thompson 1990
  • Breathless Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1991 (# 4 in the German jazz charts )
  • Everlasting Flame Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1993
  • Barbara Song Barbara Thompson and the Medici String Quartet 1995
  • Lady Saxophone Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1995
  • Shifting Sands Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1998
  • Thompson's Tangos and other soft Dances Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 2000
  • In the Eye of a Storm Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 2003
  • Never say goodbye Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 2005
  • Chapter and Verse The Best of Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 2005

Colosseum

  • Valentyne Suite 1969
  • Daughter of Time 1970
  • LIVE05 2007
  • Time On Our Side 2014

Barbara Thompson / Rod Argent

  • Ghosts 1982
  • Shadow Show 1985

Further

Web links

Commons : Barbara Thompson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colosseum live at the Rockpalast on September 27, 2003 ( YouTube )
  2. ↑ http://www.temple-music.com/on-the-road-again/
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford