Tom Arthurs

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Tom Arthurs and Tom Rainey (right) with the Ingrid Laubrock Octet im Kult, Niederstetten, 2011

Tom Arthurs (born July 18, 1980 in Northamptonshire , England) is a British jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , composition ).

Live and act

Arthurs graduated from City University, where he received his bachelor's degree; he also worked in the Londoern jazz and improvisation scene, a. a. in the F-IRE Collective ( Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression ) and the formations Jade Fox, Timeline and Robert Mitchell's Panacea , also with Pete Wareham, Evan Dawson, Jo Thomas, Barak Schmool, Chartwell Dutiro and Pete Lockett, Kenny Wheeler , Norma Winstone , Bosco De Oliveira , Omar Puente and the salsa band Merengada . Arthurs continued his studies in the 2000s a. a. with Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano . In 2004 he worked for drummer Joe Sorbara ; other band projects are Thirsty Ears and the quintet Centripede , whose debut album contains Athurs' compositions. In the field of jazz, he was involved in nine recording sessions between 2004 and 2014, including a. with Ingrid Laubrock ( Zurich Concert , Intakt, 2011) and Julia Hülsmann ( In Full View , ECM, 2012 and A Clear Midnight: Kurt Weill and America , ECM, 2014). In 2009 he received the RPS Composition Prize from the Royal Philharmonic Society . In 2018, he succeeded Valérie Portmann as head of the jazz department at the Bern University of the Arts .

Discographic notes

  • Tom Arthurs / Bruce McKinnon / Joe Sorbara: Squash Recipe (Babel, 2004)
  • Tom Arthurs / Richard Fairhurst : Mesmer (Babel, 2008)
  • Tom Arthurs / Richard Fairhurst: Postcards from Pushkin (Babel, 2009)
  • Marc Schmolling / Tom Arthurs / Almut Kühne : Ticho ( Unit Records , 2014)
  • Jestern & Tom Arthurs: Cahier de petits coquillages Vol IV / V (Setola di Maiale, 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 14, 2015)
  2. ↑ Tom Gsteiger: Too young for laurels . In: Der Bund, Der Bund . March 4, 2018, ISSN  0774-6156 ( derbund.ch [accessed April 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Arthurs, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Northamptonshire , England