Tony Wren

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Tony Wren (* 1947 in Brazil ) is a British improvisation musician ( double bass ).

Act

Wren studied at Durham University since 1969, where he met Phil Wachsmann , Richard Beswick and Simon Mayo , the other members of the later, influential improvisation ensemble Chamberpot . Together they released two albums and a cassette. In addition, Wren explored string ensembles and more jazz-oriented groups: in 1976 he founded the London Bass Trio with Marcio Mattos and Marc Meggido (later Simon H. Fell ), which worked for more than 25 years. Around 1980 he toured Europe with the cellists Georgie Born and Dave Roberts and the singers Maggie Nicols , Marj McDaid and Ros Plotkin. He also played in Mama Lapato with Larry Stabbins , Mark Charig , Martin Mayes and Paul Burwell. In Three Fish and a Bicycle he worked with Sylvia Hallett , Marj McDaid and Akemi Kunioshi .

After a break in playing since the mid-1980s, Wren began playing again in 1997, for example in a quartet with Chris Burn , Mark Wastell and Rhodri Davies . Wren then founded the string quartet Quatuor Accorde , from which Quartour Encorde developed. He also worked with Howard Riley , Larry Stabbins and Mark Sanders until 2012 . He also toured in the Unsolicited Music Ensemble with Raymond Strid and Martin Küchen . Wren has also worked with Phil Wachsmann, Matt Hutchinson, Steve Noble , John Butcher , Maggie Nicols, Gail Brand , Tony Bevan , Alan Tomlinson , Roger Turner , Paul Rutherford , Harry Beckett and Milo Fine in the UK, as well as with LaDonna Smith , Bruce Eisenbeil and Stephen Flinn in the USA.

Discographic notes

  • Richard Beswick, Simon Mayo, Phil Wachsmann, Tony Wren Chamberpot (Bead Records 1976)
  • Mama Lapato (Bead Records 1982)
  • Quatuor Accorde Angel Wings (Emanem 2001, with Charlotte Hug , Mark Wastell, Phil Durrant )
  • Tony Wren / Larry Stabbins / Howard Riley / Mark Sanders Four in the Afternoon (Emanem 2002)
  • Quatuor Encorde Ikebana (Emanem 2003, with Phil Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug, Marcio Mattos)
  • Larry Stabbins • Howard Riley • Tony Wren • Mark Sanders St. Cyprians 2 ( FMR Records 2012)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meetings (Angel Wings)
  2. ↑ Meeting (Four in the Afternoon)
personal data
SURNAME Wren, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British improvisation musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Brazil