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Iain Ballamy - Saxophonist / composer
Born: 20/2/64 Guildford, UK.
Education: 1975-80 George Abbott School, Guildford.
1980-1982 Merton College - Musical Instrument Technology, City & Guilds.
Piano lessons from age of 6 to 14 years. Discovered saxophone in 1978 with three lessons and first professional gig 1980.
Played Ronnie Scotts as Iain Ballamy Quartet at age 20. Founding member of Loose Tubes in 1984.
First recording with Billy Jenkins 1985 and first solo album, Balloon Man, 1988.
Extensive touring internationally and at home over last 15 years in addition to numerous recordings, collaborations, festival appearances and arts projects.
The last 5 years has produced a number of commissioned compositions for saxophones, piano, and harpsichord.
Current Projects:
Anorak, The Little radio, Food,C.O.B, Human Chain, Delightful Precipice.
Commissions
1995 Apollo Saxophone Quartet - ‘Estuary English’
1996 Apollo Saxophone Quartet - ‘Mirror Signal Manouvre’
1996 ACME - Commissioned by Birmingham Jazz
1997 ‘Oblique’ - Commissioned by SAMPAD/Birmingham Jazz
1998 Jane Chapman - Solo Harpsichord ‘Four and a half minutes late’
1998 Joanna MacGregor - Duet for Piano & Tenor Sax ‘Walpurgis Night’
Awards
1985 John Dankworth Cup, Best Soloist
1995 BT British Jazz Award, Best Ensemble - Balloon Man
2001 BBC Jazz awards special award for innovation
Group History:
Balloon Man 1983 - 93
Loose Tubes 1984 -1990
Billy Jenkins V.O.G. 1985 -
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks 1986 - 92
Django Bates’ Human Chain 1992 -
& Delightful Precipice
Iain Ballamy’s ACME 1996 -
Food For Quartet 1997 –
Anorak 2001 –
The Little Radio 2003 -
Collaborations/performed or recorded with:
Gil Evans, Hermeto Pascaol, New York Composers Orchestra, Carla Bley, Dewey Redman, George Coleman, London Sinfionetta, Françios Jeanneau, Daniel Humair, Mike Gibbs, Randy Weston, Karnataka College of Percussion, London Sinfoneitta, Sax Assault, Jazz Train, Freebop, Human Nishat Kahn, R.A.Ramamani, T.A.S. Mani, Clare Martin, Human Chain, Dr. L. Subrinamium, Tom Robinson, Charlie Watts Orchestra, Randy Weston, Joanna McGreggor, Delightful Precipice, Django Bates, Jane Chapman, Bryan Ferry, Everthing But The Girl. Food for Quartet. Loose Tubes. Ian Shaw, Slim Gaillard, Ultramarine, Ashley Slater, Hungry Ants, Ronnie Scott, Gordon Beck, Britten Sinfonia, Gay Dad.
Festivals:
Aarhus, Amiens, Bath, Beijing, Berchidda, Bergen, Berlin, Brecon, Cheltenham, Copenhagen, Cork, Clusone, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Grimsby, Istanbul, Junas, Kleipeda, Köln, Leverkusen, London, Marrakesh, Molde, Monterey, Montreal, Montreaux, Oslo, Paris La Villette, Parthenay, Pori, Red Sea, Rochella, Saskatoon, Toronto, Le Mans, Lyons, Nevers, Soho, Stüttgart, Vancouver, Victoria, Weisen, Willisau.
Clubs
Ronnie Scotts, London. Knitting Factory, New York. FEZ, New York. Bottom Line, New York. Montmartre, Copenhagen. New Morning, Paris. Bravas Club, Tokyo, etc.
Other Venues
Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Massey Hall etc.
British Council Tours including:
Romania 1985
Morrocco 1995
China 1997
Senegal 1997
India 1996,1998
Lithuania 1998
Colombia 1998
Television
Jazz 606, Meltdown, The Tube, Bergerac, Illuminations, Stay Lucky, Right to Reply, Wogan, Ronnie Corbett Show.
Radio
Sounds of Jazz, R2 ]
Jazz Today, R3 ] all too numerous to mention
Jazz Notes, R2 ]
Jazz FM ]
Signal to noise: Dave McKean & Neil Gaimen, R4, 1997.
Film
Legend -
My Son the Fanatic
Joseph Losey the Man with Four Names
Absloute Beginners
The Last Days of General Patten
Scored the movie “Mirrormask” for the Jim Henson company 2003 - 2004
Dance
Ranjabiati Sircar/SAMPAD, SANKALPAM.
Theatre
OutThere, Riverside Studios & UK tour.
Teaching
Royal Academy of music
Birmingham Conservatoire
Trinity College of music
Rytmisk Konservatorium Copenhagen
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