Neil Yates - trumpet and electronics, bodhran, whistles
Frank Moon - oud and guitars, percussion
Percy Pursglove - double bass, cajon
Tom - drum set and percussion
Influences
In chronological(ish) order, the big fellas for me are the historical Buddha, Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Thomas Tallis, PAPA JO JONES, Bob Kane, Vernel Fournier, Herman Hesse, Ed Thigpen, Philip Larkin, Sylvia Plath, Paul Motian, Stevie, Joni, Swarb, My Mum and Dad, Rakalam Bob Moses, John Zorn, Joey Baron, Cyro Baptista, Zakir Hussain, Hamid Drake and Dan Weiss.
Special mention has to go to the Catchloves, Gene Calderazzo and Nick Smart for their support, Tony Levin for his support of my recent musical endeavours and Paolo De Gregorio for being the man.
Hello, I'm Tom Chapman. I play percussion and drum kit. Welcome to my page and thanks for visiting.
You might say I'm a folk and jazz musician but I've spent far too long thinking it over and am much more comfortable saying that I'm extremely fortunate to spend most of my time making music with a variety of wonderful musicians from acoustic and improvising backgrounds!
My regular bands are The Old Dance School, The Urban Folk Quartet, The Bright Size Gypsies and Joe Broughton's Folk Ensemble. I've also performed and/or recorded with artists including Chris While, While & Matthews, Darren Black and The Violent Femmes.
I place the cajon at the centre of almost all the music
I play. I'm an endorser of DG Cajones and am the proud owner of an absolutely beautiful and unique instrument of North African Okume and Birch ply, made for me by Paolo De Gregorio.
"I listened to the [Old Dance School] album and realised I'd come across an absolute gem... it's absoluteley wonderful... " - Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
"Contributing greatly to [the ODS] uniqueness is the band's secret weapon, percussionist, Tom Chapman, who hammers out some funky, enthralling rhythms on cajón and frame drum, lending an undeniably energetic appeal." - Mike Wilson, Folking.com
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Please join us for our DEBUT GIG on 12th June at The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham. From 8pm. Only £6 on the door with support from Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys.
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
