Barbara Thompson (musician)

Barbara Thompson ( born July 27, 1944 in Oxford) is a British fusion and jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. She's Music Ambassador of the United Kingdom and honored as "Member of the British Empire ". Barbara Thompson is married to drummer Jon Hiseman since 1967.

Life

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

Furthermore, it was in 1975 at the founding of the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, the " band leader of the band ", together with Wolfgang Dauner (p ), Albert Mangelsdorff (tb ), Ian Carr (tp ), Charlie Mariano ( sax ), Ack van Rooyen (tp ), Volker Kriegel ( g), Eberhard Weber ( b ) and Jon Hiseman (dr ) involved.

Because of a 1997 diagnosed Parkinson 's disease she retired in 2001 with a farewell tour, first as an active saxophonist back. However, after a period in which she was only active as a composer (but was also involved in the recording of Kate Westbrook Cuff Clout ), she returned in 2004 to the stage to be on the Tomorrow 's Blues Tour from Colosseum to seriously ill Dick Heckstall Smith († 2004) to replace. In 2005, she was to see them live again with paraphernalia on the Never Say Goodbye Tour, as well as 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011 with the Colosseum.

She worked closely with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals such as Cats and together at Starlight Express, and his Requiem. She also wrote several classical compositions (eg for Evelyn Glennie ), film and television soundtracks, a private musicals and plays for the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia and their big band Moving Parts. Her poetry adaptations Love Songs In Age ( based on texts by the English poet Philip Larkin ) was hailed by The Times as an absolute highlight of the London Jazz Festival 1995.

In 2012 she had to stop again because of her illness her work with Colosseum.

Discography

See United Jazz Rock Ensemble

Solo / Paraphernalia

  • Heavenly Bodies Barbara Thompson 1976
  • Barbara Thompson's Jubiaba Barbara Thompson 1978
  • Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 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 at 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 1990 Barbara Thompson
  • Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia Breathless 1991 ( # 4 on the German jazz charts )
  • Everlasting Flame Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia 1993
  • Barbara Song Barbara Thompson and the Medici String Quartet 1995
  • Lady Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia Saxophone 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

Barbara Thompson / Rod Argent

  • Ghosts 1982
  • Shadow Show 1985

More

  • Angle Howard Riley Trio 1968
  • Michael Gibbs Michael Gibbs 1970
  • Little Big Band Keef Hartley band 1971
  • Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows Neil Ardley 1976
  • The Roaring Silence by Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1976
  • Harmony of the Spheres Neil Ardley 1978
  • Tell Me On A Sunday Marti Webb 1979
  • Chance Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1980
  • Cool Cat Jeff And Friends Wohlgenannt 1983
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