Tori Freestone is a British saxophonist, flautist and
violinist who performs at the forefront of the UK improvised music scene as
both a sidewomen and highly regarded bandleader.
Freestone is known for her robust tenor sound, melodic
invention as well as an ability to amalgamate into a variety of styles and
musical contexts while maintaining her highly personal and distinct voice. As a
composer Freestone's writing balances wit with playfulness while exploring new
ways to blur the lines between the written and improvised.
Freestone's playing is featured in a number of the UK’s most
exciting contemporary bands such as The Ivo Neame Quintet and Octet,
Compassionate Dictatorship, Fringe Magnetic, the London Jazz Orchestra, Neil
Yates’ N-Circle Jazz Orchestra, Solstice, Andy Sheppard, NYJO, the Creative
Jazz Orchestra, country legend Lee Hazlewood, the Cuban group ‘Orquesta
Timbala’ and the Dave Manington Septet.
But it is Freestone’s new trio that has been gaining the
most attention for her as of late. Comprised of long-time musical associates in
uber-creative drummer Tim Giles and the highly original bassist Dave Manington,
Freestone has been developing her own repertoire which explores the openness
that the saxophone trio allows while taking inspiration from some of the
non-chordal sax led trios of the moment.
Freestone’s performance and session highlights to date
include: The Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the National
Theatre, The 606 Club, The Vortex, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Glastonbury
Festival, the ‘Big Chill’, Skein Jazz (Norway) and the London, Cork, Jersey,
Cheltenham, Brecon, Manchester, Elb (Germany), Haskovo (Bulagaria) and North Sea
(Holland) Jazz Festivals, plus tours of the UK, Portugal, Germany, Holland and
Bulgaria. She has also recorded with
Melanie Blatt and DJ Levan J with releases for De Wolfe Music, SFP (USA), Soul
Star (Germany), Cool Sound Music (Spain), United (NL) and VI music (Puerto
Rico).
As an educator she has performed workshops for the Welsh
College of Music, Kingston University, Falmouth University and Truro College,
while lecturing at Middlesex University and Leeds College of Music. She is currently a tutor for the National
Youth Jazz Collective running workshops and tutoring on summer schools
alongside the likes of Dave Holland and some of the UK's finest musicians and
educators.
Website: http://www.torifreestone.com/
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