The Tin
The Tin Music and Arts is a charitable, multi-genre arts venue set in old coal vaults in the beautiful canal basin in Coventry. The charity was registered in 2013 but the organisation existed previously, as Taylor Johns House, since 2006.
The Tin is keen to programme contemporary and Nu Jazz. As a PRS for Music Talent Development Partner, The Tin aims to support new music from developing artists.
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Iain Ballamy Quartet
Over 3 decades spent transcending musical genres and stereotypes and gradually forging strong and ongoing relationships with musicians around the globe, Ballamy has worked with many cutting-edge figures of todays contemporary jazz scene.
Ballamy was presented with the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2001.
Food, a group co-formed with drummer, composer and electronics wizard Thomas Stronen, released its third album for ECM records entitled This is Not a Miracle featuring Christian Fennesz on Guitar.
A recent commission for Manchester Jazz and Literary Festivals featured a multi media production with graphic artist Dave McKean, Irish poet Matthew Sweeney and The Pepper Street Orchestra.
The award winning trio Quercus featuring legendary folk singer June Tabor with Iain Ballamy and pianist Huw Warren released Nightfall their second album for ECM in spring 2017.
As a composer, Ballamy has written soundtracks for two films directed by Dave McKean: Luna and Mirrormask, the latter produced and released worldwide by the Jim Henson Company.
In 2007 Ballamy became the first jazz musician to receive the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Composers Award.
As a soloist Ballamy has performed Concerto for Stan Getz by Richard Rodney Bennett with the BBC Concert Orchestra and premiered Gary Carpenters Saxophone concerto SET on Radio 3 with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in 2014.
Commissioned pieces for the London Sinfonietta, Apollo Saxophone Quartet and Joanna MacGregor form part of Ballamy's diverse catalogue of works.
Career highlights include playing with Loose Tubes, Bill Brufords Earthworks, Hermeto Pascoal, Django Bates, Kenny Werner, Gil Evans, George Coleman, Cedar Walton, The Karnataka College of Percussion, John Taylor, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, The Britten Sinfonia, Gay Dad, Everything but the Girl, Mike Gibbs, Carla Bley, John Dankworth etc.
As an educator, Ballamy currently is visiting professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and The Royal Academy of Music who made him Hon ARAM in 2014.
www.ballamy.com
Ballamys is a melodic thoughtful style, born out in beautiful original tunes.
Linton Chiswick, Time Out
Intensly melodic, eventful and full of surprises
The beauty of tone that Iain Ballamy gets is certainly one of the joys of the current scene, and his concern with creating it echoes Stan Getzs.
Andy Hamilton, Jazz on CD