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ERIC FORD

ERIC FORD

PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER / PERCUSSIONIST

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F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S

" ...strong and creative"

Julian Joseph, Jazz Line-Up, BBC Radio 3

"...exquisitely subtle drumming, superbly delicate here and throughout the album.''

Roger Farbey, All About Jazz

" Ford excels on drums throughout - bold, crisp, creative,in total command of a seemingly endless range of techniques.''

Eddie Myer, jazzviews.net

"Ford's hi-hat snaps and fills, and the precision with which he plays complex patterns...are constantly striking features of this engaging debut.''

John Fordham, The Guardian

Interview in Sussex Jazz Magazine April 2015 (page 14)

EVENTS

May 23rd:
Orleans Bar, Finsbury Park, London with Roberto Manzin, Gianluca Chiarella, Mario Castronari. 10pm - 2am

May 26th :
The Bear Club, Luton with Partikel (Duncan Eagles, Max Luthert)

N E W S

Hello !

This spring has been good for recording, firstly with Imogen Ryall's Joni/Mingus project featuring ex-Loose Tubes saxophonist Julian Nicholas and pianist David Beebee, with Nigel Thomas on bass, for release in September. Then there was more with Imogen and Julian plus Czech legends Emil Viklicky and Petr Dvorsky at the start of May - this time, recording Imogen's lyrics to tunes by Emil and some Czech folk songs. I remember hearing Emil on Humphrey Lyttleton's radio show when I was at school, so to get to play and record with him was particularly surprising and gratifying.

I'm pleased to be in pianist Janette Mason's new trio (with bassist Tom Mason), which has done some great gigs prior to recording in early May at Livingston studios in north London for a Dot Time Records release entitled "Re-Wired" this October.

Partikel looks set to tour quite large swathes of (particularly eastern) Europe this autumn. We look forward to it!

I'm in a book ! David Harvey - father of cool cat bassist Jon Harvey - photographed 90 musicians in London and interviewed some of them, including me. It's called "The Look Of Jazz" and provides an interesting snapshot (sorry) of a part of the London scene around now and the opinions and backgrounds of some of those in it.

Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 Midnight Mass (D.Eagles)

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Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 Midnight Mass (D.Eagles)

Partikel's String Theory Quartet perform "Midnight Mass" live at London's Bull's Head Jazz Club as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015. Duncan Eagles - Saxophone Max Luthert - Double Bass Eric Ford - Drums and Percussion Benet McLean - Violin http://www.partikel.co.uk Big thanks to 7 Star Arts http://www.7stararts.com and to the Bull's Head www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/london-the-bulls-head Video and audio by http://danredding.co.uk/pro-videography/ "Inventive contrapuntally - rich arrangements, this excellent experiment represents a perfect marriage of two seemingly disparate entities, resulting in an album of richly mellifluous sonority" All About Jazz ☆☆☆☆☆ "One of the most successful attempts I've heard at fully integrating a string quartet into a jazz ensemble....like a miniature Loose Tubes with strings. Jazz Journal ☆☆☆☆☆ "Turbulent avant-riffage, lush, cinematic sophistication... an ambitious project, convincingly realised" JazzWise ☆☆☆☆ "A triumphant third album" MOJO ☆☆☆☆ "The always stimulating Partikel meets this string section on equal terms. Eagles's tone on his various horns achieves an impressive blend of colours and dynamics. His compositions and arrangements, embracing sinuous, sinewy elegance, spiky funk and languid ballads, repay close attention. It's another intriguing step in the evolution of this talented outfit." BBC Music Magazine ☆☆☆☆ "Original and at times deeply poignant, this is a big step forward by a group intent on walking down a road less traveled" Kevin LeGendre, Echo Magazine ☆☆☆☆ "Definitely the best Partikel album to date... containing plenty of depth, sinewy improvising, and good ideas" Marlbank ☆☆☆☆ "In balancing Partikel's familiar free jazzy energy with a compositional coherence that draws the textures of the string players and the trio into striking and often unexpectedly seductive accords.... String Theory is an intriguing insight into the depths of their resources" John Fordham - The Guardian

Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 - The Landing (D.Eagles)

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Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 - The Landing (D.Eagles)

Partikel's String Theory Quartet perform "The Landing" live at London's Bull's Head Jazz Club as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015. Duncan Eagles - Saxophone Max Luthert - Double Bass Eric Ford - Drums and Percussion Benet McLean - Violin http://www.partikel.co.uk Big thanks to 7 Star Arts http://www.7stararts.com and to the Bull's Head www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/london-the-bulls-head Video and audio by http://danredding.co.uk/pro-videography/ "Inventive contrapuntally - rich arrangements, this excellent experiment represents a perfect marriage of two seemingly disparate entities, resulting in an album of richly mellifluous sonority" All About Jazz ☆☆☆☆☆ "One of the most successful attempts I've heard at fully integrating a string quartet into a jazz ensemble....like a miniature Loose Tubes with strings. Jazz Journal ☆☆☆☆☆ "Turbulent avant-riffage, lush, cinematic sophistication... an ambitious project, convincingly realised" JazzWise ☆☆☆☆ "A triumphant third album" MOJO ☆☆☆☆ "The always stimulating Partikel meets this string section on equal terms. Eagles's tone on his various horns achieves an impressive blend of colours and dynamics. His compositions and arrangements, embracing sinuous, sinewy elegance, spiky funk and languid ballads, repay close attention. It's another intriguing step in the evolution of this talented outfit." BBC Music Magazine ☆☆☆☆ "Original and at times deeply poignant, this is a big step forward by a group intent on walking down a road less traveled" Kevin LeGendre, Echo Magazine ☆☆☆☆ "Definitely the best Partikel album to date... containing plenty of depth, sinewy improvising, and good ideas" Marlbank ☆☆☆☆ "In balancing Partikel's familiar free jazzy energy with a compositional coherence that draws the textures of the string players and the trio into striking and often unexpectedly seductive accords.... String Theory is an intriguing insight into the depths of their resources" John Fordham - The Guardian

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