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ERIC FORD

                       PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER / PERCUSSIONIST 

 

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F E A T U R E D   R E V I E W S

"Eric Ford's drumming is far more than just a rhythmic foundation ; he creates melodic lines of his own, rich with dynamic shifts. His playing offers a modern jazz-fusion approach while also nodding to classic swing and rock. Ford's style is tight, ensuring that every hit accentuates the mood of the song, and his synergy with Naylor's guitar gives the album its deep, full-bodied sound."

Anastasia Bogomelets, All About Jazz (reviewing "Organza" by Patrick Naylor)

" ...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 (reviewing "String Theory" by Partikel)

 

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

Eddie Myer, jazzviews.net (reviewing "Counteraction" by Partikel)

 

"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 (reviewing "Next Beginning" by Samuel Eagles)

 

Interview in Sussex Jazz Magazine April 2015 (page 14)

EVENTS
July 17th :

The Vortex, Dalston, London with Janette Mason's Re-Wired feat. Tom Mason.

July 19th :

Oliver's Jazz Bar, Greenwich, London with GAB Trio (Clement Regert, Gianluca Corona). 9:30pm





















 

N E W S

Hello and welcome.

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Janette Mason's album "Re:Wired" is at last released, two years after we recorded it! The launch was at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho on May 14th (featuring Richard Beesley, Claire Martin, Juliet Kelly and Tom Mason), and then there's a sprinkling of London dates across the summer (THE  VORTEX ON JULY 17th, Ronnie Scott's on September 29th). The album has been very favourably reviewed in the May edition of Jazzwise (4 stars) and in UK Jazz News. 

I'm pleased to say the organ trio album "Organza" put together by Patrick Naylor and David Beebee is now available on each of our Bandcamp pages, where you can of course listen for free. There's a lot of diversity from track to track and Pat and David's writing makes for an atypical organ trio album, I think. WE'RE AT KARAMEL IN WOOD GREEN ON JULY 10TH.

Other July highlights include Oliver's in Greenwich with the GAB Trio on the 19th and a couple of gigs and some recording in Devon with Adam Dyer's quartet at the end of the month.

Pianist Adam Dyer has FINALLY released his debut album for which Jakub Cywinski, Duncan Eagles and I recorded a couple of sessions at Red Gables in west London back in 2019 and 2021! Featuring excellent and varied compositions by Adam and some swinging arrangements of choice standards, it's called River Spirit and currently only available via https://adamdyer.co.uk  I particularly like the group improv on  "The Potting Shed" and the interplay during the piano solos on "In With The New" and "Battersea Blues." Patrick Hadfield gave the album a very positive review in London Jazz News, describing my playing as "totemic"!! Please do tell me if you know what he meant by that.

I've released a couple of albums on Bandcamp! (With much assistance from David Beebee and my very patient brother-in-law, Ali.) They're both other people's projects that I was involved in and both recorded at David's Beeboss Studios. From 2018 comes "What Can I Do" (without a question mark), the only album of pianist Paolo Losi's own compositions. Paolo died suddenly within 6 months of recording aged just 46, so bassist Dave Jones and I wanted to share this music in remembrance of him. There's a written tribute by our mutual friend Paolo Muraro, too. Please check it out HERE.

The other album is by a short-lived trio of trumpet / double bass / drums that I enjoyed very much and which contrasts markedly with the Paolo release. It's with a couple of my Polish friends (Jakub Cywinski and Dawyd Frydryk) recorded in July 2019. You can give that a listen HERE

There's more detail on many other albums I've had the good fortune to play on in the "Albums" section.

Imogen Ryall's re-imagining of Joni Mitchell's "Mingus" album was officially released in late September last year on the Rubicon Jazz label and made it onto the "best albums of 2023" lists of several critics in the UK and US. It's also been nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz Award this year. We're playing at a festival near Calais in France in March! Album link HERE.

 

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.  

 

 

Live at the Bulls Head
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Live at the Bulls Head 2
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Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 Midnight Mass (D.Eagles)
05:43
Mark Cherrie Quartet  - Just like Lovers Do (Live, feat Odette Adams)
08:57
Samuel Eagles Quartet at The Spice of Life - EFG London Jazz Festival 1
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X marks the spot - David Beebee Quartet
09:22
Partikel's String Theory Quartet Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 - The Landing (D.Eagles)
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Matt Wates Sextet live at The Verdict, Brighton on March 20th 2015
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Thanks to Claudio Rodriguez Vera for the photo at Southampton Jazz Club in January 2024, and to Ted Carrasco for the use of his drums.

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As above, but in autumn 2023.

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