Tom Jackson is a musician currently based in London and performing throughout the UK and Europe.
In his first year after graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a first class honours in 2005, he performed on three continents including playing with jazz bands in Australia, performing for a traditional Cantonese banquet in Hong Kong, presenting concerts of contemporary solo clarinet music in Portugal and appearing for his London concerto debut where he performed Weber's Second Clarinet Concerto.
At RWCMD Tom studied:
clarinet with Leslie Craven (Welsh National Opera)
jazz saxophone with Lee Goodall
Eb clarinet
bass clarinet
composition
music technology
He also studied clarinet in Australia with Ian Cook & Margery Smith and big band studies with Andy Firth
In Estonia Tom studied spontaneous composition with Anto Pett.
Tom has performed with Phillipe Cuper, Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts, Paul Dunmall, Diego Mason, Huw Chiswell, Andy Firth, Catrin Finch, Christian Munthe, Patrick Farmer, Bruce Coates, Katherine Jenkins, Juan Deigo Florez and Peter Karrie. Orchestras include the National Symphony Orchestra, the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales and the South Wales Sinfonia. He has also performed at various festivals including Brecon International Jazz Festival, Sesiwn Fawr, MDR in Germany and Cheltenham Music Festival.
As a session musician, Tom has supported bands such as The Darkness, Super Furry Animals, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) and Ben Ottewell (Gomez). He has also recorded clarinet for the BBC and John Hardy Music, which includes performing on the soundtrack for Cwcw, a Welsh language film which received Best International Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival of South Africa.
Publications and Releases
“Sonata for clarinet alone†for unaccompanied clarinet is a 3 movement work available from June Emerson Wind Music (E534). Please contact them for more information.
"Expressions" CD by clarinetist Leslie Craven. Tom appears on this disk as both a composer and a performer. The CD is availble from Clarinet Classics (CC0059).
"The Music of Enid Luff" CD of contemporary chamber music by Enid Luff. Tom plays clarinet and bass clarinet. To be published by Ty Cerdd
"The Carrlands Project" website featuring music composed by John Hardy, featuring Tom on clarinet and bass clarinet. Potential future release by Ffin Records (See www.carrlands.org.uk)
“Estonia’s diverse and irrepressibly creative cultural identityâ€. Article for ‘Lennuk’ Winter 2006-2007 (Journal of the British–Estonian Association)
“Stealing Strangers†Whistling Biscuits CD released by Tantrum records (Tantrum02). Tom appears on this disk as a performer, composer & improviser.
"Autopoiesis, the Ripefruit Session" CD released by Gaia Records (Gaia01). Tom appears on this disk as a performer, composer & improviser.
"Float, Not Fight. This is the way!" Ute CD released by Ute. Tom appears on this disk as a performer & improviser
"Songs for Midnight" Midnight Jazz Quartet CD released by MJQ. Tom appears as a performer & improviser
"JacksonSeim Live Sessions" Erik Seim Group Live unreleased CD. Tom improvises with Erik Seim's Estonian rock group
"Person for the Person" Single for Truckers of Husk.
"Chris Raggatt's rap album" Unreleased album from the multi-instrumental virtuoso hero o' mine.
"Just a Little" Single for Winter and Williams Band
The Whistling Biscuits- Real life
