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rory simmons

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About Me

I am a trumpet player/ composer living in London since 2000. Have several projects on the go, 4tet (music featured on this page) feat Ivo Neame-piano, Tom Mason-bass, Dave Smith-drums. Also formed chordless quintet CURVE with trumpet, tenor/clt, bari sax/bass clt with bass drums. Quite free with loads of densely composed stuff-and odd meters. Just started a new project, large emsemble playing music influenced by Dave Douglas's Parrallel Worlds, Stravinsky, Julian Arguelles Octet, Aka Moon, Bloodcount, Messian etc. Featuring 2 strings, 3 woodwind, 3 rythm section, percussion and me. All original stuff; quite atonal in places, folky in places, heavily composed in places and free in places! CURVE and my quartet are part of the Loop collective. Currently in the middle of a world tour with singer/pianist Jamie Cullum.

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Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: rorysimmons.com
Band Members: QUARTET ivo neame-piano tom mason-bass dave smith- drumsCURVE robin finker-tenor/clt james allsop-bass clt/bari sax dave mannington-bass ben reynolds-drumsLARGE ENSEMBLE natalie rosario-cello kit massey-violin eimear mcgeown-flute james allsop-bass clt robin finker-clarinet ivo neame-piano tom mason-bass dave smith- drums/perc ben reynolds-drums/perc
Influences:stuff i like= dave douglas + tim berne + jim black + chris speed + marc ducret + mark feldman + lovano + ralph alessi + herb robertson + arve + ellery eskelin + bjork + ligeti + stravinsky + food + julian arguelles + woody shaw + kenny wheeler + seamus blake + chris potter + avishai cohen + mark turner + steve coleman + ornette + miles davis + wayne shorter + eric dolphy + booker little + jeff buckley + jill scott + reich + ratm + nirvana + pearl jam + smashing pumpkins + uri caine + boban markovich + messian + salman rushdie + bulgakov + douglas copland + lermontov etc etc........... and lots of other fun and serious stuff.also out lots of cuong vu- myra melford- nils wogram- turgenev- elvis costelloAlso like onken and yeo valley yoghurts, leffe beer and will self.
Sounds Like: dave douglas, woody shaw, wayne shorter,mark turner + steve coleman + ornette, dave holland, ellery eskelin, ralph alessi,.... sort of

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GENEVA TRUMPETS

I have just been offered an endorsementdeal with UK based trumpet manufacturer Geneva trumpets. Check out the websitehttp://www.genevatrumpets.com/ other endorsees include Gerard Presencer, Steve...
Posted by rory simmons on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:45:00 PST

NEW PHOTOS

new photos, enjoy
Posted by rory simmons on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:28:00 PST

JAMIE CULLUM TOUR...

currently on promo tour in asia and usa with Jamie Cullum,... with Tom Richards, Seb De Krom, Geoff Gascogne.
Posted by rory simmons on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:36:00 PST