Huw Warren
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Huw Warren is a jazz
pianist and composer. A graduate of Goldsmiths College
and Guildhall School of Music, he is known for his work with June Tabor
, Perfect Houseplants, and various groups. Warren has recorded several albums under his own name on Babel Label
, including projects with violinist Mark Feldman
, vocalist Lleuwen Steffan and bassist Peter Herbert
. He won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2005. He is married to viola player Maria Lamburn.
In 2006 he collaborated with former Crass
artist Gee Vaucher
to produce the film Gower Boy, described as a "gentle, contemplative exploration of the Gower Peninsula
in Wales
" http://www.raindancefilmfestival.org/festival/programme/features/gowerboy.htm. In 2007, he was artistic director of a new jazz festival in Llangollen
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist and composer. A graduate of Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
and Guildhall School of Music, he is known for his work with June Tabor
June Tabor
June Tabor is an English folk singer.- Early years :June Tabor was inspired to sing by hearing Anne Briggs' EP Hazards of Love in 1965. "I went and locked myself in the bathroom for a fortnight and drove my mother mad. I learned the songs on that EP note for note, twiddle for twiddle. That's how I...
, Perfect Houseplants, and various groups. Warren has recorded several albums under his own name on Babel Label
Babel Label
The Babel Label is a record label was founded in 1994 by Oliver Weindling. It primarily records and releases jazz albums from UK artists. Ongoing relationships include artists such as Billy Jenkins, Christine Tobin and Huw Warren. A close relationship has been forged with a number of musicians from...
, including projects with violinist Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
, vocalist Lleuwen Steffan and bassist Peter Herbert
Peter Herbert
Peter Herbert is an Austrian jazz double-bass player who has two albums as leader and who has appeared on the albums of others, including Paul Simon, Franz Koglmann, Marcel Khalife, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Tom Cohen, and many others.-References:...
. He won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2005. He is married to viola player Maria Lamburn.
In 2006 he collaborated with former Crass
Crass
Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...
artist Gee Vaucher
Gee Vaucher
Gee Vaucher is a visual artist who was born in 1945 in Dagenham, East London.Her work with Anarcho-punk band Crass was seminal to the 'protest art' of the 1980s. Vaucher has always seen her work as a tool for social change. In her collection of early works Crass Art and Other Pre Post-Modernist...
to produce the film Gower Boy, described as a "gentle, contemplative exploration of the Gower Peninsula
Gower Peninsula
Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
" http://www.raindancefilmfestival.org/festival/programme/features/gowerboy.htm. In 2007, he was artistic director of a new jazz festival in Llangollen
Llangollen
Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. It has a population of 3,412.-History:...
.