Tim Garland (born 19 October 1966) is a British

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saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His compositions draw from modern jazz and classical concert music.

Career

Garland was born in Ilford, Essex and grew up in Canterbury, Kent. He started on clarinet and piano before switching to saxophone when he was fifteen. At the

Guildhall School of Music The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with dram ...

he studied jazz and classical composition. In 1988 he recorded his first album, ''Points on the Curve''. As a bandleader, he first achieved recognition with the jazz/folk crossover group Lammas (which included Don Paterson and Christine Tobin), going on with a number of groups under his own name, the Dean Street Underground Orchestra, Storms/Nocturnes, Acoustic Triangle, and the Lighthouse Project. During the 1990s, he worked with Ronnie Scott and

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. After releasing ''Enter the Fire'', his second album as a leader, he became a member of the Origin band led by

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. He has also belonged to bands led by Bill Bruford, Allan Ganley, and John Dankworth. He has fulfilled commissions from the Royal Northern Sinfonia,

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, and Westminster Abbey Choir, as well as small and large jazz-based ensembles. In 2013, he premiered his suite ''Songs to the North Sky'' for jazz trio and orchestra, written in 2012 for the trio Lighthouse with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, performed by them and the London Sinfonia. In 2009, Garland won a Grammy Award for his part in creating "The New Crystal Silence" which celebrated Chick Corea and

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's partnership. He orchestrated five of Corea's pieces for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Awards and honours

* Musician of the Year, Cross-Parliamentary Jazz Society, 2006 * Grammy Award, ''The New Crystal Silence'', 2009 * Tim Garland Performing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 7 - 5 - 2012 Photo Gary Hodge

Tim Garland Performing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 7 - 5 - 2012 Photo Gary Hodge

Album of the Year, ''One'', '' Jazzwise'' Readers' Poll, 2016

Discography

As leader

* 1988 ''Points on the Curve'' (Future Music) * 1995 ''Tales from the Sun'' (EFZ) * 1997 ''Enter the Fire'' ( Linn) * 2000 ''Made by Walking'' ( Concord/ Stretch) * 2002 ''Playing to the Moon'' (Jazz House) * 2004 ''Change of Season'' (Sirocco) * 2005 ''If the Sea Replied'' (Sirocco) * 2009 ''Libra'' (Global Mix/Proper) * 2002 ''Jazz, Boogie, Classical'' (Audio Network Plc) with Geoff Keezer * 2011 ''Storms/Nocturnes'' ( Origin) with Geoff Keezer and Joe Locke * 2011 ''Via'' (Origin) * 2012 ''Lighthouse'' ( ACT) * 2014 ''Songs to the North Sky'' ( Edition) * 2015 ''Return to the Fire'' (Edition) * 2016 ''One'' (Edition)

As sideman

With Dominic Alldis * 2000 ''If Love Were All: The Songs of Noel Coward'' * 2002 ''Watch What Happens: The Songs of Michel Legrand'' With

* 2000 ''Originations'' * 2006 ''The Ultimate Adventure'' * 2008 ''The New Crystal Silence'' * 2012 ''The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra'' * 2013 ''The Vigil'' With Bill Bruford * 2004 ''Random Acts of Happiness'' * 2006 ''Earthworks Underground Orchestra'' With Alec Dankworth * 1994 ''Nebuchadnezzar'' * 1996 ''Rhythm Changes'' With Joe Locke * 2001 ''Storytelling'' * 2002 ''State of Soul'' * 2002 ''Storms/Nocturnes'' * 2003 ''Rising Tide'', Storms/Nocturnes * 2011 ''Via'', Storms/Nocturnes With others * 1997 ''Medazzaland'',

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* 2000 ''Rhythm Indicative'', Damon Brown * 2001 ''Stability'', Clark Tracey * 2003 ''Dance for Human Folks'', London Jazz Composers' Orchestra * 2003 ''Falling Up'', Geoff Keezer * 2003 ''Mad Dogs and Englishmen'', Graham Dalby * 2005 ''Dancing with the Moon'', John Aram * 2006 ''Brightness of Being'', Paul Bollenback * 2011 ''It Happens Quietly'', Jacqui Dankworth * 2012 ''Soul Shadows'', Denise Donatelli

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garland, Tim 1966 births Living people Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama British jazz composers British jazz saxophonists British male saxophonists British jazz clarinetists 21st-century British saxophonists 21st-century British clarinetists British male jazz composers 21st-century British male musicians Earthworks (band) members FMR Records artists Edition Records artists Whirlwind Recordings artists