Back in November 2021 Tori and Alcyona Mick premiered a new work ‘Birds of Paradise’ at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar rooms in collaboration with the London Jazz Festival/Steinway. The piece, inspired by birdsong during lockdown (see the previous post for more info) has been shortlisted for an Ivors Composers Award for Jazz Ensemble composition. The winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony on 15 November and will be broadcast on BBC radio 3 on 19 November.
The piece is one of a number of new compositions that Tori has written for the upcoming duo album with Alcyona Mick as a result of the Help Musicians Do it Differently Fund they were awarded during lockdown to both write and collaborate towards a release. Watch this space for more on the upcoming release and dates in the upcoming London Jazz Festival and a tour of Australia/New Zealand!
Apart from the duo project, Tori has been busy touring/appearing with Rick Simpson’s Kid A revisited/In Rainbows projects, Andre Canniere’s ‘Ghost Days’, Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra, the London Jazz Orchestra and her own trio with recent gigs in Austria and upcoming gigs in the UK. She is soon to feature with Natacha Atlas, further gigs with the Nikki Iles and also the Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra to name a few. See the dates page for more info.
