Trish Clowes

Trish Clowes is a saxophonist and composer based in London. Her debut album ‘Tangent’ (Basho Records, 2010) received praise for its integrity, luminosity and ambition. Following the success of the album and her 2010 tour, Trish was selected by Jamie Cullum, Gilles Peterson and Jez Nelson to perform on the BBC Introducing stage at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2011. The performance and a short interview with Trish were broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Tangent were featured during the Proms Plus Late series at the Royal Albert Hall and supported Regina Carter at the London Jazz Festival 2011. In 2012 she appeared at the London Jazz Festival playing the music of Barbara Thompson and featured on BBC Radio 3's Jazz on 3 at Ronnie Scott's and for Jazz Line Up at the Royal Festival Hall. Trish is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, 2012-2014. Her second album ‘And in the night-time she is there’ has been described as “Powerful, lyrical and with a sound-world that ranges from the austere to the ecstatic”.

Clowes’ star continues to be firmly in the ascendant. In November 2013, she performed with Gwilym Simcock and Michael Wollny in a special concert at Pizza Express Jazz Club as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. In January 2014, she took part in Celtic Connections, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in the live premiere of her composition Sketch. This is set to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. She will also record with the BBC Concert Orchestra for part of her next album.