Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy (born 20 February 1964) is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.
Career
Ballamy was born in Guildford, Surrey, and educated at George Abbot School, Guildford, from 1975 to 1980. He then studied Musical Instrument Technology from 1980-1982 at Merton College. He took piano lessons from age of 6 to 14.
He discovered saxophone in 1978 with three lessons and his first professional gig was in 1980. He played Ronnie Scotts as Iain Ballamy Quartet at age 20. He was a founding member of Loose Tubes in 1984. First recording with Billy Jenkins 1985 and first solo album, Balloon Man, 1988.
During his career he has performed or recorded with a wide range of top musicians including Gil Evans, Hermeto Pascoal, New York Composers Orchestra, Carla Bley, Dewey Redman, George Coleman, London Sinfonietta, Françios Jeanneau, Daniel Humair, Mike Gibbs, Randy Weston, Karnataka College of Percussion, Sax Assault, Jazz Train, Freebop, Nishat Khan, R.A.Ramamani, T.A.S. Mani, Clare Martin, Human Chain, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Tom Robinson, Charlie Watts Orchestra, Jeremy Stacey, Randy Weston, Joanna MacGregor, Delightful Precipice, Bill Bruford, Django Bates, Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman, Bryan Ferry, Everything But The Girl, Food, Food for Quartet, Loose Tubes, Oxcentrics, Ian Shaw, Slim Gaillard, Ultramarine, Ashley Slater, Hungry Ants, Ronnie Scott, Gordon Beck, Britten Sinfonia, and Gay Dad.
Podcasts:
Iain Ballamy
ALBUMS
- Quercus released: 2013
- Mirrormask released: 2005
- Little Radio released: 2004
- Pepper St. Interludes released: 2000
- Acme released: 1996
- Balloon Man released: 1989
- More Jazz released:
- All Men Amen released:
Mirrormask
Released 2005- Sock Puppets - Flyover
- Circus Overture
- Spanish Web
- Gorillas!
- Running for the Bus
- Abandoned Hall
- Leaving the City
- Arresting Helena
- The White Queen Sleeps - The White Palace
- Rabbit Band
- The Library
- The Myth of Creation
- Fish Street
- Looking Through the Window
- Giants Orbiting
- Outside Bagwell's
- Mrs. Bagwell's Rhumba
- Meeting the Sphinx and the Dark Queen
- Monkeybirds
- Dream Park - Meeting in a Dream
- Conjuring a Dome
- In the Dark Forest
- Betrayed!
- Close to You
- A New Life
- A Rather Tense Dinner Party
- Butterfingers
- Discoveries - Fight or Flight? - Goodbye Evil Helena
- My Waltz for Newk
- If I Apologised
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by Nirvana
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by Echo & The Bunnymen
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by Hooverphonic
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by Tristan Prettyman
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by Dark Lotus
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by So They Say
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by Four Year Strong
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by Fink
In Bloom
by: NirvanaSell kids for food, weather changes moods
Spring is here again, reproductive glands
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say, yeah
We can have some more, Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit, tender age in bloom
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say yeah
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say
He's the one who like all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means, knows not what it means
Knows not what it means and I say yeah
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