| Tori Freestone | |
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![Tori Freestone at the 2017 Marsden Jazz Festival [photo copyright: Pete Woodman]](view_image.php?q=Tori_Freestone&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tori_Freestone.jpg) Tori Freestone at the 2017 Marsden Jazz Festival [photo copyright: Pete Woodman] | |
| Background information | |
| Born | St Pancras, London, England |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, Flute, Violin |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Whirlwind Recordings, |
| Website | www |
Victoria "Tori" Freestone is a British saxophonist, flautist, violinist and composer. She has performed British jazz since 2009 as a band leader and sidewoman, known for her robust tenor sound and melodic invention. Her "Trio" albums, released in 2014 and 2016, were awarded at least 4 stars. The Guardian critic John Fordham described her first album In The Chop House as "an imposingly original sound".[1] In 2017 Freestone was shortlisted for a Fellowship in Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation, UK Arts Foundation.[2] That year Freestone was also nominated in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2017 in the Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year category.[3]
- ^ Fordham, John "Tori Freestone: In the Chop House review – a dynamic, original set from British jazz/folk saxist", The Guardian, 24 April 2014
- ^ The Arts Foundation "Tori Freestone Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation - Shortlisted 2017" The Arts Foundation, retrieved 16 April 2017
- ^ London Jazz News "NEWS: 2017 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Shortlists Announced" London Jazz News, 12 September 2017