about
Oren Marshall is a pioneering player of acoustic and electric tuba who, crossing between classical - jazz - improvised- world music, has collaborated with the likes of Derek Bailey, Keith Tippet, the Pan-African Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.As a solo artist, Oren continues to explore strategies for extending the tonal range of the tuba and opening up a new vocabulary for his instrument. This groundbreaking solo work led to a nomination for the BBC Innovation in Jazz award with his composition Introduction to the Story of Spedy Sponda; pt1: In a Silent Room. Intended as a composition in five parts, Spedy Sponda provides a matrix for Oren's continuing development of possibilities for solo acoustic/electric tuba.
His other current projects include working with Chris Batchelor and Steve Buckley's quintet Big Air along with drummer Jim Black and pianist Myra Melford; and performing as a duo with percussionist Maurizio Ravellico.
Recently a new incarnation of The Charming Transport Band performed new material at the Vortex, bringing together musicians from West Africa and from the jazz and improv scenes, which took the audience on a kalidoscopic journey through as yet uncharted musical terrain.
press
The Jimi Hendrix of the tuba- John FordhamOren Marshall started the show with a solo of such ingenuity that the audience laughed for joy....he plays the instrument with the agility of a piccolo player- Evening Standard
Oren Marshall...a virtuoso and no doubt about it- The Guardian
Oren Marshall was astounding -New York Times
A rumbunctious young man- Gunther Schuller
Biography
Oren took up the tuba at the age of fourteen after several years of studying the oboe and recorder. By the time he was twenty he had played with every major orchestra in London as well as with the Bolshoi Soloists, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Ballet.During the 1980's Oren became a regular member of jazz collective Loose Tubes and subsequently with outfits such as London Brass, the Jazz Warriors, Microgroove and Mervyn Africa.
Since then he has recorded and performed extensively on the free improv circuit notably with such luminaries as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Steve Noble and Keith Tippet, as well as Paul Dunmall, Davey Williams, Dave Wickens, Franz Hautzinger, Mark Sanders, Paul Rutherford and Adam Brett.
He has also worked closely with Claudio Abbado, Django Bates, Randy Brecker, Mike Gibbs, Rolf Harris, Julian Joseph, Moondog, Butch Morris, Michael Nyman, David Shea, John Taylor, Mark Anthony Turnage and Kenny Wheeler to name but a few....
Oren has travelled widely, especially in Africa, collaborating with the Pan-African Orchestra, The Ghana Dance Ensemble, Kakatsitsi, Rasha, Abdelkadur Saadoun, as well as with Chandru from India and Afro-Shock from Italy.
discography
James Wood - Two men meet (NMC records)Django Bates - Good evening-here is the news (ARGO)
Augusto Forti - Gravitones plus Sounding Brass (JAZZITALIA)
Franz Hautzinger Quartet - Bent (EXTRAPLATTE)
Ian Smith - Daybreak (EMANEM)
Temporary Brass Trio - Freedom of the City (EMANEM)
Mark Sanders/Oren Marshall - All Angels (EMANEM)
Bailey/Butcher/Marshall - Trio Playing (INCUS)
Noble/Marshall/Buckley - Bud Moon (PING PONG PRODUCTIONS)
Noble/Marshall/Williams -Flathead Reunion (PPP)
Dave O'Higgins Biggish Band - Big Shake Up (CANDID)
Arend Niks Project - Future Museum (BVHAAST)
Paul Dunmall - The Great Divide (CUNEIFORM)
Martin Speake - Fever Pitch (VILLAGE LIFE)
John Taylor and the Creative Jazz Orchestra - Exits and Entrances (AH UM)
Mike Gibbs - By the Way (AH UM)
Tom Bancroft Orchestra - Pieology (CABER)
Sandy Dillon - Electric Chair (ONE LITTLE INDIAN)
Dick Walter - Secret Moves
Graham Collier Big Band - The Third Colour
Dean Brodrick - Spanner at Stake O Mapia (BONJOUR)
Microgroove - The Human Groove (ISLAND)
Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
Koby Israelite - Mood Swings (TZADIK)
CLASSICAL
London Brass - all TELDEC recordings 1988-91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields -Symphony Orchestra recordings with Sir Neville Marriner 1987-97
Mahler, 9th and 10th Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Eliahu Inbal 1986.
