Welcome

Clandemonium 2010       photo by Ken Windsor

this website was created with support from the PRSF


Tom Bancroft is a jazz drummer.


His career to date has had 3 main parts:


  1. 1. He has played drums with a wide range of musicians from jazz, folk and world music.


  1. 2. He is a composer for a series of groups as well as projects for dance, film, and theatre.


  1. 3. He is interested in promoting the art and joy of improvisation through releasing CDs, education work, and performance events like Kidsamonium, Clandemonium, and Whose Solo is it Anyway


for more info on the past go here


Interrupto Music is a kind of production company for making this all happen some more....in the future.....



PS Download photos, bios, and stage plans here



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9/2011  Tom Bancroft Trio Red

  1. New project with great pianist Tom Cawley (Acoustic Ladyland, Curios) and Norwegian bass player

  2. Per Zanussi (Zanussi 5, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen)  featuring tunes by Tom B., plus some made

  3. up on the spot and some covers and mash ups.



7/2011 Trio AAB & Ganesh Kumaresh in Edinburgh

  1. In July 2011 Trio AAB ,as part of the connection between Edinburgh and India, perfromed a new collabaration with star Southern Indian violin brothers Ganesh Kumaresh from the Carnatic tradition.


4/2011 Trio AAB play to 10,000+ at Delhi Jazz Festival

  1. Scottish jazz group Trio AAB closed the first ever Delhi jazz Festival in April 2011 to an audience of 10000+ people in a set that included a collaboration with 4 North Indian musicians on sarangi, sitar, flute, and tabla. The project was supported by the British Council, Edinburgh International Jazz Festival, the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, and Delhi Jazz Festival.


  3. You can see the set as it was live webcast here:


  5. http://sehernow.in/Jazz2011/index-webcast.html  (scroll down in gig list on left)



4/2011 New Trio AAB video on YouTube  here



8/2010 Band of Eden world premiere 5th August - see results here

  1. half male half female jazz big band with co-composer Laura MacDonald.



7/2010  Clandemonium event concept here

  1. world’s first jazz flashmob......held on July 31st 2010 Edinburgh......1500 people            

  2. showed up....wow...see photos and comments on facebook here