Tamar has performed at some of the UK's most exciting and prestigious venues such as Cargo, the Royal Academy of Arts, Somerset House, Notting Hill Arts Club, Vibe Bar, the new Saatchi Gallery, Leeds Castle and the Royal Festival Hall. Tamar is also sax and multi-wind player of choice for a number of up-an-coming and established producers, and somehow finds time to run and write for her own well-received afrolatin funk band!
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TAMAR OSBORN
Baritone/Tenor/Soprano/Alto Saxophones; Clarinet/Bass Clarinet; Flute/Alto Flute/Piccolo
BMus(1st Class Hons)GSMD
Telephone: +44 7968 629496 Email: tamarosborn@googlemail.com....
M.U. membership: 463745 D.O.B: 21/03/78
COMMERCIAL, WORLD MUSIC, JAZZ, RECORDING
COMMERCIAL:
- Improvising with DJs:
Organic Jam (sax, clarinet, flute) (London Fashion Week, Somerset House; Tate Modern; Chelsea Football Club; The Boat Show, ExCel, London 2010; Science Museum, 1901 Restaurant, Andaz Hotel, Kensington Palace, Embassy Club, Oxo Tower, St Mary Axe, Le Meridien Piccadilly, ExCel, Westbury Hotel, Somerset House, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, The Sunflower Jam Benefit, Porchester Halls, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Preview, Millbank Lounge, City Inn Westminster, all London; General Motors launch, Dubai; 2007-2009);
Sugar Hut Fulham (London, ongoing)
Velvet Entertainment (Electric House Notting Hill, London 2010; Design Museum; HIgh Road House, London 09)
Plano-A (Design Hotel launch party, Troia; VIP lounge @ Modelo Pic-Nic, Lisbon, Portugal 09)
Google Zeitgeist event (The Grove, Chandler's Cross, 09)
Full Circle (Imperial War Museum, London 09)
Prelude (Royal Exchange; The Deck@National Theatre; London 09)
Pout PR (Saatchi Gallery, London 08)
It Girls tour of Greece (various clubs, 07)
Hedkandi (Sea Club, Newcastle 07)
Malaysia: Residency with DJ/vocals/percussion (Zeta Bar, Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, 04-05)
India: Seijo's (Mumbai 05); the i-bar (Bangalore 05); Starstruck retro bar (Kolkata 05)
London: Paramount Club (Centre Point), Dolce, Dragon Bar, Pool Bar and clubs the Egg, Mother, Herbal (genres include house, hip hop, funk, r'n'b/soul, dub, drum'n'bass, 03-08)
- Mandinga/Soul Fiesta (Brazilian Funk + Pop) (Guanabara; Dover Street Wine Bar; both London, ongoing)
- Mezzowave (Soul/Electronica) (Album Showcase, Sussex, 2010; Vibe Live @ Vibe Bar, London 08)
- High Road House Band (funk jam) (High Road House, London 09)
- Oddjob (world-funk) (Global Local stage, Walthamstow festival 08; Republic of World Funk at Vibe Live, London 08; Movimientos at Notting Hill Arts Club, London 08; Wah Wah Live! at Cargo, London 07; The Rhythm Factory, London 07; Tour to Paris 07 – O’Sullivans by the Moulin Rouge & Ville d’Aulnay; BBC Springwatch London Garden Party 07, Newham; Costa Urbana at Notting Hill Arts Club, London 06; Vibe Bar 06-07; Tabernacle, Dragon Bar, El Paso, Blagclub, Biddle Bros, Viva Viva, London 06)
- Julian Hinton’s The Precious Sessions (singer-songwriter/soul) (Viva Viva, London 08)
- Stadtpark (folk-jazz) (Berlin: Z-Bar, Mitte 08; Wallywoods Gallery; Intersoup; Oxidant 07; London: Union Chapel 07; Viva Viva 06-07; Spice of Life 07; ElectroAcoustic Club 06; Dragon Bar ‘Acoustic Dragon’ 06; Smoke Rooms 05; Cologne: Dorissa Lem Gallery; Barracuda Bar 06)
- Saravah Soul (Brazilian Funk) (Guanabara, London 08)
- Bootleg Beatles (Glastonbury Festival Acoustic Stage 07; Eastern Haze festival 07; Summer Days festival, Switzerland 07; cover on UK tours 05-07)
- Smashing Time (60s Mod) (100 Club, London, March 06; Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, Aug 05)
- Bands In India: Skinny Alley (Someplace Else, Kolkata 05);
Saturday Night Blues Band (Leather Bar, Chennai 05)
- Horn section (2 to 5 piece) with several bands: genres include acid jazz, blues, folk, funk, rock, soul (venues include Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Water Rats and Bush Hall, London)
WORLD:
- Dele Sosimi (afrobeat) (BBC Radio World on 3, 2010; Afrobeat Vibrations, New Empowering Church, London, ongoing; Festival Musicas do Mundo, Sines, Portugal 09; Afrobeat Vibrations,Passing Clouds, London 09; Brent Respect Festival, London 09)
- Kita Steuer’s Samba Soul Transatlantico (samba-rock) (Guanabara, London ongoing)
- Chagall Illuminated with Sophie Solomon & Max Reinhardt (klezmer/blues/electronica) (Everyman Theatre, London; Cargo, London; Mayor of London Open Rehearsal series, Notting Hill Arts Club; 'Spiel' Hampstead Theatre, London, all 07)
- Roy Rhythm/Roy with Chameleoneye (afro-funk) (Private party, Ibiza 09; Republic of World Funk, Vibe Live, London 08; China Whites, London 07; Music4children Festival, Victoria Park, London 07)
- JamSahel with Cheick Tidaine Seck (pan-African) (SOS Sahel benefit, Jardins du Luxembourg, Paris 07)
- Taal Tantra with Tanmoy Bose (Indian classical/jazz) (Kolkata, Jan 05)
JAZZ:
- Graham Fox’s Zorro Del Wiley And The Boogaloo Monk Machine (bluenote funk and boogaloo 9-piece) (Vibe Bar, March 2010)
- Yuriy Galkin's Symbisos Orchestra (9-piece modern jazz ensemble) (Jazz Cafe POSK, London 09-10; Vortex Jazz Club, London 09)
- John Bennett Big Band (Newham Festival, London 09; The Macbeth, London 08-09)
- Lazuli Duo (with Andres Garcia) (Tate Britain; Inn the Park; 30 Pavilion St, London 09)
- John Jansson Concert Orchestra (British Jazz Foundation Festival, Old Harlow 07)
- Big Easy Brass Band (New Orleans-style; Dragon Bar, London 06)
- Tamar Osborn Sextet (Princeton Club and Tollygunge Club, Kolkata, India 05)
- Swing and Contemporary Big Bands and small jazz ensembles at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (performances with Randy Brecker, Billy Cobham and Dave Liebman at venues including the Barbican Centre, London, Vortex Jazz Club and 606 Jazz Club, London 1996-2000)
RECORDING:
- Bristol Old Vic (Juliet & Her Romeo soundtrack by Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler, 2010)
- Demis Roussos (Demis, released 09)
- Andrew Hewitt (showreel 2010; film soundtrack pitch, 08)
- The Pangs (indie/funk) (forthcoming album, 08)
- Smith & Mudd (downtempo/electronic) (Le Suivant,released 09)
- Brains and Hunch (library music album (Universal), short film soundtrack, 08; adverts 07-08, London)
- The Crackles (60s soul pop) (forthcoming album, 08)
- Sexy Butchers (rock) (forthcoming album, 08)
- Simon Bookish (electronica) (Everything/Everything album, released 08)
- Max Mezzowave (electronica) (forthcoming album, 08)
- Lisa Lore (soul/rock) (demo EP, 08)
- Jane Watkins ('Lifespam' TV pilot, London 08)
- A-Bomb Recordings (CocaCola advert 07-08; Sony advert London 07)
- Ben Block album (Premises Studios, London, 07)
- Leon Lace album (Fishmarket Studios, London, 07)
- Stadtpark EP ‘gehen Sie geradeaus’ (FX Studios, London, 06)
- Oddjob EP 'King's Ransome' (FX Studios, London, 06)
- Soundtrack for Sony Playstation 'Eye Toy 3' (Metropolis Studios, London, 05)
- Sam Semple album 'Female Astronaut' (London, 05)
- track and video 'Rising' for group 'Playing December' (Malaysia, 04-05)
- 'Spiritualized' album 'Let It Come Down' (Abbey Road Studios, London, 00)
- animated & short film soundtrack ('10 Minute Movie'); various audio-books (m2c studio, London, 01-05)
- for independent producers Phat Phrequency (London 07-08), Paradox (London 08), Masta Conga (Paris 07), 84 Fresh (London 05-07), Hero (Oxen Records 03)
FUNCTION BANDS:
(all ongoing) JazzaBelles Sax Quartet; Soul Fiesta; Soul Patrol; Toots; CoStars; In Crowd; Souled Out; Highlife Management (India and Bangladesh - Dunhill (British American Tobacco) brand launch, Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05)
MUSICAL THEATRE
Professional productions:
Treasure Island (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London 08-09), Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall, London 08), Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Crucible 06/07), Oliver (Lincoln 05), Crazy For You (UK tour 04), King & I (UK tour 02-03), Jack &the Beanstalk (Panto, York Theatre Royal 01-02), Spend Spend Spend (UK tour 01), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (York Theatre Royal 00);
depping on Fiddler on the Roof (UK Tour 08), Follies (Northampton 06), Jerry Springer (UK tour 06), The Assassins (Sheffield Crucible 06), Beauty & the Beast (Panto, Lincoln 05-06), Annie (UK tour 03 & 06), Calamity Jane (UK tour 03)
Amateur productions include:
Thrupenny Opera, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Little Me, Mack & Mabel, Follies, Hair, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
CLASSICAL
Chamber:
Garden Opera (UK Tours 09 and 08); Viennese Gala Night (UK tour 05/06); Vent Saxophone Quartet (contemporary music and newly commissioned works, several venues inc. concert series at the National Portrait Gallery); various wind quintets
Orchestral:
Ensemble Y2K; Sir Michael Rose 75th Birthday Concert (Bedford 09)
OTHER
Performing and organizing:
- Co-organizer for ‘Republic of World Funk’ nights, Vibe Live, London 08
- Guest soloist with heavy rock band ‘Fasy’, Emergenza showcase, Carling Academy Islington 08
- Organizer, host and DJ for 'Acoustic Dragon' monthly live music night, Dragon Bar, London 06
- Concerto soloist with orchestra (Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1999)
Writing:
Compostion and arrangement for Oddjob (funk/afrobeat); Arrangements for musical theatre demo ‘Smugglers’ 07 (in collaboration with Mary McAdam); transcription, arrangement and composition for horn sections (ongoing); compositions for saxophone quartet, and for mixed ensemble and narrators
Teaching:
Saxophone, flute and clarinet tuition at Luton Sixth Form College (Luton - ongoing); Harpenden Musicale (Hertfordshire - ongoing); Aylwin Girls' School (London), Hindhead Music Centre (Surrey), cover at Virgo Fidelis Primary School (London)
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