Excerpt from Axis Point at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Recorded 9 January 2015. "Perpetual" copyright Steve Tromans (May 2014).

Perpetual

Excerpt from the piece "To a Future" (Tromans 2015) recorded at El Sueno Existe festival in Machenllyth, Wales (https://elsuenoexiste.wordpress.com/festival-2015/) on 1 August 2015.

Steve Tromans - keyboard
Ruth Angell - vocals, harmonium and violin
Sid Peacock - vocals and guitar
Tymoteusz Jozwiak - drums and percussion
Lluis Mather - tenor saxophone and flute

To A Future (excerpt)

Excerpt from the 2004 premiere of Tromans' setting of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" poem, CBSO Centre, Birmingham (UK). Photo: Phil King.

Howl Part Two (excerpt)

Ruth Angell's setting of the poem by Christina Rossetti, performed by Angell (vocals) and Steve Tromans (elec piano), as part of a Peacock Angell concert at Wigan Parish Church, May 2014. Concert also featured Sid Peacock (vocals, guitar). 

Photo: composite screen-grabs from Ed Lawes' film of the Peacock Angell Band. Further details/info: 1-4-4.com 

No Roses

“The Great Bear” (Tromans), recorded live at an open-air concert at the University of Delhi, during John Mayer’s Indo-Jazz Fusions tour of India in Feb 1996. 

James McDowell (fl), Dave Smith (tp), Anna Brooks (as), myself (key), Jonathan Mayer (sit), Ranjit Singh (tab), Chris Featonby (b), Andrew Bratt ( dr), John Mayer (dir). 

The Great Bear Live in Delhi

Sound-poem for solo keyboard and electronics (Tromans 2016): “woman is beautiful / like staring at the sun beautiful / overwhelmingly gold and glowing / more beautiful than life / is woman”

Recorded 24 February 2016, Birmingham (UK)
Steve Tromans: keyboards, electronics

Image: “Three Muses” by Munkhtsetseg-Anar Jalkhaajav (2002), www.artbayarmugi.mn. From a collection published by the Arts Council Mongolia, http://artscouncil.mn. 


Woman is beautiful

The Surge Orchestra. Recorded at the finale of the Jazz Legends Festival, Birmingham (UK), 22 May 2016, an excerpt from the premiere of Tromans’ “Magic was my name” (a homage to Sun Ra). The words come from the song “Angels and Demons at Play” by Sun Ra.  

Original photo of Surge Orchestra by Brian Homer


Angel demons at play - Magic was my name

National Harmonica champions (UK) in 1959, the Debonaires were: James Hughes and Ken Howell (chromatic), David Whitehouse (accorda) and Ken Tromans (bass). Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" was recorded c. the time of their championship victory. 

Sabre Dance

Excerpt from forthcoming live album from Dead as Dillinger, recorded in performance at Supersonic Festival, Bham (UK), 22 June 2018.

Steve Tromans - monotron
Richard Scott - viola
Tymoteusz Jozwiak - drums

Dead Already

Further excerpt from Dead as Dillinger's live performance at Supersonic Festival, Bham (UK), 22 June 2018. Dead Already (and Dead, again).

Steve Tromans - monotron
Tymoteusz Jozwiak - drums
Richard Scott - viola

And Dead (excerpt)

Improvisation from the first rehearsal for Tromans' new project, "Nine Metamorphoses on a Theme of Satie" (personal reflections on the life and work of Erik Satie (1966-1925), creating a new, metamorphose "biography" in the process).

Amy van Walsum - vocals
Steve Tromans - piano

Recorded 17 September 2018, Birmingham (UK)

1st Rehearsal

He said

Second extract from the first rehearsal of "Nine Metamorphoses on a Theme of Satie", recorded 17 September 2018, Birmingham (UK).

Amy van Walsum - voice
Steve Tromans - piano

Can you hear my voice

From the second rehearsal of "Nine Metamorphoses on a Theme of Satie", 8 October 2018, Bham (UK). Words by Steve Tromans, music improvised by Amy van Walsum and Steve Tromans.

Amy van Walsum - voice
Steve Tromans - piano

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