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Paul Towndrow

  • 100 Renfrew Street

    G2 3DB Glasgow

    United Kingdom

20152016

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Paul Towndrow was born in Bellshill in 1978. He acquired his first instrument, a Jupiter alto with a strength 4 reed, aged 11 and made his first sound on it eight days later. He went on to win The Peter Whittingham Jazz Award in 2002 and the World Saxophone Competition Audience Prize in 2003. He has released several albums under his own name, the most recent being ‘Newology’ (Keywork Records). He is also one quarter of the group Brass Jaw.

Paul is a tutor in Alto Saxophone in the Jazz department of the Royal Conservatoire.