Metalwood

Metalwood is a Canadian jazz band from Toronto, Ontario.[1][2] the band was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and reunited in 2016.[3] The members are saxophonist Mike Murley, pianist Brad Turner, bassist Chris Tarry and drummer Ian Froman.[4][5]

Metalwood
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz fusion
LabelsMaximum Jazz, Maximum Music, Blue Thumb
Members
  • Mike Murley
  • Brad Turner
  • Ian Froman
  • Chris Tarry

History

Metalwood was formed in Toronto in 1997.[5] The group signed with Brian Watson's Maximum Music Group.[6]

The members performed together until 2003, and recorded six albums of jazz music. Their first two albums 1997's Metalwood and Metalwood 2 in 1998, each won a Juno Award for best contemporary jazz album.

In 2016, Metalwood reunited, performing in Toronto and recording a new album, Twenty. Later that year the band went on tour to support the album, which won a Juno Award as best group jazz album of the year.[7]

Awards and recognition
  • 1998: Juno Award, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Metalwood[8]
  • 1999: Juno Award, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Metalwood 2[8]
  • 2017: Juno Award, Best Jazz Album - Group Twenty[8]

Discography
  • 1997: Metalwood
  • 1998: Metalwood 2
  • 1999: Metalwood Live
  • 2001: Metalwood 3
  • 2001: Recline
  • 2003: Chronic[9]
  • 2016: Twenty

References
Citations
  1. Hopkin, Kenyon. "Metalwood Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. C, Scott (8 July 1999). "Metalwood makes it up as they go along". Montreal Mirror. Quebecor: Sun Media. ISSN 0833-8086. OCLC 15997017. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
  3. "Mike Murley, on consecutive weekends filled with Metalwood and mainstream jazz". Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen January 29, 2016
  4. "Windsor’s Mike Murley picks up another Juno Award". Hants Journal, on April 11, 2017
  5. "Last Call Review: Metalwood/Twenty/Cellar Live Records". KIOS 91.5 Omaha Public Radio, By Chris Cooke • Sep 10, 2016
  6. "SAE buys IT school for undisclosed sum". North Shore News, Jeremy Shepherd May 26, 2017
  7. "Gord Downie wins three Junos at music awards gala dinner Saturday night". London Free Press, Lynn Saxberg and Peter Hum. April 1, 2017
  8. "Juno Awards Database". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. "Jazz fusion pioneers Metalwood bring excellent new album to Yardbird". Roger Levesque Edmonton Journal, September 14, 2016
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