Terry Day
| Terry Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 October 1940 |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher |
| Instruments | Piano, Keyboards, percussion, Bamboo pipes, cello, mandolin |
| Associated acts | Alterations (band), Continuous Music Ensemble, London Improvisers Orchestra, The People Band |
| Website | http://www.terryday.co.uk/ |
Terry Day (born 17 October 1940) is a musician specialising in free improvisation, a poet and a visual artist. He is a founding member of the Continuous Music Ensemble and The People Band. Some of his musical partners include Derek Bailey, Steve Beresford, Phil Minton, Evan Parker, Charlotte Hug, John Russell, Rhodri Davis, Misha Mengelberg, Tony Oxley, Marten Altena, Phil Wachsman and John Tchikai. He is a member of the improvising, genre-hopping quartet Alterations, active from 1977 to 1986 and reforming in 2015. Terry Day plays many instruments including piano, keyboards, alto & soprano saxophones, bamboo pipes, drums, percussion, cello, mandolin, home made instruments, balloons, toys (blowers, whackers & pluckers), African thumb piano, voice, Chinese flutes, plastic trumpet, crackle box.
Terry Day is self taught but from a musical family: his father was a drummer and his brother Pat was a child prodigy and played with Graham Bond.
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