"Twos and Threes" is a compilation of conversational duets and trios featuring Barbara London on flute, piano, and vocals and ten of her favorite musicians, including trombonist Phil Wilson, pianists Bruce Katz and John Arcaro, bassists Michael Farquharson and John Repucci, percussionist Catherine Birrer, guitarist Larry Baione, drummer Rick Kress, steel drummer Ron Reid, and vibraphonist Ed Saindon. Hailed by music critics in Downbeat and the New York Times, Barbara London is a jazz flutist, composer, pianist, and vocalist. Performing with Nina Sheldon, Jane Ira Bloom, Carline Ray, and Barbara Merjan in AERIAL from 1979 to 1981, she received an enthusiastic reception at the Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival in New York City. She performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, Lincoln Center Plaza, and was guest soloist at art shows presented at the United Nations and Avery Fisher Hall. Since 1982, Ms. London has led the Barbara London Quartet which performs throughout New England in festivals, concert halls, colleges, and schools. Having grown up in the northern Maine town of Houlton, Barbara is committed to playing for rural audiences as well as in the cities. In addition she has traveled throughout the country as guest soloist and clinician. She has appeared with such respected artists as Marian McPartland, Richard Davis, Clark Terry, Joe Newman, and Phil Wilson. She has been an artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, University of Maine at Presque Isle, and Eastern New Mexico University. The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Ms. London three jazz performance grants (1986,1988, 1990). Each of the grants allowed her to produce a concert series featuring her original compositions. Barbara taught for nearly 20 years at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she became the first female chair in 1994. With colleague Bruce Katz, she co-created and team taught a course entitled The Blues: Analysis and Application. Prior to Berklee, Barbara taught at the University of Maine, Augusta. She also has extensive experience in doing clinics and workshops for all ages. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Barbara has been composing for many years in a variety of styles. Her songs and jazz compositions can be heard on her own recordings, including Natural Progression, Twos and Threes and Maliseet Dreams. A well known Norwegian bassist, Knut Guettler, recorded her chamber piece "Almost Spring" on a Japanese label. For information on programs, contact: Barbara London PO Box 1085, Hampton, NH 03843 Phone: (603) 926-2029 bmlondon15@mac.com www.wildaster.com