Everything about Steve Beresford totally explained
Steve Beresford (born
1950) is a
British musician. He has played a variety of instruments, including
piano,
trumpet,
euphonium,
double-bass and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the
toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music. He is probably best known for
free improvisation, but has also written music for
film and
television and has been involved with a number of
pop music groups.
Beresford was born in
Wellington, Shropshire in
England, studied at the
University of York, and stayed in
York after graduating, becoming involved in
theatre as well as arranging various free improvisation concerts in the city. At this early stage, he was playing a wide variety of music, playing the
Hammond Organ in a
soul music covers band, featuring on
Trevor Wishart's early work
Journey Into Space (1973) and free improvising.
In 1974, Beresford moved to
London, where he played in
Derek Bailey's
Company events and in the groups
Alterations with
David Toop,
Terry Day and
Peter Cusack, and the
Three Pullovers with
Nigel Coombes and
Roger Smith. He was also a member with
Gavin Bryars and
Brian Eno of the
Portsmouth Sinfonia.
Beresford has continued to play free improvisation with a number of prominent musicians, including
Evan Parker,
Lol Coxhill,
John Zorn,
Alfred Harth in the group
Gestalt et Jive and
Han Bennink. He has also worked with a number of
popular musicians, including
The Slits,
Frank Chickens,
Ted Milton and
The Flying Lizards.
During the
1970s, Beresford was a co-founder and co-editor of the magazine
Musics, which dealt mainly with free improvisation, whilst during the early
1980s he helped to set up the somewhat glossier publication
Collusion, which had a wider musical remit, covering fields such as
rap,
heavy metal,
classical music,
film music,
pop music as well as the
avant-garde and free improvisation. Along with David Toop, Beresford was also a prime mover of the
London Musicians Collective.
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