Metalwood | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Jazz fusion |
| Labels | Maximum Jazz, Maximum Music, Blue Thumb |
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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/trumpeter Brad Turner, bassist Chris Tarry, and drummer Ian Froman. [4] [5]
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]
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