Born in Southampton, Tony Woods grew up in Chilworth Old Village and began playing folk music with his father at the age of five.

A graduate of Keele University, Leeds College of Music and The Guildhall School of Music, he has received awards for saxophone, outstanding performance and the soloist’s prize at the Dunkirk International Jazz Festival.

In the mid 1990’s the Tony Woods Project was formed. It has since recorded four albums of original, folk inspired compositions and attracted airplay on BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM, UK Jazz Radio, toured the UK extensively, and performed at festivals across the country including Manchester, London, Swanage, Ealing, Ascot and Teignmouth.