Janette Mason Music

ReWired Durham Jazz Festival
2026-10-25 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Durham Jazz Festival, The Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey
JANETTE MASON – REWIRED
Line up:
Janette Mason – Piano
Tom Mason – Acoustic Bass
Eric Ford – Drums
Nominated for Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year – Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2025
Nominated for Best Jazz Recording by Presto Music – 2025
JAZZ WISE MAGAZINE 4 ****
“Beautifully produced and thoughtfully put together…. long may she continue to put out music of this quality and variety.” Victoria Kingham
ReWired is the new acoustic trio project from acclaimed composer, arranger and pianist, Janette Mason.
Janette Mason has a storied career playing for multiple artists across the worlds of jazz and pop. As a session player she’s toured with some of the biggest pop names in the business including Oasis and Pulp, and as a band leader she’s released a series of acclaimed jazz albums featuring some of the UK’s most respected players.
For her latest project, ReWired, she’s selected a basket full of all the tunes that mean the most to her, from timeless standards to modern chart classics and reworked each of them. No-one is off limits and the repertoire draws from everyone from Gary Numan and David Bowie to Kate Bush and Olivia Rodrigo, with Janette’s fierce and inventive arrangements pulling everything together.
“The ReWired project is a true coming-together of kindred spirits, musically and in heart, mind and soul. The extraordinary rapport between the musicians was at its most palpable during Lane Del Ray’s ‘Video Games’… Tom Mason’s sublime bass lines fused with Eric Ford’s percussion to add rich tonal colouring to Janette’s dream-like inventions at the keyboard. Perfect!” Trevor Bannister
Band Bios
Janette Mason – Piano
Janette Mason is a jazz pianist, a composer for film and TV, an arranger and producer of all genres from jazz to soul to pop, and a dedicated and heartfelt musical communicator. Over the course of a thirty-year career she has quietly but emphatically made her presence felt, delighting audiences with her skills in all kinds of settings, from tiny jazz clubs to international film and TV projects.
Whether leading her own trio, playing sessions with Oasis, Pulp, or Seal, working with legendary producer Tony Visconti, or launching her latest project AYRA in collaboration with vocal legend Juliet Roberts, Janette always stays true to her core values – a commitment to musical excellence, combined with a generous, giving sensibility that reaches out to audiences and ensures that the message in the music is always there to be heard.
Tom Mason – Bass
Tom has earned a reputation as one of the most versatile double bassists and bass guitarists on the UK music scene.
His résumé of recordings, performances and tours boasts artists such as Lizz Wright, Mark Ronson and Jamie Cullum. Tom has also been a long-term member of award-winning pianist Robert Mitchell’s Panacea.
Eric Ford – Drums
Eric has performed across the globe and played on around sixty albums. He has worked with musicians as diverse as Ronnie Laws, Marc Almond, Clare Teal, The London Jazz Orchestra and Jason Rebello. He has been a member of the acclaimed contemporary jazz trio Partikel since 2009.

“A band leader of pugnacious flair and genuine unpredictability.” James Griffiths-The Guardian
