Coordinates: 51°35′53″N 0°06′54″W / 51.5981°N 0.1149°W / 51.5981; -0.1149

Wood Green
Shopping City, Wood Green High Road
Wood Green  Wood Green shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ305905
- Charing Cross	6.7 mi (10.8 km)  S
London borough	Haringey
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N22
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hornsey and Wood Green
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
List of places: UK • England • London

Wood Green is a district in north London, England, located in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated 6.7 miles (10.8 km) north of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London.^[1]

History[link]

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In the latter half of the 19th century and before urbanisation Wood Green was part of Tottenham and covered by woodland called Tottenham Wood, hence the original name of the area, Tottenham Wood Green.

Governance[link]

In 1894 Wood Green was created as an urban district, and later a municipal borough, of Middlesex. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the Municipal Borough of Wood Green was abolished and its area merged with that of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and the Municipal Borough of Hornsey to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.

The constituency of Wood Green was created in 1918, and existed until 1983, when it was split. Some of the constituency was transferred to the neighbouring seat of Tottenham, Most was merged with the Hornsey parliamentary constituency to form the Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary constituency. Since 2005, the seat has been represented in the House of Commons by the Liberal Democrat MP, Lynne Featherstone.

Geography[link]

Neighbouring areas

	Bounds Green	Palmers Green	Edmonton
	Muswell Hill		Tottenham
		Wood Green    East
	Hornsey	Turnpike Lane	West Green

Economy[link]

Wood Green is a busy urban activity centre with a sizeable shopping area with two cinemas, bars, nightclubs, numerous restaurants and cafes and a shopping area, The Mall, close to the tube station. The High Road, the main shopping spine, is part of Green Lanes and stretches from the Wood Green tube station to the next stop on the Piccadilly Line, Turnpike Lane, and is lined with shops along its route.

The Chocolate Factory was set up by Haringey Arts Council in 1996 to develop artists' studios, and now has a second building. The project houses 200 local artists, music, film and multi media studios, photographic studios, and several performing arts organisations.^[2]

Media[link]

Television[link]

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The nearby Alexandra Palace played a leading role in the development of public service television in the UK. Wood Green also played its part in the history of commercial television.

On 28 November 1936, the BBC opened its TV service at Alexandra Palace and in 1955 with the opening of Lew Grade's London weekend franchise Associated Television (ATV), the Wood Green Empire in Lymington Avenue was home to variety programmes on Independent Television (ITV), one of which was the 'Arthur Haynes Show', starring the host himself and his straight man Nicholas Parsons.

Only the frontage of The Wood Green Empire exists, it is now a branch of the Halifax, and all that is left of the BBC TV at Alexandra Palace is the familiar TV mast. The ATV operations moved to Elstree and Borehamwood (now BBC studios) and the BBC News department, which was the only unit remaining at "Ally Pally" after BBC Television Centre was opened in the 1950s, moved to White City, west London in September 1969. The Alexandra Palace was then used for the production of joint BBC/Open University (OU) programmes for a while, but all OU programmes are now produced in Milton Keynes where the OU's headquarters are located.

The now-demolished bus depot at Wood Green was used for location filming by London Weekend Television for their popular 1970's situation comedy On The Buses^{[citation needed]}.

Transport[link]

Wood Green tube station

London Underground[link]

Wood Green tube station is on Wood Green High Road with Bounds Green tube station to the north of the area and Turnpike Lane tube station to the south, all are on the Piccadilly Line.

Railway[link]

Alexandra Palace, formerly known as "Wood Green for Alexandra Park", is on the East Coast Main Line. It has services in to Kings Cross and Moorgate and out to Hertford and Welwyn Garden City. Bowes Park serves the Hertford Loop Line branch of the East Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s, a branch line of the former Great Eastern Railway network crossed the Wood Green High Road, at a station called Noel Park, providing connections to Stratford and North Woolwich.

Buses[link]

A bus station is located at Turnpike Lane, there are also many buses that stop outside Wood Green tube station. It is the starting place of many bus routes including the 29 to Trafalgar Square.

Education[link]

For details of education in Wood Green see the London Borough of Haringey article.

Primary[link]

• Alexandra Primary
• Earlham Primary
• Lordship Lane Primary
• Nightingale Primary
• Noel Park Primary
• St.Michael's C of E Primary
• St.Pauls RC Primary
• Rhodes Avenue
• Noel Park Primary

Secondary[link]

• Heartlands High School
• Woodside High School
• Alexandra Park School
• St Thomas More RC School

Higher[link]

Middlesex University has a halls of residence for 161 students in Wood Green.^[3]

Drama[link]

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, a drama school located in Wood Green.

Dame Judi Dench is President of the school.

Sport[link]

London Skolars are a rugby league team that compete in National League 2, playing at New River Stadium in Wood Green. The annual Middlesex 9s rugby league tournament also takes place at the New River Stadium.

Public services[link]

London Ambulance Service responds to medical emergencies in Wood Green. Home Office policing in Wood Green is provided by the Metropolitan Police Service, which has a station on the High Road. Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade. Wood Green Crown Court is on Lordship Lane.

Notable people[link]

See Category:People from Wood Green

Notable appearances[link]

• Nick Hornby's book, High Fidelity
• Razorlight' s song "Los Angeles Waltz"
• Mark Knopfler's song "Junkie Doll"
• Pablo Gad's song "Black Before Creation"
• Sway DaSafo's song "Up Your Speed"
• Juan Maria Solare's composition "Woodgreen Walk" for Horn and Cello, 2011

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wood Green Empire, Theatre of Varieties
• Haringey Flickr Group
• Wood Green Parish.com
• Wood 360 Vista
• History of the Wood Green Empire
• Chocolate Factory Artists
• Museum of London Postcode Project
• Harringay Online

News story:

• BBC news story on Wood Green arrests

v t e London Borough of Haringey Districts Bounds Green Bowes Park Crouch End Finsbury Park Fortis Green Harringay Highgate Hornsey Manor House Muswell Hill Noel Park Northumberland Park St Ann's Seven Sisters South Tottenham Stroud Green Tottenham (incl. Broadwater Farm and Little Russia) Tottenham Hale West Green Wood Green Attractions Alexandra Palace Bruce Castle Jacksons Lane Markfield Beam Engine White Hart Lane (football stadium) Parks and open spaces Alexandra Park Bruce Castle Park Chestnuts Park Coldfall Wood Downhills Park Down Lane Park Finsbury Park Highgate Wood Hollickwood Park Markfield Park Priory Park Queen's Wood Railway Fields Constituencies Hornsey and Wood Green Tottenham Tube and railway stations Alexandra Palace Bounds Green Bowes Park Bruce Grove Harringay Harringay Green Lanes Highgate Hornsey Manor House Northumberland Park Seven Sisters South Tottenham Tottenham Hale Turnpike Lane White Hart Lane Wood Green Other topics People Public art Schools Parks and open spaces in Haringey

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John Scofield
John Scofield at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
Background information
Born	(1951-12-26) December 26, 1951 (age 60) Dayton, Ohio, United States
Genres	Post-bop, jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1970s-present[1]
Labels	EmArcy, Verve, Blue Note, Gramavision, Enja
Associated acts	Miles Davis, Medeski Martin & Wood
Website	www.johnscofield.com
Notable instruments
Ibanez Artist Series AS200

John Scofield (born December 26, 1951, Dayton, Ohio),^[2] often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer,^[3] and many other well-known artists. At ease in the bebop idiom, Scofield is also well versed in jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and other forms of modern American music.

Biography[link]

Early in his life, Scofield's family left Ohio and relocated to the small, then mostly rural location of Wilton, Connecticut; it was here that he discovered his interest in music.^[4]

Educated at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield eventually left school to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. He joined the Billy Cobham/George Duke Band soon after and spent two years playing, recording and touring with them. Scofield recorded with Charles Mingus in 1976, and replaced Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's quartet.^[5] In autumn 1976 he signed a contract with Enja Records, and he released his first album, John Scofield, in 1977. Around this time, he toured and recorded with Pianist Hal Galper, first on his own solo album Rough House in 1978, and Galper's album Ivory Forest (1980), where he is heard playing a solo rendition of Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Mood". In 1979 he formed a trio with his mentor Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum which, with drummer Bill Stewart replacing Nussbaum, has become the signature group of Scofield's career. In 1982, he joined Miles Davis, with whom he remained for three and a half years. He contributed tunes and guitar work to three Davis recordings, Star People, You're under Arrest and Decoy.

While still with Davis, he released the first of his Gramavision recordings Electric Outlet (1984). Still Warm (1985) followed after he left Davis's group. At the end of the Davis tenure, he started what is now referred to as his Blue Matter Band - with Dennis Chambers on drums, Gary Grainger on bass and at times either Robert Aries or Jim Beard on keyboards - releasing Blue Matter, Loud Jazz and Pick Hits Live.

At the beginning of the 1990s, he formed his quartet that included Joe Lovano with whom he recorded several important albums for Blue Note Records. Time on My Hands (1990), with Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, showcased Scofield's guitar and Mingus-influenced writing. Bill Stewart subsequently became the group's drummer, and played on Meant To Be (1991) and What We Do (1993). In 1992, Scofield released Grace Under Pressure, featuring fellow guitarist Bill Frisell, with Charlie Haden on bass and Joey Baron on drums. Stewart rejoined with Scofield and bassist Steve Swallow for the 1994 collaboration with Pat Metheny, I Can See Your House from Here.

Towards the end of his tenure with Blue Note, Scofield returned to a more funk and soul jazz-oriented sound, a direction which has dominated much of his subsequent output. In 1994 and 1995, Scofield formed a core group that included organist/pianist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, and alternately drummers, Bill Stewart and Idris Muhammad. The group toured extensively, and the albums Hand Jive and Groove Elation feature this funk/groove/soul dimension in Scofield's music, bringing in tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, percussionist Don Alias, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and others. He recorded the acclaimed 1997 album A Go Go with the avant garde jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Also during this period, his relationship began with British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. First as a soloist on Turnage's Blood on the Floor: Elegy for Andy, the two paired up to create Scorched, Turnage's orchestrations of Scofield compositions largely form the Blue Matter period. Scorched, a recording available on Deutsche Grammophon, debuted in Frankfurt, Germany.

He released Überjam in 2002 and Up All Night in 2004, two albums on which he experiments with drum n bass and other modern rhythms. John Scofield has also worked and recorded in Europe with nu-fusionist Bugge Wesseltoft New Conception of Jazz in 2001/2 and 2006. Late 2004 saw the release of EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE, which features the jazz trio of John Scofield, the venerable Steve Swallow on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. It was recorded live at The Blue Note in NYC in December 2003. The next year, he released That's What I Say - JS plays the music of Ray Charles - Scofield with an all-star guest studded collection of Ray Charles material. This led to a series of performances with Mavis Staples, Gary Versace on organ, John Benitez on bass, and Steve Hass on drums.

After sitting in for two engagements in December (3rd & 4th) of 2005 with Phil Lesh and Friends, Scofield has since played numerous shows with the band. Most recently, on June 3 at Mountain Jam, which took place in Hunter, NY the first weekend of June 2007.

On September 26, 2006 he released Out Louder, his second collaborative effort album with avant garde jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood. The group, known collectively as MSMW toured extensively worldwide in 2006 and 2007, with sporadic engagements planned in the future. Scofield also performs as a duo with John Medeski - aptly named The Johns and another groove trio with Scofield, Medeski and drummer Adam Deitch.

September 18, 2007 saw This Meets That released on EmArcy Records - Universal Music's jazz label, a record featuring his trio with Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart. This time John added a horn section to expand the sound of his trio.

Never one to follow an expected path, in recent years Scofield launched a personal search for musical inspiration beyond the standard 12 bar blues and found it in "old time gospel music - the closest relative to and inspiration for the R& B.” His 2009 release Piety Street with bass legend George Porter, Jr. and singer/keyboardist Jon Cleary. The collaboration heard on the 2010 release 54 had its origins back in the 90's when Vince Mendoza asked John Scofield to play on his first album. John has since been featured on two of Vince’s records and his guitar sound and improvisational skills work well within Vince’s concept. When Mendoza assumed directorship of The Metropole Orchestra, he and Scofield decided to collaborate again with a primary focus on Mendoza’s arrangements of Scofield compositions as performed with The Metropole Orchestra.

In a return to Scofieldesque "straight ahead" jazz, he went to the studio in January 2011 with pianist/organist Larry Goldings, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, laying the tracks for a ballads album scheduled for a May 2011 release on EmArcy Records.

In April 2010, Scofield was named an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Scofield is currently serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz Department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education.

He married Susan Scofield in 1978. They are the parents of music producer Jean Scofield (b. 1981) and writer Evan Scofield (b. 1987).

Equipment[link]

Scofield endorses Ibanez guitars. His signature guitar, the JSM100, is based on his longtime stage and recording guitar, a 1981 Ibanez AS200 which he believes to be one of the best semi-acoustics ever built.^{[citation needed]} He gets his tone by running a Pro Co RAT through either a Vox AC30 or Mesa Boogie amplifier. Some of his effects include an Ibanez CS9 Analog Chorus, a Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler, and a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler. Some of his additional effects include a DigiTech XP100 Whammy/Wah, a Boss EQ Pedal, a Boss Loop Station, and a Boomerang phrase sampler pedal. John Scofield uses Dunlop Delrin 2 mm picks.^[6]

Discography[link]

John Scofield playing at the International Jazz Festival Enschede, 2007.

As leader and co-leader[link]

• John Scofield Live (1977) - Enja Records
• John Scofield aka East Meets West (1977) - Trio Records/Black-Hawk Records, Bellophon Records
• Rough House (1978) - Enja Records
• Who's Who? (1979) - Arista/Novus
• Bar Talk (1980) - Jive/Novus
• Out Like a Light (1981) - Enja Records
• Shinola (1981) - Enja Records
• Electric Outlet (1984) - Gramavision
• Still Warm (1985) - Gramavision
• Blue Matter (1986) - Gramavision
• Loud Jazz (1987) - Gramavision
• Pick Hits Live (1987) - Gramavision
• Flat Out (1989) - Gramavision
• Time on My Hands (1990) - Blue Note
• Meant To Be (1991) - Blue Note
• Grace Under Pressure (1992) - Blue Note
• What We Do (1993) - Blue Note
• I Can See Your House From Here (1994) - w/Pat Metheny - Blue Note
• Hand Jive (1994) - Blue Note
• Groove Elation (1995) - Blue Note
• Quiet (1996) - Verve
• A Go Go with Medeski Martin & Wood(1998) - Verve
• Bump (2000) - Verve
• Works For Me (2001) - Verve
• Überjam (2002) - Verve
• Oh! (2003) - as ScoLoHoFo - Blue Note
• Up All Night (2003) - Verve
• Scorched (2004) - w/Mark-Anthony Turnage - DG Deutsche Grammophon
• EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE (2004) - Verve
• That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles (2005) - Verve
• Saudades (2006) - as Trio Beyond - ECM
• Out Louder (2006) - as Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood - Indirecto
• This Meets That (2007) - Emarcy Records
• Piety Street (2009) - Emarcy Records
• 54 (2010) - w/Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orkestra - Emarcy Records
• A Moment's Peace (2011) - Emarcy Records

Compilations[link]

• Best of John Scofield (1989) - Blue Note
• Slo Sco:The Best of the Ballads (1990) - Gramavision
• Liquid Fire: The Best of John Scofield (1994) - Gramavision
• Steady Groovin': The Blue Note Groove Sides (2000) - Blue Note

As a sideman[link]

Onstage in 2004

With Teodross Avery

• My Generation (1996) - Impulse!

With Paul Bley

• Hot (Soul Note, 1985)

With Gary Burton

• Times Like These (GRP, 1988)

With Billy Cobham

• A Funky Thide of Sings (1975) - Atlantic
• Life & Times (1976) - Wounded Bird Records

With Joe Beck & Larry Coryell

• Tributaries (1978) - Arista Novus

With the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet

• Live at Montmartre (Timeless, 1985)

With Miles Davis

• You're Under Arrest (1985) - Columbia
• Decoy (1984) - Sony Music
• Star People (1983) - Sony Music

With John Ellis:

• One Foot In The Swamp (2005) - Hyena

With David Friesen

• Two for the Show (1994) - ITM Pacific

With Bill Goodwin

• Solar Energy (1981) - Omni Sound Jazz

With Jon Gordon

• Possibilities (2000) - Double-Time

With Urbie Green

• Señor Blues (CTI, 1977)

With Herbie Hancock

• The New Standard (1995) - Verve

With Jimmy Haslip

• A R C (1993) - UMG

With Roy Haynes

• Love Letters (2003) - Columbia

With Joe Henderson

• So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) (1993) - Verve
• Porgy & Bess (1997) - Verve

With Ron Holloway

• Struttin' (1995) - Milestone Records

With Marc Johnson

• Shades of Jade (2005) - ECM
• Second Sight (1987) - ECM
• Bass Desires (1986) - ECM

With Lee Konitz

• Rhapsody II (1993) - Evidence

With Manhattan Jazz Quintet

• Manhattan Blues (1990) – Sweet Basil

With Gary Marks

• Gathering (1974) - Arewea Records

With Charles Mingus

• Three of Four Shades of Blue (1977) - Collectables Records

With Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker

• Carnegie Hall Concert (1974) - CTI Records

With John Patitucci

• Now (1998) - Concord Jazz

With Phil Lesh and Friends

• Live at the Warfield (2006) - Image

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Rhythmstick (1990)

With Harvie Swartz

• In a Different Light (1990) - Blue Moon

With Tommy Smith:

• Blue Smith (1999) - Linn Records

With Jeremy Steig

• Firefly (CTI, 1977)

With Gary Thomas

• By Any Means Necessary (1989) - JMT

With Mark Antony Turnage

• Blood On The Floor (album) (1998) - Decca Records

With Bugge Wesseltoft

• New Conception Of Jazz Live (2003) - Jazzland

With Lenny White

• Present Tense (1995) - Hip Bop

With Jack DeJohnette

• Music for the Fifth World (1992) - Capitol

With Keller Williams

• Dream (2007) - SCI Fidelity Records

Awards[link]

In 1998, John Scofield was granted the Miles Davis Award by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Scofield

• Official site

Martin Wood
Martin Wood at Comic-Con 2007
Occupation	Director Producer
Years active	1995 – present

Martin Wood is a Canadian television director who has been directing since the mid 1990s.^[1] Specializing in science fiction, where he is best known for his work as a director and producer on Stargate SG-1 (46 episodes), as well as its spin-off series Stargate Atlantis (30 episodes).

Biography[link]

Career[link]

Martin Wood began his television career in 1995.^[1] Although he is best known for his work on the Stargate franchise's Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, he has also directed for many other television series, including The Invisible Man and Earth: Final Conflict. In addition, Martin directed two TV specials on sudden infant death syndrome.

Along with Peter DeLuise, Andy Mikita and Will Waring, Wood was one of Stargate SG-1's main directors during its 10 year run. He also frequently appears as an extra known as "Major Wood"^[2] in the Stargate SG-1 episodes that he directs, often assisting Sergeant Siler as a repairman using the oversized crescent wrench that serves as an inside joke. He is also featured on many Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis DVD special features, such as featurettes and audio commentaries.

Currently, Wood is the director for the science-fiction series Sanctuary, starring Amanda Tapping and Christopher Heyerdahl. He was set to direct Stargate: Revolution (working title), the third Stargate SG-1 direct-to-DVD movie, but that production has been shelved indefinitely.^{[3] [4]}

Selected filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

Wood has won 1 award, out of 5 nominations.^[5]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Martin Wood at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Wood, Martin (2002). Stargate SG-1: Season 5 – Audio Commentary for "Red Sky" (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. Event occurs at 27 minutes 10 seconds. 
3. ^ Sumner, Darren (2009-01-05). "Wright discusses third SG-1 movie.". gateworld.net. http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/01/wright-discusses-third-sg-1-movie/. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
4. ^ Colvin, Chad (2011-04-17). "SGU continuation, other movies dead". gateworld.net. http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/. Retrieved 31 May 2011. 
5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939869/awards

External links[link]

• Martin Wood at the Internet Movie Database
• Martin Wood at Stargate Official Site
• Martin Wood on StargateWiki