Malcolm Pool (born 10 January 1943 in
Hayes End
Hayes is a town in west London, historically situated within the county of Middlesex, and now part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. The town's population, including its localities Hayes End, Harlington, London, Harlington and Yeading, was r ...
,
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
) was the
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
with the 1960s
R&B group
The Artwoods
The Artwoods (also sometimes known by Decca Records as the Art Woods) were an English rock band who formed in 1963 and were professionally active between 1964 and 1967. They were a popular live attraction, rivalling groups such as the Animals, a ...
from 1963, until the band split up in 1968.
Following the demise of The Artwoods, Pool joined a
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
band with Ted Wood, the middle brother between vocalist
Art Wood and guitarist
Ronnie Wood. The band performed at various gigs in and around London, with a Wednesday evening residency at the Kensington Hotel.
In 1969, Pool joined Accolade with
,
Gordon Giltrap, Brian Cresswell and Ian Hoyle. Accolade recorded one
album
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in 1969. Pool left Accolade in 1970, after an incident when Partridge walked off stage during a tour of Sweden.
During April and May 1970, Pool played with
Colosseum
The Colosseum ( ; it, Colosseo ) is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world to ...
until a new bass player was found to replace
Tony Reeves
Anthony Reeves (born 18 April 1943, New Eltham, South East London) is an English bass guitarist/contrabassist, noted for his "distinctive and complex bass sound" and use of electronic effects.
Career
As a teenager Reeves learned orchestral doub ...
. He performed with Colosseum at the Hollywood Music Festival,
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ...
on 24 May 1970.
Pool left the
music industry
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in 1970, and joined Ted Wood, Art Wood and Jim Willis at West Four Design, a
graphic design
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partnership. Following various catastrophes, West Four Design folded in 1975. Pool moved with Art Wood and Willis to North Road Press, where a new design studio was set up.
In 1983, Pool set up his own studio in Hillingdon, working there until 1992, when he joined
Denton Wilde Sapte
Denton Wilde Sapte LLP (informally Dentons) was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It merged with the United States-based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in September 2010, forming SNR Denton. At the time ...
to set up and run an in-house design studio.
Malcolm Pool married twice, and has five children.
Pool retired in 2004, and now lives with his wife in South West Scotland.
In 2007, Pool joined Derek Griffiths, Colin Martin and
Jon Lord at an Artwoods reunion at the ART Tribute night, at York House in
Twickenham
Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the boroug ...
. Ali Mackenzie took over Art Wood's role on vocals, and Chris Hunt played drums. They were joined on stage by guitarist
Ronnie Wood and vocalist
Geno Washington.
References
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1943 births
Living people
English rock bass guitarists
Male bass guitarists
The Artwoods members