Julian Woods is an eclectic musician and composer based in London. He performs on guitars (regular or microtonal), bass guitars (fretted or fretless), and double bass.

In 2024, Julian graduated with a distinction from the Jazz Performance Master’s at the Guildhall School of Music. Previously, he studied an undergraduate degree in Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Diploma from the American Festival of Microtonal Music’s ‘Microtonal University’.

Julian is involved in a variety of projects, including directing the London Improvisers Orchestra, which was described as "one of the essential institutions of improvised music" by New York City Jazz Record; leading his microtonal jazz group Buchteln Trio with Philipp Gerschlauer and Diego Pinera; and collaborating with the Guildhall New Music Society. He has recently performed at the Vortex Jazz Club, Cafe OTO, EFG London Jazz Festival, Wigmore Hall, Porgy & Bess (Vienna), and Untwelving (Munich).

Julian’s varied work as a sideman has included stints playing guitar with Cameroonian singer Coco Mbassi and in Sam Eastmond’s Composers Workshop Big Band, double bass with Egyptian singer Amena, and bass guitar in hardcore band Human Interference Task Force.

The musicians Julian has worked with include Maggie Nicols, Steve Beresford, Alex Paxton, Maddie Ashman, Adam Bohman, Charlotte Keeffe, Mahan Mirarab, Tom Challenger, Phil Minton, Oren Marshall, Li-chin Li, John Butcher, Corrie Dick, Fergus Quill, Caius Williams, and Georg Vogel.