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Mark McKergow

Mark McKergow and Patrick Hadfield pick their top tips from the summer’s jazz festivals in Scotland’s central belt. Glasgow Jazz Festival – 14-18 June 2023. Link below for details and tickets for all shows First, five for Glasgow…. LINK: Glasgow [...]

27 April 2023.

Pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock arrives in Scotland with an evening of intricate new material which really tests the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO). Unsurprisingly, they pass with flying colours. Called a ‘creative genius’ by the late Chick Corea, Gwilym [...]

The music of Ian Carr, An annotated discography

Roger Farbey’s newly-revised third edition of his Ian Carr omni-source sees an admirably clear and not uncritical listing of the late trumpeter, composer and author’s work. The accompanying CD gives a good insight into Carr’s work, especially in his early [...]

Nigel Price leads another storming twin-guitar session in this collaboration with French-born Alban Claret. They take in some famous and not-so-famous tunes on this delightful outing of cross-channel cooperation. Nigel Price’s reputation for hard work and lots of it continues [...]

Pharoah Sanders leads a fine quartet through some of his best loved tunes in this exciting archive concert recording. The music ranges from fiery to mellifluous with extended takes and plenty of solo space. Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who died [...]

This superb live performance brings together two titans of European jazz guitar for a swinging performance captured live at Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham, in March 2022. It’s an all-round delight. Nigel Price’s appetite for work in all forms is legendary. First [...]

After 2021’s epic large-group work Deepening The River, saxophonist, composer and arranger Paul Towndrow is back with another collection of original material. He has clearly not been letting the grass grow under his feet; co-founding crossover group Atlantic Road Trip [...]

Saxophonist, flautist, vocalist and composer Nora Kamm’s solo debut album is a revelation – packed with jazz, African and fusion elements, exhilarating music with a distinctive voice that offers the widest appeal. German-born and Paris-resident Nora Kamm has been a [...]

The WDR Big Band celebrate Charlie Parker’s centenary in suitably gyratory style with a feast of alto sax gymnastics and top-class new arrangements of some true Bird classics. Lao Tzu wrote that “the flame that burns twice as bright burns [...]

Edinburgh. 18 November 2022

This extraordinary performance saw two masters of their art combining in a breath-taking improvised creation and evolution of painting and music. Artist/painter Maria Rud and saxophone master Tommy Smith have collaborated before, on the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s superb Where Rivers Meet project which [...]

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