Saxophonist Tommy Smith returns to Watermill Jazz in Dorking on Tuesday 14th October in a duo with pianist Gwilym Simcock (they also play at the Concorde Club in Eastleigh the following night). Smith, with Simcock, recently played his first concert [...]
The 1960s saw a phenomenal flowering of acoustic guitar virtuosity in the UK. Centred on – but by no means exclusive to – London, this development came less than a decade after Lonnie Donegan had inspired thousands of players to [...]
Saxophonist Phil Bancroft’s The Beautiful Storm play concerts from Skye to London this month as the second part of the launch tour for their album Finding Hope (When All Seems Lost)– album review below. The venues include Zeffirellis in Ambleside [...]
Preceded by a concert in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, saxophonist Phil Bancroft’s new trio, The Beautiful Storm marks the launch of its debut album, Finding Hope (When All Seems Lost) with appearances at Aberdeen Jazz Festival and the Novus weekend in Edinburgh as [...]
For the second in the series of four concerts that saxophonist Helena Kay has been invited to curate at the venue the saxophonist’s quartet will be revisiting Golden Sands, Kay’s second album. It’s the opening act, improvising folk duo Norman&Corrie, [...]
Rob Adams reviews Gary West’s biography of celebrated piper Martyn Bennett. Brave New Music: The Martyn Bennett Story was launched at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 30 January, 2025. He was the piper who caused a sensation at Glasgow Jazz [...]
Recorded between the demise of his Trinity and the release of the first Oblivion Express album, this previously unreleased live set shines some unexpected light on what Brian Auger was up to in 1970. Oblivion Express offered the keyboardist now [...]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has commissioned compositions from some of Scotland’s most exciting young jazz musicians for a series of concerts running in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow from 31 January to 2 February. Nu-Age Sounds – Planet World follows [...]
Guitarist Timmy Allan came through a tightly competitive final to win the BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2024 at a session held at the corporation’s Pacific Quay HQ and broadcast live on air. Allan, a 28-year-old fourth year student [...]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has added an extra performance to its Remembering Duke tour, which visits Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh from 29 November to 1 December. In partnership with Care UK, the SNJO will present a relaxed afternoon edition of [...]
