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  • Dundee Jazz Fest kicks off today, 11th November 20206!!
  • This timely event comes strongly recommended, and it’s tomorrow Saturday 31st October 2026, 7pm, at the Library of Mistakes, Edinburgh!
  • Live review. Jazz at Lunchtime: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer, The Novotel Edinburgh, 23 August 2026
  • Singer Anna Vanosi’s Italian Jazz Affair paints Edinburgh’s The Jazz Bar red: a live review of a Fringe show.
  • Caol Ila Islay Jazz Festival 2026’s programme released today!
  • The Malcolm Strachan Sextet presented such a cheering, one and a half hour set at The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival!
  • Hot Club jazz / Celtic roots crossover band, Celtic Django Project release an uplifting and delightful cover of the well-loved traditional song, Black Is The Colour.
  • Three fantastic concerts in Glasgow, celebrating musically genre-fluid composer J Simon van der Walt’s birthday!  
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74. One consequence of featuring one Scottish musician (almost) each day throughout the present quarantine, is that it becomes crystal clear that Scotland is heaving with musical talent. A case in point is Glasgow-born, now London-based, double bass player Calum Gourlay in his eponymous quartet (with Helena Kay on Sax, Kieran McLeod on Trombone & James Maddren on Drums). This is Gourlay’s composition ‘Sick Cat’. Great composition, beautiful execution! ?

 16/06/2020

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← 73. Talking of NY, tenor saxophonist ‘in ascendancy’ Helena Kay who hails from Perth, is reportedly based in The Big Apple nowadays. Today’s piece is from the 2018 Helena Kay’s KIM Trio album, ‘Moon Palace’; with David Ingamells on drums and Ferg Ireland on double bass. Audio of a short, fun piece: ‘Kim’.
Something to look forward to, despite the cancellation/ deferment of this August’s Edinburgh International Festival. Broadcast from 10-28 August 2020 on (UK) Radio 3, a series of 15 great The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh concerts from the International Festival archives. →

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