Category: Concert Review
The fabulous, Glasgow COUNTERFLOWS festival (6 – 9 April 2023) is on again this year!! Ultra-interesting programme: see below….
https://counterflows.com/?mc_cid=5f1d6148df&mc_eid=0ffdfaf563
On their ?20th anniversary? Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra are playing two gigs this month: 2pm on Saturday 18th February at Edinburgh’s Assembly Roxy, then the next day Sunday 19th at 2pm at Webster’s Theatre, Glasgow!! Make your weekend and come see this very talented crew play some favourites by the Jazz orchestra greats: Ellington, Basie, and Gillespie!
https://snjo.co.uk/tsyjo/the-tsyjo-live-jan2023
MAGGIE NICOLS 75TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!! ?? If you’re near/in London, come to the celebration at CAFE OTO: 8pm Saturday 25th February 2023.
Credit pic: Maggie Nicols. Quite the line-up! ANIRUDDHA DAS / ANSUMAN BISWAS / MAGGIE NICOLS (TRIO) + PHIL DURRANT /…
?Aberdeen Jazz Festival? next month (16 – 26 March 2023) has a diverse and fabulous programme, with the likes of Martin Kershaw, Dave Milligan, Fergus McCreadie & Matt Carmichael, Georgia Cécile & Fraser Urquhart, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Aberdeen’s own Sebastian Rochford.
https://www.facebook.com/AberdeenJazzFestival/videos/885861149277200/ https://jazzscotland.com/collections/aberdeenjazzfestival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival have scheduled a weekend of blues later this month, which kicks off with the amazing-sounding The Black Denims! ?
Further details here:https://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/whats-on
Another very important petition. ” STOP BBC RADIO SCOTLAND AXING CLASSICS UNWRAPPED FROM THE SCHEDULE.”
This really does feel like an onslaught on Scottish music and culture! Here is a third important petition. Please read…
A petition. “Why we must retain a full-service Pipeline programme on BBC Radio Scotland.”
BBC Radio Scotland means to reduce the profile of Scottish music on the radio. Please consider signing to protect Scotland’s…
?A Happy Christmas to all of you lovely Scottish Jazz Space followers, and may 2023 be a very good year for you! ? Here for your Christmas pleasure is a fun blues from Paisley’s Evelyn Laurie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeDadOXc00A&ab_channel=EvelynLaurieMusic
A Live Review! Edinburgh-born pianist-composer Ben Shankland’s trio played a gem of a set at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Autumn series recently. The trio was completed by Glasgow-based drummer Chun-Wei Kang and BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022, Kirkcaldy bassist Ewan Hastie. More below..
All three musicians delivered very impressively, Shankland generously allowing each of the trio adequate solo time to air their obvious…
