Category: Concert Review
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Where Rivers Meet – Live Review. The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 29th September 2022
This highly ambitious project was first performed last April in Edinburgh’s darkly atmospheric St Giles Cathedral, with Russian artist Maria…
Flamenco Jazz Sketches, Philip Adie / Luis Salto Duo at Alba Flamenca, Edinburgh, 28 August 2022
There was a time when it seemed as though Edinburgh Festival Fringe mostly took place in hard to locate, tiny…
Fills Monkey: We Will Drum You – at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Live review by SJS’ Fiona Mactaggart, for London Jazz News. A joyfully frenetic show of percussion and clowning about… ??
https://londonjazznews.com/2022/09/01/fills-monkey-we-will-drum-you-at-the-edinburgh-fringe/
Here is the Scottish Jazz Space overview of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2022, for the wonderful New York zine, DooBeeDooBeeDoo!! [Under my name, FM]
https://doobeedoobeedoo.info/2022/08/20/festival-review-edinburgh-jazz-and-blues-festival-ejbf-july-2022/
Live Review: Fine Men With Foul Tongues. Piccolo, George Square, Edinburgh. Sunday 24 July 2022
Bassist Brodie Jarvie’s marvellously-monikered Fine Men With Foul Tongues (FMWFT) is certainly a fine septet, composed of some of Scotland’s…
Live Review: Archipélagos. The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. Saturday 23 July 2022
Nowadays in Scotland it seems less often that we have the pleasure of hearing live a quality band of jazzers…
Live Review: Mndmth / Mistafaz / Harry Weir; with support from IT. La Belle Angele, Hasties Close, Edinburgh. Friday 22 July 2022
Proving just how diverse Scottish jazz can be and how cross-over with other musical genres can bear fruits of many…
Live Review: Fabio Giachino Solo; Dave Milligan & Norman Willmore. Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh. Friday 22 July 2022
Opening the concert tonight was Italian pianist Fabio Giachino, who had last attended the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, with…
Live Review: Martin Kershaw Octet: Poets. Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh. Wednesday 20 July 2022
Live Review: Martin Kershaw Octet: Poets Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh Wednesday 20 July 2022 The Assembly Roxy was…
Live Review: Brian Molley Quintet play Getz and Byrd’s Jazz Samba. Assembly Roxy, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh. Monday 18 July 2022
It was clear from the start of this two-set gig, even before he explained his long-standing love of Stan Getz…