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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’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTW2kNyWQyY&list=OLAK5uy_lgfLneqWzEKgyAXCvTePxxAClWvv5Bfow&index=3
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72. Today’s music clip is by way of a “hello!” across the Atlantic to fellow musicians & music devotees in New York, USA. Scottish Jazz Space’s main writer (FM) has musical links to this city & its music industry – as elsewhere – is being seriously affected by the current pandemic . We feature a fine classical & jazz guitarist who is based on Staten Island, musician & teacher Rich Peare. On solo guitar, the well-known samba ‘A Day in the Life of a Fool’.
https://richpeare.bandcamp.com/track/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-fool
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71. Today’s clip is a magnificent baritone sax (+ pedals) solo from Edinburgh-based Sue McKenzie, in a video from a past Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Fest. This is the powerful and very wonderful intro to ‘Bold’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8lrguwabBk
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70. The wonderfully-monikered Fife band, Strangeness and Charm, led by versatile composer, saxophonist and educator Richard Ingham. ‘Solstice’, composed by the band’s drummer Andy James, with its superb Sun Ra-style coda.. ?
https://soundcloud.com/largo-music/04-solstice
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69. The beautiful, clear tones of Fionna Duncan, queen of Scottish trad jazz. With the superb Clyde Valley Stompers, her excellent interpretation of ‘Mack The Knife’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maxY4TgMPaA
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68. Obviously, there are not enough women musicians represented on this page – something that will be remedied. Today’s pick is the wonderful Georgia Cécile Smith, singing ‘Always Be Right For Me’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOiKNL77Z5k
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67. So today’s pick for Scottish Jazz Space’s Quarantine Series is perhaps one mostly for the drummers and Ligeti (pere et fils) fans out there. The complex elegance of Gyorgi Ligeti’s ‘Hungarian Rock’, as transcribed and played by Scottish drummer Rich Kass. Brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70WPlcV4JGA
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66. Whilst the Youtube video of this fantastic Scottish big band playing to a boisterous crowd is a joy to see, the sound quality on Soundcloud is superior, so it’s the latter we have here. The Loveboat Big Band’s rambunctious rendition of the Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’.
https://soundcloud.com/loveboatbigband/sweet-dreams
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65. Thanks to the quarantine most of us are currently seeing more of the inside of our houses than usual. Sophie Bancroft’s lovely song ‘Home’ feels apt.
https://soundcloud.com/sophie-bancroft/home
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64. This Scottish saxophonist is already flying high and it will doubtless be a great pleasure to follow his career in coming years. Matt Carmichael – Saxophonist in his eponymous quartet, with ‘Hopeful Morning’.
https://soundcloud.com/matthewcarmichael-15/hopeful-morning