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53. ‘The Warrior Who Became A Tiger’ from the enormously talented Alan Benzie – Pianist and Composer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=wDjfyQKmweo&feature=emb_logo
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52. More from maestro Tommy Smith, this time a gorgeous sax solo from Norse Myths.
Lucky were those of us who attended this concert – it was a tour de force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eyicXcmipc&list=PLSh-Jhmc0v1hx0tBDqGhUxiFfsGHhY2K0&index=27&t=0s
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51. The astounding Carol Kidd. Hard to imagine this song could ever be sung better than this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8R5mqikjjg
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50. The Quintet ‘Boptimism’ formed in Edinburgh in 2017 following the break up of the Keith Edwards Quintet due to the sad passing of Bill Kyle (drummer and The Jazz Bar owner).
The band plays a mix of original charts from trumpeter Donald Corbett and arrangements from Jimmy Deuchar, Tubby Hayes, Cedar…
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49. Sadly I missed this performance by the Auld Alliance Jazz Quintet at the 2019 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival; more’s the pity judging by this clip.
Featuring the very wonderful Stewart Forbes (alto sax), Colin Steele (tp), Steve Hamilton (piano) with Sébastien Dochy (db bass) and Patrick Mullié…
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48. The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland’s acoustic version of their magnificently melancholic ‘Jingle Bells.’
Suggest wait for the giggle at the end.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1AKoIrqwDA
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47. This sunny, recent recording by effervescent singer Ali Affleck with Los Angeles-based guitarist Jonathan Stout, Swing Guitar.
L.A. and Edinburgh united in the lockdown! Enjoy. https://soundcloud.com/alison-affleck/some-of-these-days-with-jonathan-stout?fbclid=IwAR0bIMn7fJmT5SM0TBzxQFAvuGOHZLHbbYPJC8QTbr-YcKuiiHKvE0AivNg
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46. Today’s clip is more fascinating explanation than actual music: ‘Aeolian’, commissioned by Scotland’s Red Note Ensemble.
By Norwegian composer Maja S. K. Ratkje, UK installation artist Kathy Hinde and Danish accordionist Andreas Borregaard. This part-performance, part kinetic-sculptural work, combines newly-designed…
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45. NeWt !
Haven’t heard this brilliant band live for a few years – miss them! So here’s their bandcamp page (cann’t seem…
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44. Hugely talented Mark Hendry’s beautiful ‘Esperance’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4MsA4RshOk