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Congratulations to Ben Shankland, winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2023!!

Pic from LJN. This, from a year ago, shows his talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-KzalC3wtk&ab_channel=BenShankland  
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Finalists announced for BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2023!

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/bbc-radio-scotland-young-jazz-musicians-finalists?fbclid=IwAR3XDt7eD1ZmJR7sMlli3Iyap1BPOfxL4vr4RGp2RLYUG-IUVaoSZ5tzlQo
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Fergus McCreadie is joining The Playtime ‘boys’ at 8.15pm tonight! Online (see below) and in person The Outhouse, Edinburgh.

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Dundee Jazz Festival starts today 2nd November!! See the fantastic line-up below..

https://jazzscotland.com/collections/dundee-jazz-festival  
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This sounds really interesting!! ‘Week of Sound’, Edinburgh. 16 – 20 October 2023

https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/at-a-glance/
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Stonking gig alert!! Top-drawer Trio Michael Blicher (sax) / Dan Hemmer (Hammond organ)/ Dr. Steve Gadd (drums) have sold out their first Glasgow gig, so now there’s a second one on 2nd September, 7 – 10pm at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, Glasgow! Tickets still available for the second one, see below..

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Live Review: Anoushka Shankar, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival, 27th August 2023.

An enthusiastic full house greeted sitar master, Anoushka Shankar last Sunday evening at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, where in quintet she…
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Live Review: Edinburgh International Festival presents LANKUM at The Queen’s Hall, 17th August 2023. “Perhaps most striking of all is the sincerity and intensity with which Lankum perform. Their words and music seem to come from a very deep place, though any possible shadows there are expressed so very, very beautifully.” More below..

Some unsettling but rather captivating ambient electronic music put early-arriving audience members in an appropriate mood for this much anticipated…
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Attention musicians within reach of Edinburgh this Friday 18th August at 11pm! Edinburgh International Festival presents: “Up Late With Domo Branch at The Hub”. Domo Branch, jazz drummer, composer and educator from Portland, Oregon is hosting and featuring in an open jam session. With Andrew Robb on bass and Paul Harrison on keys. This is ticketed but FREE event! Details below..

Pic credit: EIF. https://www.eif.co.uk/book/instance/147801  
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The wonderful Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival in a month’s time, 15 – 17 September 2023! See the line-up below!!

Photo credit: Rosie Reed Gold/ ECM Records. https://jazzscotland.com/blogs/islay-musicians