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  • ‘Water rhythms – listening to climate change’ (ambient sounds, music & science) from Counterflows festival: a podcast by Susie Ibarra & Michele Koppes. Worth a listen! πŸ’§πŸ’¦
  • Five newly invented musical instruments! Segulharpa, or a lego microtonal guitar, anyone..? πŸ˜€ Cool article from The New York Times.
  • Scottish drummer par excellence Corrie Dick + Theo Erskine, Joe Downard & Sam James have an Online gig tomorrow Friday 9th April 2021 at 8pm. It’ll be great! πŸ˜€πŸŽ‰
  • A ‘global music vault’? Interesting..
  • Guitarist Tom Stephenson has just released his debut album, ‘Perfect Circle’ – and to this listener’s ears at least, it is rather perfect. Ultra-able contemporaries bassist Mark Hendry and drummer Greg Irons complete the trio.
  • International Jazz Day, celebrated worldwide on April 30th 2021 “recognizes jazz as a force for peace, intercultural dialogue and international communication”. Lots to hear; and musicians, is not too late to sign up.. 🎡🎡🎡
  • Public call for material: Stewart Smith is collating a digital archive of jazz and improvised music at Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre from 1975 to 1992. Further details in link..
  • Ali Affleck presents a talk : “The Maturing Female Voice” today Wednesday 7th April 20221 at 8pm! Tickets Β£6 and importantly booking closes 2 hours beforehand at 6pm. Should be really interesting.. πŸ™‚
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Composer David Bruce’s very excellent talk about Gyorgy Ligeti’s ‘musical illusions’: though not jazz, lights up similar parts of the brain. πŸ˜€ (Big thanks to Simon B for the heads up re this one.)

 15/07/2020

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← 91. Cowdenbeath’s most famous jazz export, the late baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley achieved great success on both sides of the Atlantic, a particular claim to fame being his recruitment by Wynton Marsalis, to become a founder member of the renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in New York. Is there anything more beautiful than his signature rendition, on bass clarinet, of Ellington’s ‘Single Petal Of The Rose’? πŸ™‚
A laudable enterprise: The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is to launch a charity single, ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ this Saturday 18 July 2020, Nelson Mandela Day. Any donations will go to the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation. →

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  • ‘Water rhythms – listening to climate change’ (ambient sounds, music & science) from Counterflows festival: a podcast by Susie Ibarra & Michele Koppes. Worth a listen! πŸ’§πŸ’¦ 13/04/2021
  • Five newly invented musical instruments! Segulharpa, or a lego microtonal guitar, anyone..? πŸ˜€ Cool article from The New York Times. 13/04/2021
  • Scottish drummer par excellence Corrie Dick + Theo Erskine, Joe Downard & Sam James have an Online gig tomorrow Friday 9th April 2021 at 8pm. It’ll be great! πŸ˜€πŸŽ‰ 08/04/2021
  • A ‘global music vault’? Interesting.. 08/04/2021
  • Guitarist Tom Stephenson has just released his debut album, ‘Perfect Circle’ – and to this listener’s ears at least, it is rather perfect. Ultra-able contemporaries bassist Mark Hendry and drummer Greg Irons complete the trio. 08/04/2021
  • International Jazz Day, celebrated worldwide on April 30th 2021 “recognizes jazz as a force for peace, intercultural dialogue and international communication”. Lots to hear; and musicians, is not too late to sign up.. 🎡🎡🎡 07/04/2021
  • Public call for material: Stewart Smith is collating a digital archive of jazz and improvised music at Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre from 1975 to 1992. Further details in link.. 07/04/2021
  • Ali Affleck presents a talk : “The Maturing Female Voice” today Wednesday 7th April 20221 at 8pm! Tickets Β£6 and importantly booking closes 2 hours beforehand at 6pm. Should be really interesting.. πŸ™‚ 07/04/2021
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