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Reviews & interviews ..
  • The fabulous Rose Room’s latest, beautiful album, ‘It’s Been A Long. Long Time,’ reviewed in Jazz In Europe.
  • Tectonics Festival of new and experimental music returns to Glasgow, this weekend! 3 & 4 May 2025.
  • Launch of new Scottish Jazz online radio show!!
  • Spicy L’ll Devils: this’ll be a fun one! At Edinburgh’s The Jazz Bar, kick off at 9.15pm this Wednesday 9th April.
  • The very excellent Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with the fabulous Trilok Gurtu, last weekend in The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. What tremendous music this was, not least Gurtu’s mind-blowing solo!
  • Brilliant gig yesterday at St Bride’s Centre, as part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival’s mini festival, NOVUS. Pianist Chris Lyons’ gorgeous improvisations on piano were followed by an arrestingly beautiful set from Phil Bancroft’s Beautiful Storm, with Gyan Singh and Graeme Stephen.
  • Aberdeen Jazz Festival returns from 13–23 March 2025, and thanks to funding support from The National Lottery through Creative Scotland & Aberdeen City Council, it’s bigger than ever.
  • DJ-Producer Rebecca Vasmant, who is increasingly a fabulous ambassador for Scottish jazz, has released a single last Thursday: ‘Rooted.’
 Posted in Others’ articles of interest

Interesting article in last week’s New Yorker about maestro composer-pianist Carla Bley, written by Ethan Iverson.

 19/05/2020

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-lifetime-of-carla-bley?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned&fbclid=IwAR34RhUORp9QbXVZ2ZYLeqeFz4M4KQffjj7hpna4OrLFatirEg-n1YHgzrY

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  • The fabulous Rose Room’s latest, beautiful album, ‘It’s Been A Long. Long Time,’ reviewed in Jazz In Europe. 02/05/2025
  • Tectonics Festival of new and experimental music returns to Glasgow, this weekend! 3 & 4 May 2025. 01/05/2025
  • Launch of new Scottish Jazz online radio show!! 06/04/2025
  • Spicy L’ll Devils: this’ll be a fun one! At Edinburgh’s The Jazz Bar, kick off at 9.15pm this Wednesday 9th April. 06/04/2025
  • The very excellent Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with the fabulous Trilok Gurtu, last weekend in The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. What tremendous music this was, not least Gurtu’s mind-blowing solo! 03/04/2025
  • Brilliant gig yesterday at St Bride’s Centre, as part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival’s mini festival, NOVUS. Pianist Chris Lyons’ gorgeous improvisations on piano were followed by an arrestingly beautiful set from Phil Bancroft’s Beautiful Storm, with Gyan Singh and Graeme Stephen. 23/03/2025
  • Aberdeen Jazz Festival returns from 13–23 March 2025, and thanks to funding support from The National Lottery through Creative Scotland & Aberdeen City Council, it’s bigger than ever. 09/02/2025
  • DJ-Producer Rebecca Vasmant, who is increasingly a fabulous ambassador for Scottish jazz, has released a single last Thursday: ‘Rooted.’ 25/01/2025
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