Scottish Jazz Space
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- 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.’
- SoSaLa’s latest album, 1994, was released recently. It’s really great No Wave music from this NY-based music activist. Here’s my brief album review.
- This morning in UK Jazz News, a review of Simon Thacker and Justyna Jablonska’s dazzling new album.