The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra returns to one of its specialisms, the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, for its latest tour, which takes in Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh from 8 to 10 December. Under the direction of [...]
Pianist Ben Shankland (*), a current student at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, has won the 2023 BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician Award. The competition was held at BBC Scotland’s Studios on Pacific Quay in Glasgow yesterday 26 November. The other finalists [...]
On another damp and dismal evening, I was looking forward to finding out more about Jocelyn Gould, the guest at Frank and Mark’s. The musicians entered almost unnoticed, followed with a lovely humble introduction to (and from) the Juno Award-winning [...]
This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ray Gallon, a revered pianist, composer and arranger who has worked with a number of leading lights. Grand Company, his new trio album with [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” this week features pianist, composer, and educator Kerry Politzer. She is a first-call player on Portland, Oregon’s increasingly rich jazz scene, as well as an educator on Portland State University’s jazz faculty. She also received grants in [...]
