Helena Kay’s KIM Trio & Peter Johnstone – Golden Sands (Sulis Records. Available from BandCamp. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) From the very outset, you feel you’re in safe hands listening to […]
A new documentary film about Martin Speake’s February 2020 tour with Ethan Iverson, Calum Gourlay and Jeff Willams/ Jorge Rossy will receive its premiere screening this Saturday, 13 November at Sands Films […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Where Rivers Meet (Digital download review by Mark McKergow) The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and its energetic leader Tommy Smith have produced a dazzling variety of work […]
Sean Gibbs Quintet – When Can I See You Again?(Ubuntu Music. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Sean Gibbs hails from Edinburgh but is now London based, after having spent four very productive years on the […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Maria Rud – Where Rivers Meet: The Music of Dewey Redman and Albert Ayler (Recorded at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh on 30 April 2021. Streaming until August […]
Martin Speake Quartet with Ethan Iverson (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 13 February 2020. Review and photos by John Watson) The sound is plaintive and cool in musical temperature – subtle vibrato, […]
The distinctive tone of UK saxophonist Martin Speake has been well-known since his work with Itchy Fingers in the 1980s. Since then, he’s recorded 23 albums, including one for ECM with Paul […]
The Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears (Ubuntu Music UBU0043. CD review by Mark McKergow) Composer, band leader and double bass virtuoso Calum Gourlay reinforces his place as one of the UK’s […]
Bassist Calum Gourlay was born in Glasgow, and grew up in Fife, playing in his father’s jazz workshops and Scottish big bands, including Tommy Smith’s Youth Jazz Orchestra. He’s now based in London. His […]
He works incredibly hard, leaps into any situation he likes the sound of, has played in the bands of Dave Douglas and Paul Motian, and is making a rare visit to the […]
