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 […]
Tomorrow’s New Quartet – All Together, Now! (Ubuntu UBU0110 – Album review by Mark McKergow) British drummer Rod Oughton assembles a top line-up to perform his neat and varied jazz compositions and […]
Saxophonist Helena Kay is joining the City Music Foundation Artist Scheme . The full announcement is HERE The other awardees are: Connaught Brass, Ensemble Hesperi (baroque group), Harriet Burns (soprano) James Larter […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Live At 25 (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 24 September 2021. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Tommy Smith has clearly been counting the days since the SNJO last […]
Paul Towndrow – Deepening The River (Paul Towndrow’s Bandcamp. CD review by Mark McKergow) This hour-long suite for an extended big band line-up marks alto saxophonist Paul Towndrow’s elevation to a major voice on the […]
Saxophonist Helena Kay grew up in Perth in Scotland, studied in London from 2012 to 2016, and is currently based in New York. She has been Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the […]
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 […]
