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Fat Suit produce the goods

It began as a tribute band but Fat-Suit has just released its second album of original music, Jugaad, in twelve months and at the end of a year that has seen the Glasgow-based...

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Ole Seimetz | My Everything

Ole Seimetz is describing his transformation from a fourteen year old who didn’t particularly listen to music into, at sixteen, a very determined young drummer who wanted to...

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From broomsticks to fiddle sticks story makes Bangalore dream come true

When Jyotsna Srikanth heard a violin being played for the first time, at a concert in Bangalore at the age of five, she was so taken by the instrument that when she got home she...

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Sax and trumpet recreate classics – with strings attached

Two of Scotland’s leading jazz musicians step into big shoes when they pay tribute to musical giants at a special concert presentation of the music from classic albums Charlie...

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Laura Macdonald & David Berkman launch new CD

Scottish Saxophonist Laura Macdonald and New York pianist David Berkman mark the release of their new Duets album with a London Jazz Festival launch and a series of dates in...

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South African Clouts hitting the road to Scotland

You don’t need a degree in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University to play jazz but it certainly helped pianist and composer Philip Clouts. South Africa-born Clouts, who...

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Featured Venue | The 606 Jazz Club London

By: Rob Adams Ronnie Scott used to joke that the food his jazz club in Soho, London served was delicious because “fifty thousand flies can’t be wrong.” Four miles west, at...

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The drummer who floored “Q” takes his exciting young band to Scotland

When it comes to professional advice, London-based drummer Ollie Howell, who is about to lead his acclaimed quintet on its first tour of Scotland, can call on the best available....

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Colianni, Bancroft, Mullen & Molley take it from the Bridge in Scotland

Bridge Music, the organisation that promotes jazz in the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh and Glasgow Art Club, has announced a full programme for September and October. New York-based...

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Fusion collective Fat-Suit hit the road in Europe

Scottish fifteen-piece fusion collective Fat-Suit have announced their first European tour, beginning later this month. The band, which formed last year and has been likened to...

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Jim Mullen receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Scottish Jazz Awards

Singer Alison Affleck, saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and long-serving BBC radio producer Keith Loxam were among the prize winners at the...

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