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Alyn Cosker

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Alyn Cosker Trio

Alyn Cosker Trio

23 Jul 2009

Flexing some proper musical muscle in this genuinely innovative power trio format, Cosker infuses his musical hybrid with the many flavours he absorbs from his other adventures, be it rock, jazz, folk or beyond. Here, it’s a case of balancing the…

Konrad Wiszniewski

Scottish Jazz Expo at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

A showcase of new bands and fresh collaborations

13 Jul 2009

Like the Homegrown weekend at the Glasgow Jazz Festival, the Scottish Jazz Expo is aimed at raising the profile of our country's musicians. This year’s programme includes an impressive range of the most exciting developments here, alongside projects…

Paul Towndrow

Paul Towndrow and Nigel Hitchcock: Encounters

14 May 2009

This encounter between saxophonists Paul Towndrow and Nigel Hitchcock has its roots in the Celtic fusion of the Peatbog Faeries, where the Skye-based Hitchcock is a regular with his fellow island resident, trombonist Rick Taylor. Towndrow did some gigs…

The Martin Green Machine - First Sighting

The Martin Green Machine - First Sighting

(3 stars)19 Mar 2009

FOLK Accordionist Martin Green unleashed the Green Machine as a New Voices commission at Celtic Connections in 2006, with guitarist Tom Cook as his principal co-collaborator, and a powerful band willing and able to take on his iconoclastic vision. I…

Anderson/Smith/Cosker

Anderson/Smith/Cosker

Nordic cool meets Scottish heat

31 Jul 2008

Saxophonist Tommy Smith’s current relationship with the Norwegian bass maestro Arild Andersen dates from 2005, when they got together as a duo at the Islay Jazz Festival. It was by no means their first encounter, however – Andersen was one of Tommy’s…

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