SNJO & The Artistry of Jazzmeia Horn go LIVE
2019-10-09
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to welcome the outstanding American vocalist Jazzmeia Horn on her first visit toContinue Reading
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra presents ‘An American Journey’
2019-08-13
Hold on to your hats! This September, the SNJO welcomes U.S. tenor and soprano saxophonist Bill Evans for ‘American Journey’,Continue Reading
JAZZ REVIEW: Becc Sanderson
2019-07-17
Amid all the thrashing of drums, blaring of horns and squealing of strings which have charged the humid air ofContinue Reading
JAZZ REVIEW: Rita Payés With Brian Kellock Trio
2019-07-15
No rehearsal: Catalan singer and trombonist Rita Payés (a dazzling product of what one local journalist called the “irresistible magnetism” of the Sant AndreuContinue Reading
Edinburgh Queen’s Hall 40th Birthday with Beasts Of Scotland
2019-04-19
In the first of four jazz concerts to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Tommy Smith,Continue Reading
‘Norse Myths’ by The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
2019-02-27
The new SNJO concert season begins in earnest with Norse Myths an astonishing journey into strange magical realms and extraordinary new adventuresContinue Reading
The Glenn Miller Orchestra swings Edinburgh Usher Hall
2018-12-30
Did ye like it? Yes, we certainly did! That would be it from the audience and I for the Saturday’sContinue Reading
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Peter & the Wolf by Serge Prokofieff
2018-12-29
(On general release from 25th January 2019 on Spartacus Records) Leading Scots actor Tam Dean Burn joins the SNJO to create a wildly vividContinue Reading
MUSIC REVIEW: Carol Kidd @ Glasgow’s Concert Halls
2018-12-23
When she refrains from flashing… her infectious smile. When she resists the urge to bare her ass… -ets in theContinue Reading
The Count and the Duke: Basie and Ellington @ Edinburgh Usher Hall
2018-12-07
As a complete newcomer among a jazz lovers audience at the Usher Hall on Thursday the 6th of December 2018,Continue Reading
REVIEW: BBC’s Jazzology with Soweto Kinch
2018-12-01
There are so many misconceptions about jazz, argues the show’s presenter, saxophonist Soweto Kinch. It’s old-fashioned, impenetrable, for the elite.Continue Reading
NUBIYAN TWIST LIVE IN EDINBURGH
2018-10-09
The UK’s most exciting Afrobeat purveyors bring their mighty sound to La Belle Angéle on Wednesday 14 November! With an epicContinue Reading
Kurt Elling Quintet @ Edinburgh Jazz Festival
2018-07-16
Though his style and appearance is as understated as Not Flash, Just Gordon (a long walk and a slow drawlContinue Reading
Ian Shaw @ Glasgow Jazz Festival
2018-06-22
With its basement bar, low ceiling and intimate setting, The Blue Arrow on Sauchiehall Street is the perfect jazz venueContinue Reading