Swing Guitars
Scotlands pre-eminent guitar duo Swing Guitars came together through a mutual admiration of the music of gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but the duo are not concerned about slavish imitation and infuse the music with their own highly spirited personal style. Now well established on the live circuit and festival scene, Swing Guitars have gained a deserved reputation as a formidable and highly entertaining live act. Since first coming to prominence on the Celtic Connections open stage, Swing Guitars have graced stages around the UK and Europe with such performers as John Jorgenson, Bob Brozman, Woody Mann, John Goldie, The Incredible ...
Academy Swing
"Academy Swing", the swing band of Rothesay Joint Campus have been performing at the Bute Jazz Festival since 2004 and this year will be opening the festival. The band has made quite a reputation for itself in the past few years and performs regularly in the local community and further a field at venues such as the Loch Fyne food fair. It has also toured regularly throughout Argyll giving community concerts and schools demonstration performances on Islay, Mull, Oban and Mid Kintyre. Academy Swing plays in a varied selection of styles, from trad jazz through to big band, through to present ...
Bobby Wishart Group
Bobby Wishart is one of the greatest jazz musicians in the UK. His band is a byword for quality and one of the finest combos performing today. When you consider the people that Bobby has worked with you begin to realise why he has such a big reputation in the world of music. Over the years Bobby regularly performs and broadcasts with his own groups which feature the very best of the young, as well as the more established Scottish players including... Carol Kidd, Voted UK No 1 Jazz Vocalist David Newton, Voted UK No 1 Jazz Pianist Sandro Ciancio, percussionist - the Scottish National ...
Keith Stephen’s Hot Club Trio
The band plays the music of Django Reinhardt and Hot Club style jazz. The band consists of Keith Stephen on lead guitar, 6-string banjo, tenor banjo and ukulele; Roly Veitch on rhythm guitar and vocals and Bruce Rollo on double bass. Young singer Caroline Irwin joins the band on certain gigs. The band is sometimes augmented with a reed player or violin. The band have played with Bill Smith (reeds), John Hallam (reeds) and Mike Piggott (violin) on many occasions and are also playing with Tim Kliphuis, Enrico Tomasso, Frank Brooker, and others in the coming year.
Penman’s Jazzmen
Formed in 1959 ‘The George Penman Jazzmen’ established a large following for their music. The musical capabilities of the band were proven when in 1961 they won a Scottish Band Championship and in the following year lifted all the major awards at the North Scotland Jazz Festival. With numerous appearances on Radio, Television and recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios with Thorn/EMI label the band have gone from strength to strength. Sadly George Penman passed away in 2009, however the band still continues playing gigs all over the country, including a regular slot at ‘King Tuts’ in Glasgow every Saturday afternoon.
Brass Impact
Live & Swingin' is Scotland Premier tribute to the kings and queens of big band jazz and swing (past and present) and a nice helping of blues, rock, Motown and soul, if you need it. Based in Paisley, and playing in the style of the ever popular big bands, their main aim is to provide audiences with the opportunity to experience big band like they've never heard it before. The horn section, made up of trumpets, mellophones, a tenor saxophone, and valve trombones gives us a very unique and exciting sound. This unique sound comes from the use of some 'non-traditional' big band ...
The Big Chris Barber Band
British jazz trombonist Chris Barber celebrates his 60th year as a bandleader in 2008-2009. Inspired by the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Chris formed his first Barber New Orleans Band in 1949 at the age of nineteen. In 1953, along with Monty Sunshine and Lonnie Donegan, he joined forces with Ken Colyer. Then, with the replacement of Colyer by Pat Halcox, Ken Colyer's Jazzmen became Chris Barber's Jazz Band in 1954 and has been one of Europe's most successful traditional jazz bands ever since. Over the years, Chris Barber's Jazz Band evolved into the Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band, a ...
Acousticrat
The story so far…… PAUL TEMPLEMAN is a well-known musician, music promoter and music teacher from the North East of England. For the last few years Paul has played assorted stringed instruments in roots-rock band Snake Oil and more recently with singer-songwriter Jack Burness. He also toured and recorded with Bob Purves (of George Harrison proteges, Splinter) the late, great Tim Rose (writer of the Jimi Hendrix hit “Hey Joe”) and Austin-based Americana legend Bob Cheevers. It was during a Cheevers tour gig at The Boat in Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, that Paul first met SAM TWEEDLIE and PAUL MELVIN. ...
The Tim Saul Modern Jazz Trio
The trio was formed in 2005 and we also play in a local trad band with Phil Mason (of All Stars fame). We are available for bookings for your party, wedding, etc. We have a Myspace page with some of our music uploaded for you to enjoy. CLICK HERE to visit our page. Current members of our trio are: Paul McKay (bass) plays fretless 5 string upright electric double bass and also a Yamaha fretless 5 string bass guitar and uses Ashdown bass amplification. He recently acquired a new Ashdown Super Fly amplifier which is alleged to prevent hernias, but we have yet to ...
T.J.Johnson Band
TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK's finest jazz and blues singers. He is also an accomplished piano player, drummer and a respected bandleader. Always a true ambassador of the soul, TJ sings songs of love lost and gained, of life wholesome and corrupt, songs of hope, songs of the night, all with the true passion and boozy swagger of only a man who has been there and knows. Backed by his group of top British musicians TJ plays an extraordinary blend of music that transcends the boundaries of jazz, blues, soul, country and gospel and is ...
2010 Line up
Scotlands pre-eminent guitar duo Swing Guitars came together through a mutual admiration of the music of gypsy guitarist Django...
Academy Swing“Academy Swing”, the swing band of Rothesay Joint Campus have been performing at the Bute Jazz Festival since 2004...
Bobby Wishart GroupBobby Wishart is one of the greatest jazz musicians in the UK. His band is a byword for quality and one of the finest combos performing...
Keith Stephen’s Hot Club TrioThe band plays the music of Django Reinhardt and Hot Club style jazz. The band consists of Keith Stephen on lead guitar, 6-string...
Penman’s JazzmenFormed in 1959 ‘The George Penman Jazzmen’ established a large following for their music. The musical capabilities of the...
Brass Impact
Live & Swingin’ is Scotland Premier tribute to the kings and queens of big band jazz and swing (past and present) and...
The Big Chris Barber Band
British jazz trombonist Chris Barber celebrates his 60th year as a bandleader in 2008-2009. Inspired by the King Oliver Creole...
AcousticratThe story so far…… PAUL TEMPLEMAN is a well-known musician, music promoter and music teacher from the North East of England....
The Tim Saul Modern Jazz Trio
The trio was formed in 2005 and we also play in a local trad band with Phil Mason (of All Stars fame). We are available for bookings...
T.J.Johnson Band
TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s finest jazz and blues singers. He is also an accomplished piano player,...
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