Made a Trustee of The Scottish Bass Trust
Very excited to become a new trustees of the Scottish Bass Trust. This organisation does a lot great work organising events and coordinating promoting the double bass in Scotland.
Very excited to become a new trustees of the Scottish Bass Trust. This organisation does a lot great work organising events and coordinating promoting the double bass in Scotland.
It’s been a fairly busy, exciting and draining couple of months. With two tours back to back followed by numerous other one off gigs and teaching commitments, i’m completely pooped! Luckily for me i’ve got a few weeks of traveling around South America coming up after Christmas in the form of my honeymoon. Have a great festive holiday and see you in the new year!
It’s tour time again! Off on the road for a bumper few weeks with Twelfth Day, catch us at one of these dates!
15th November – Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh
18th November – Hug and Pint, Glasgow
19th November – Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
22nd November – Ashburton Arts Centre, Ashburton, Devon
23rd November – Tolmen Centre, Constantine, Cornwall
24th November – The Acorn, Penzance, Cornwall
25th November – The Bell Inn, Bath
26th November – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
27th November – Cecil Sharp House, London
28th November – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
29th November – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
30th November – Victoria Hall, Settle
Just finished a lovely few days recording with Henry Spencer in London. We got some great new music recorded and have plans for a new album release soon!
I’m delighted to announce that Juncture’s recent performance at the London Jazz Festival was broadcast for Mezzo TV which is one of the largest arts television networks in Europe! Here’s a link to the video of our set!
Here’s a video of one the tracks from Little Mysteries! Come and check out the music live at one of the launch tour dates!
I’m getting seriously excited for this tour in just under two weeks time with Alan Benzie – Pianist and Composer and Marton Juhasz Music!!!! Come to one of the dates to check out the music and say hello.
I’ve had an exciting few weeks travelling and playing around the UK, Norway and Denmark. Since last year i’ve been trying to write some new music and there should some exciting news in a month or so regarding a new project.
In the meantime I can’t wait to play at Herr Nilsen this Saturday with the Dave Edge/Roy Nikolaisen kvintett! It will feature Dave, Roy, Magne Arnesen and Roger Johansen and we will be playing some music by Cedar Walton among others! More info here! https://www.facebook.com/events/180983295980909/?active_tab=about
Here’s the latest video in the series of transcriptions that i’ve been learning all by ear. It’s a walking bass line from the great Sam Jones playing Oleo with Bill Evans and Philly Joe Jones off the album “Everybody Digs Bill Evans” which is a fantastic record. What I love about this track is how each musician pulls or pushes the time around at certain points. Learning and following playing like this by ear is challenging and takes some time to do accurately (I spent around a month learning this one!) but it’s really rewarding and forces you to listen extra hard for those details. Have listen (ideally with headphones) and let me know what you think!
P.S. I’m aware that I can seem a bit grumpy when i’m playing, my partner says I look like a moody dog but it’s only because i’m concentrating! I’m really a happy chappy so if you make it to the end you might just be rewarded with a smile!!
Hello there! Fantastic news that Alan Benzie got his album successfully crowdfunded!!!! Him, myself and Marton Juhasz will be looking forward to it being released in February 2018 with a European Tour to help promote the release, so watch this space and thanks again !!