PIPER Fred Morrison begins an extensive solo tour of Scotland at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Skye today. Morrison has forged a reputation as one of the most expressive players of the Highland pipes, uilleann pipes, Border pipes and low whistle. He holds the record for winning the prestigious Macallan Trophy at Lorient Festival in Brittany, having taken the title seven times, and this year he won both the Piobaireeachd title and the MacCrimmon Trophy at the same event. The tour takes him to Benbecula (tomorrow), Stornoway (Friday), Achiltibuie (Saturday), Banchory (Sunday), Gordonstoun (28th), Eyemouth (30th), Dumfries (December 1st), Cladach, Isle of Arran (2nd), Strachur (3rd), Glenuig (4th), Plockton (5th), Glenelg (6th), Tombreck, Perthshire (7th), Kirkcaldy (8th), Stirling (9th), and Dundee (10th).
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AUSTRALIAN multi-instrumentalist James Morrison has added an extra Scottish concert to his current European tour. Morrison, who plays almost all the instruments in the standard big band and specialises in trumpet, brings his band Multiplicity with special guest, Scottish piano virtuoso Brian Kellock to the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh on tomorrow. Multiplicity has played sell out audiences at Ronnie Scott’s in London, the Proms in Prague and Stift Melk in Vienna and features Morrison’s sons, William (guitar) and Harry (bass) with another graduate from Morrison’s own music academy, Patrick Danao on drums. The reunion of Morrison and Kellock, pictured, celebrates the twentieth anniversary of their first performance together for Edinburgh Jazz Festival. The concert begins at 8:30pm.
thejazzbar.co.uk
FIDDLE and guitar duo Ross Couper & Tom Oakes play a concert at Summerhall in Edinburgh on Friday, December 2nd. The concert marks the opening of Couper and Oakes’ second mini festival and teaching weekend, Winter Trad, and will feature music from their forthcoming album, Fiddle and Guitar, which is due to be launched at Celtic Connections in Glasgow on February 4. Shetlander Couper and Devonian Oakes have been playing together for almost a decade and have toured Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the UK. They have also collaborated with Danish pop star Lukas Graham and have appeared twice on the BBC TV drama Shetland. They will be supported at Summerhall by fiddler and Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year 2016 finalist Robbie Greig. The concert begins at 7:30pm.
wintertrad.com
JAZZ pianist Louis Durra has made all of his albums free to download. The Berlin-based musician still carries physical copies of his CDs with him on tour but has decided that sharing his music and trying to get it heard in a world that’s full of competition is more important than sales. Durra is touring in Scotland this week and plays at the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh tonight; Blue Lamp, Aberdeen tomorrow; Arlington Baths Club on Friday; and Eyemouth Hippodrome on Saturday.
louisdurra.com
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