AN AMBITIOUS improvised music project which will culminate in the release of an album influenced by horror-fantasy fiction is in the works. The project will also fulfil something of a long-held dream of local jazz stalwart Jeff Merrifield, who has been involved in music circles.
SATURDAY night saw a packed Scalloway Hall treated to a night of music and culture for all the family in the last event of the Shetland Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) season. Headliner Sidiki Dembele from the Ivory Coast arrived in Shetland the previous Sunday. Over the course of.
AN IN-DEMAND saxophone player is to perform at the latest jazz gig to be held in Shetland later this week. Julian Nicholas will take to the stage with Shetland's own Daisy Anderson Quartet at Lerwick Town Hall on 15 April - with a workshop planned for the afternoon too. The gig.
A MUSIC improvisation workshop and concert is being held in Lerwick this coming weekend, with three experienced performers heading north to Shetland to take part. Saxophonist Raymond MacDonald, who is a professor and chair of music psychology and improvisation at the University.