New promoters bring Classic Jazz to town
New promoters bring Classic Jazz to town
Recently established promoters Nairn Jazz present drummer Ken Mathieson's Classic Jazz Orchestra at Nairn Community & Arts Centre on Saturday, October 25 at 8pm.
The Highland promoters are carrying on the work done for many years by Ken Ramage, who founded and ran Nairn Jazz Festival as well as promoting top-flight jazz attractions in the town throughout the year.
Mathieson's, pictured, CJO play jazz from Jelly Roll Morton and the music's origins through to Charles Mingus and Gil Evans.
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Festival first for Spanish films
THE inaugural Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) will take place at the Filmhouse and Edinburgh University next month.
The festival, from October 8-12, brings 13 contemporary Spanish films to Edinburgh alongside Spanish directors who will introduce some of the screenings. It also has a schools programme.
The festival opens with In A Foreign Land, the British premiere of a documentary about Spanish immigrants in Edinburgh.
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Five composers in awards final
THE five finalists for this year's Martyn Bennett Prize for Traditional Music Composition have been announced.
They are James Lindsay of Glasgow, Stuart Macpherson of Dumfries, Christopher Bradley, Aidan O'Rourke and Rob Taylor, all based in Edinburgh, where 16-year-old Taylor is a student at City of Edinburgh Music School.
Their pieces will be played by a band led by Seonaid Aitken and featuring Fraser Fifield, Colin Train, Graeme Stephen and Andrew Sharkey at a concert at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on October 14 and assessed by judges Jim Sutherland, Sally Beamish and Hector MacInnes (the 2013 winner).
At stake is a first prize of £2000 with a trophy by glass artist Karen Akester, and a runner-up prize of £1000.
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