Shetland Jazz Club& Shetland JAWSA PRESENTATION OF OUR GIGS

The First GigsGILAD ATZMON & FRANK HARRISON AT THE TOWN HALLMY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER - FILM - AT SHETLAND MUSEUM

Gilad Atzmon alto & soprano sax

Frank Harrison piano

Town Hall Feb 2009 Afternoon Workshop and Evening Gig

My Name Is Albert AylerA film by Kasper CollinShetland Museum March 2009

Ad Hoc Jazz Gigs 2010DEREK NASH & DAVE NEWTON AT ISLESBURGH CENTRE & TINGWALL HALLROB HALL & CHUCK LYALL AT BIXTER HALL AND LERWICK TOWN HALLSTU BROWN’S ANIMATED FILM PROJECT AT LERWICK TOWN HALL

Rob Hall & Chuck LyallBixter Hall & Town Hall Lerwick

Derek Nash & David NewtonBigton Hall + Town Hall workshop and gig

Stur Brown’s Raymond Scott ProjectJazz workshop and film workshopEvening gig with filmLerwick Town Hall

More Ad Hoc Jazz Gigs 2011ALYN COSKER GROUP AT LERWICK TOWN HALLNOVA SCOTIA JAZZ BAND AT ISLESBURGH CENTRE AND BIGTON HALL DORIAN FORD TRIBUTE TO BILL EVANS AT LERWICK TOWN HALLJOHN ETHERIDGE AND JIM MULLEN – SOLO GUITAR GIGSTOMMY SMITH’S KARMA AT ISLESBURGH CENTRE

The ALYN COSKER GroupTown Hall Lerwick

Friday evening, Lerwick Town Hall, sweet sounds drifting through the corridors, packed audience enjoying some of the best jazz music played on these isles in many a long year. The treat for committed jazz fans was a visit to Shetland by the Alyn Cosker Quartet and this Friday concert was the first of a stupendous weekend of music provided by four inspired musicians.

This was a truly excellent gig and the next night at Bigton Hall was even better. A guy came up to me in the interval and said, “When they told me Alyn Cosker was coming to Bigton I could hardly believe it – this is fabulous.” The atmosphere at Bigton was electric and every nuance of every solo was given appreciation and applause. Both concerts also featured the excellent Norman and the Folding Deckchairs, who get better with every outing and hold a special place in the future of Shetland jazz.

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Alyn Cosker Group Dave Dunsmuir guitar Konrad Wisniewski tenor sax Michael Janisch bass Alyn Cosker drums

Nova Scotia Jazz Band in Bigton and LerwickDorian Ford plays Bill Evans at Lerwick Town Hall

John Etheridge solo gigs at Busta Hotel and Lerwick Town Hall

Jim Mullen solo gigs at Garrison Theatre and Bixter Hall

Tommy Smith’s KARMAIslesburgh Centre Lerwick

The First Festival 2012SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA & BOBBY WELLINSNOVA SCOTIA JAZZ BAND, BECC SANDERSON, NEWTTHE OLYMPIC JAZZ SUITE, JAZZ ON FILM AND LOTS MORE

SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRAwith special guest Bobby WellinsThe Culloden Moor Suite

Becc Sanderson Trio

Clickimin Centre Lerwick

Jazz On Film

Annie Ross: No One But Me Jazz On A Summer’s Day

Garrison Theatre Lerwick

JAZZ AT THE TOWN HALL

Becc SandersonNova Scotia Jazz BandNorman Willmore and Max Tyler

COMMUNITY JAZZ CIRCUS

Shetland Community School of Ballet Matthew Lawrence & John Morris Singing Saturdays with Andy Ross Norman Willmore, Max Tyler & David Stevenson

SHETLAND IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRAWith Raymond MacDonald & George Burt

THE OLYMPIC SUITE: Music From Five Continents

Gilad Atzmon & Frank Harrison Brian Nicholson & Friends Chris Stout & Brazilian Theory Aestaewast Troppo Funk

Garrison Theatre Lerwick

Maggie Anderson who was also an Olympic Torch Bearer

Chris Stout brought his Brazilian Theory project

The Second Festival 2013FIONNA DUNCAN, BRIAN KELLOCK & RONNIE RAETRIO RED, TROPPO FUNK, ALISON KAY RAMSAYTIM GARLAND LIGHTHOUSE TRIO + NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRASHETLAND IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA AND MUCH MORE

FESTIVAL GALA CONCERT

Fionna Duncan, Brian Kellock & Ronnie Rae Alison Kay Ramsay Trio Red Troppo Funk

Town Hall Lerwick

TIM GARLAND’S LIGHTHOUSE TRIO

Tim Garland saxes Gwilym Simcock piano Asaf Sirkis drums & percussion with National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland Collective Mareel Lerwick

JAZZ IN THE HOT CLUB STYLE Special Guest NIGEL CLARK Brian Nicholson & Maggie Anderson Alison Kay Ramsay The Hot Club de Fladderbister Town Hall Lerwick

Backstage Jam

A reading of Alan Ginsberg’s Epic Poem HOWL! Jeff Merrifield reader Norman Willmore alto sax

Bop Shop Lerwick

SHETLAND IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA with special guests – Tom Bancroft Graeme Wilson Ronnie Rae Per Zanussi improvised dance by John Morris SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH

Muddy Bay & the Deep Sea Rollers Norman Willmore’s Very Special Band Tingwall Village Hall

More Ad Hoc Gigs 2014PHIL ROBSON’S IMMEASUREABLE CODE THE BEVVY SISTERS SHORT SHETLAND TOUR

PHIL ROBSON: THE IMMEASUREABLE CODE Phil Robson guitar Julian Arguelles tenor sax Gareth Lockrane flutes Euan Burton bass Ernesto Simpson drums

THE BEVVY SISTERS SHORT SHETLAND TOUR Heather MacLoed Gina Rae Cera Impala David Donnelly

The Shoestring Festival 2014JAZZ AND LITERATUREALAN MCKAY & ROBERT BENNET, MAHOGANY, FULL SWINGJANE MCLAREN & NORMAN WILLMORE, SHETLAND IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRAPOETRY READ BY LAUREEN JOHNSON AND KEVING BRIGGS

SHETLAND JAZZ SHOWCASE30 May Mareel 7.30 Alan McKay & Robert Bennet Mahogany Full Swing

MORE FROM SHETLAND JAZZ SHOWCASE30 May Mareel 7.30 Jane McLaren & Norman Willmore Shetland Improvisers Orchestra; readings from Shetland literature by Laureen Johnson and Kevin Briggs.

KEROUAC: On the Road with Jack, Ken Kesey & the Magic Bus Jeff Merrifield reads from a facsimile version of the 100 metre roll on which Kerouac typed his Beat Generation masterwork and Norman Willmore supplies the bebop jazz score to accompany.

Film footage of Kerouac and Neal Cassady on their journey through mythical America, stories of Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and the Magic Bus.

With musical assistance from the Cubano section of Aestaewast.

Ken Kesey offers his hand to Jeff Merrifield in Scotland

Headline Concert: THE JAZZ AGE, MUSIC & LITERATURE

All Star Band recreating the music of the 1920s in a modern idiom Gilad Atzmon clarinet and saxes Brian Kellock piano Ronnie Rae bass Tom Bancroft drums

With readings from F Scott Fitzgerald and other celebrated writers ofthe Jazz Age – read by Irving Rappaport and Izzy Swanson

The name changes to Shetland JAWSSAME COMMITTEE OF TRUSTEESSAME CHARITABLE STATUS – REGISTERED NO. SC042631SAME ORIGINAL AIMS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE JAZZBUT WITH THE ADDITION OF WORLD MUSIC – JAZZ AND WORLD SOUNDS

The Fourth Festival 2015 the First Shetland JAWS FestivalSCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST EDDI READERJAZZ & POETRY COMMISSION; TRIO TAROT FROM AMSTERDAMCHRISTINE TOBIN WITH SONGS FROM SAILING TO BYZANTIUMTHE BIG DRUM EXPLOSION – WORKSHOPS AND GIGS – AND MUCH MORE

From Smirk in The Shetland Times

NORTH TO SOUTH – rural gigs

The most travelled artist in ourFestival was singer-songwriterMelanie Harrold with gigs inThe Sumburgh Lighthouse, way up in Unst and supportingChristine Tobin at the Town Hall in Lerwick

THE GREAT DRUM EXPLOSIONa festival within a festival

Three world-renowned drummers in masterclass workshops and playing alongside Shetland people of all ages: Asaf Sirkis from Israel/Palestine Adriano Adewale from Brazil Sura Susso from The Gambia Bruce Ncube from Zimbabwe

Joyous music of the highest order

SPECIAL JAZZ & POETRYCOMMISSION with music composed by Tommy Smith and performed by KARMA and original Shetland poems by Christine de Luca and Alex Cluness

This work was commissioned with funding from Creative Scotland and went on to be performed at the Edinburgh Festival and at other venues around Scotland.

NEW ORLEANS JAZZand Gumbo Food served up for Sunday Brunch at Bixter Hall

THE GRAND FINALETwo nights of fantastic music fromthe Scottish National Jazz OrchestraWith featured guest EDDI READERsinging the songs of Alba, the songs ofScotland

CHRISTINE TOBIN sings the poetry of W B Yeats“Sailing to Byzantioum”

TRIO TAROT from Amsterdam

Shetland JAWS Summer School 2015 A FOUR-DAY SCHOOL COVERING JAZZ, DANCE, DRUMMING, THE HISTORY OF JAZZ, LEARNING ABOUT IMPROVISATIONALL YOUNG PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED WITH A SHETLAND JAWS AWARD CERTIFICATE

Four Day Jazz and World Music Summer SchoolDedicated to the late Ian Perry who passed away this summer

ALL PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED WITH A SHETLAND JAWS AWARD CERTIFICATE

Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards according to level and dgree of involvement

Signed by Professor Tommy Smith – our patron

Shetland JAWS Africa Day November 2015 AN ALL-DAY DRUMMING, DANCE AND SINGING WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTSWITH SECKOU KEITA, BRUCE NCUBE AND JOY DUNCAN

Music can be the most fun ever

Shetland JAWSMusic with bite for the people of Shetland