Shetland is to welcome guitarist Lulo Reinhardt back for a one-off concert during the Peerie Willie Guitar Season as part of his world tour. The German gypsy jazz musician will this time be taking his 5 piece band, the “Lulo Reinhardt Latin-Swing Project”
The concert will take place at Lerwick Town Hall on Wednesday 24th…
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Reinhardt returns, this time with his Latin-Swing band
Posted by Bryan Peterson on November 19th, 2010 No CommentsJohn Etheridge – Peerie Willie Guitar Season – October dates
Posted by Bryan Peterson on October 13th, 2010 1 CommentLead guitar in 1970s and 80s rock fusion band Soft Machine, long term collaboration with Stéphane Grappelli (following in Django Reinhardt’s footsteps), duos with classical guitarist John Williams, founder of the Zappatistas dedicated to keeping alive the music of Frank Zappa and a long and distinguished career as a leading jazz guitarist are just some…
Read the rest...Peerie Willie Guitar Season 2010
Posted by Bryan Peterson on September 8th, 2010 No CommentsNext weekend sees the return of Shetland Arts’ Peerie Willie Guitar Festival, and as always has a healthy dose of jazz guitar in the mix.
Now in its seventh year, the festival pays homage to Shetland guitarist Peerie Willie Johnson, whose pioneering use of jazz styles are now widespread in Shetland music.
The full programme …
Youth Trad Big Band project
Posted by Shetland Arts on July 28th, 2010 No CommentsShetland is about to see the launch of a new youth ‘super group’ featuring some of the islands’ finest young musicians who, under the tutelage of Harris Playfair, Margaret Scollay and a range of youth tutors, will focus on material which spans jazz and traditional Shetland music with ‘big band’ style arrangements.
The as yet…
Dynamic jazz duo Rob Hall and Chick Lyall to play mid May Shetland concerts
Posted by Bryan Peterson on April 20th, 2010 No CommentsTwo talented practitioners and experimental pioneers of jazz music appear in Shetland over the weekend of 15/16th May in concerts promoted by Shetland Arts and Shetland Jazz Club and part funded by the Scottish Arts Council Jazz Development Fund.
Saxophonist Rob Hall has carved out a notable niche in both performance and education since moving…
