View Malcolm’s wikipedia entry here: Malcolm Edmonstone is a jazz pianist, arranger and educator, born in Perth, Scotland in 1980. In 1998 he moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he gained Bachelors and Masters degrees. Today, Malcolm is a key professor in the Guildhall jazz faculty[1] and Artistic Director of Jazz for [...]
New project!
I’m very proud to be working with Lester and Ralph Salmins. Here’s a quick glimpse at what we’re up to…
NYJOS **** (Scotsman)
National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland **** Tolbooth, Stirling THERE was a time when youth big bands clung resolutely to tried and tested fare, but these days the level of ambition has grown enormously. For their latest tour, NYJOS took on a piece that would challenge any established big band, Kenny Wheeler’s Sweet Time Suite, [...]
NYJOS with Chris Batchelor **** (The Herald)
The joyous, physically uplifting African sounds of Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath weren’t exactly overexposed on Scottish stages in the band’s 1970s heyday and its early albums are coveted by vinyl collectors more for the rarity value of the record label, Neon, than the still fabulous content. So big hats off to former Brotherhood trumpeter [...]
Malcolm Edmonstone Biography
“truly an astonishing musician” The Daily Telegraph “combines a sensuous touch with Bach-like precision” The Guardian Malcolm Edmonstone is a jazz pianist and arranger, born in Perth, Scotland in 1980. In 1998 he moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he is now Deputy Head of Jazz Studies. [...]
Herbie’s Solo interlude on Stella by Starlight
The ’64 concert is one of the great records in jazz – here’s Herbie Hancock’s reharm from the start of his solo on Stella by Starlight. George Coleman plays up until bar 9 of the sequence – then this beautiful re-harm kicks in at bar 13. Just top-line and chords here, wih original changes shown [...]
Modes Bright to Dark
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Mark Lockheart with Guildhall Jazz Band
Friday’s concert marked the culmination of this year’s Guildhall Jazz Festival, and was a remarkable performance by the wonderful Mark Lockheart. The students played exceptionally well in what Head of Jazz Martin Hathaway describes as “one of the very best GJB concerts” in his 23 tenure at the school. Mark’s music had a major impact [...]
Guildhall Jazz Singers & Choir
The jazz festival continued last night with a fantastic concert given by the school’s two vocal groups. During the first half, the Choir performed Malcolm’s transcriptions of Take 6 charts and the Singers presented a variety of material, including a most enjoyable improvised piece. The performance culminated in the performance of Scott Stroman’s Songs of Life [...]
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