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NEWSLETTER  
Issue 33
Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops
Registered Charity Number SCO33828
19 May 2008

LIANE CARROLL VOTED MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR @ PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS 2008

We are very please to announce that our patron, Liane Carroll, was voted Musician of the year at the parliamentary jazz awards last week.  We are proud and delighted for Liane and wish continued, well deserved, success.

 

Look out for live recording dates for Liane Carroll and Brian Kellock, in Scotland, November 2008. Thanks to the Scottish Arts Council, Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd will now be able to make this happen. We’ll keep you posted about dates and how to buy tickets and be part of the recording.

 

FIONNA DUNCAN NOMINATED FOR JAZZ EDUCATION AWARD

For the first time Fionna Duncan was nominated for a parliamentary jazz award for her services to jazz Education. She was up against stiff competition and was pipped at the post by the lovely Dennis Rollins. Fionna was very happy just to be nominated and it is a testament to her work that this London Based award recognised her contribution in Scotland by nominating her.

 

We hope that Fionna will release a new CD at the end of this year using her New Studio and continue her great work well into the future. We all know how wonderful she is!

 

Liane Carroll in Scotland this Summer!

FDVJW Fundraiser

Tickets are selling fast for our Fundraiser at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow on Tuesday 24 June, 8pm. This special concert, to raise money for scholarships to our workshops, will feature appearances by Liane Carroll, Fionna Duncan, Sophie Bancroft, Cathie Rae and Todd Gordon with Brian Kellock on piano, Ronnie Rae Bass and John Rae on drums. We’d like to thank the Glasgow International Jazz Festival for their support. Tickets: ONLY £10, Call 0141 552 4267 or go online and book via the Tron website at www.tron.co.uk.  

 

If you’d like to sponsor a student at our Glasgow or Edinburgh workshops this year, email cathie@thick-skinned.com to find out how.

 

The Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops is a registered charity No. SCO33828.
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GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

The GIJF will run 20 – 29 June 2008. Highlights are: Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshop Fundraising Concert, Ian Shaw, Lee Konitz, Bobby Watson, Buddy Guy, The Bad Plus, Polar Bear, Arnie Somogyi's Ambulance, Neil Cowley Trio, The Blessing, Riverboat Shuffle, Dennis Rollins, Mari Wilson, all Homegrown Artists including a special CD Launch by Gina Rae and Sandy Wright at the Ramshorn on Saturday 28 June and the legendary Festival Club Jam Session at the City Inn with Fionna Duncan. More details, full programme and how to book at www.jazzfest.co.uk.

 

ALSO....Give your support to former students Subie Coleman, Joni Keen, Kenny Paterson and Jonathan Carr on the free entry Fringe circuit.  Full Fringe programme will be available in June and on the Jazz Festival website.

 

THE NEST - Scotland’s NEWEST ACOUSTIC STUDIO

Magic Five Productions have set up a studio at The Nest, Portincaple. As well as a Steinway Grand Piano, they offer full recording facilities, sound engineer and resident pianist Ronnie Rae Junior with Ronnie Rae snr on bass and David Donnelly guitar. Fionna Duncan is the on-site Vocal Coach.

 

An idyllic setting to record your first CD / Demo with expert advice and years of experience on hand. For more information and costs call Fionna Duncan on 01436 810752 or email fionnaduncan@hotmail.com For anyone who’s attended our workshops at The Nest, you’ll know just how perfect this location is. Book now!

 

NEW VOCAL CHART SERVICE

Vocal charts / lead sheets (lyrics, melody and chords) of the jazz standards repertoire plus telephone consultation service (landline only) with Sophie Bancroft to ascertain the correct key for your voice.  Price for this service is only £4 per chart, £6 per chart and telephone consultation. 

 

Please email info@sophiebancroft.co.uk to order your charts.  Payment by cheque, and charts will be posted to you on receipt of cheque.

 

GIGS RUN FEATURING TUTORS AND FORMER STUDENTS

 

JAZZ INTERNATIONAL – NEWEST PROMOTER IN SCOTLAND

Jazz International is Scotland's newest promoter, set up by singer Todd Gordon (former student of FDVJW), presenting top quality jazz in concert hall settings.  The first concerts in this series of duo performances featured pianists John Taylor and Gwilym Simcock, followed by ECM trumpeter, Enrico Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani.  These concerts garnered an amazing four 5-star reviews in The Scotsman and The Herald, and the dual piano concert was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-Up.

 

Jazz International is proud to present one of the world's greatest guitarists, Martin Taylor, and the UK's fastest-rising new vocalist, Alison Burns.  Together they will perform songs from their new album, 1:am - inspired by the series of Grammy Award-winning albums by Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass. Get set for a stunning collection of songs, impeccably performed.   

 

FRIDAY 30 MAY 2008 (8pm)

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Tickets: 0131 668 2019 / www.thequeenshall.net

 

SATURDAY 31 MAY 2008 (8pm)

The City Halls, Glasgow

Tickets: 0141 353 8000 / www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 

 

"Taylor is the finest guitarist of his generation" - The Times

"Burns has the ability, rare in all but the best jazz singers, to make even the most frequently heard standards sound fresh and interesting" - Jazz Journal

 

Todd Gordon is also launching a brand-new show: THE SINATRA-BASIE SESSIONS REVISITED. Featuring a 17-piece big band, with specially commissioned arrangements, hear Todd's take on wonderful songs from the three commercial albums that Frank Sinatra recorded with the great Count Basie band.    

 

WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE 2008 (7:30pm) - Glasgow Jazz Festival

The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow

Tickets: 0141 353 8000 / www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 

 

THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2008 (7:30pm) - Edinburgh Festival Fringe  

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Tickets: 0131 668 2019 / www.thequeenshall.net

 

"Gordon's made the American Songbook his own" - The Guardian

"Impeccable choice of music and Todd and his band interact wonderfully" - Sir Michael Parkinson

"The new King of Swing" - The Independent

 

More artists and concert dates will be announced shortly.  For further information, please visit www.jazzinternational.co.uk

 

SOPHIE BANCROFT – GIGS

6th June 2008: SOPHIE BANCROFT & TOM LYNE @ Three Harbour Arts Festival, 8pm, £7, http://www.3harbours.com

 

21st June 2008: CD LAUNCH PARTY GIG @ Pathhead Community Hall in association with The Pathhead Music Collective.  CD Launch party gig featuring a performance by Sophie Bancroft and Tom Lyne with special guests Amy Geddes on fiddle, Ross Mitson on vox and guitar and members of The Pathhead Choir.  This performance will be followed by a party set with Ross Mitson, vocalist extraordinaire, Tom Lyne on bass and Mattie Foulds on drums.  BYOB and bring your dancing shoes.  Soft drinks and food will be on sale at the gig. £8, doors 8pm for 8.30pm performance.  Tickets - order by post from info@sophiebancroft.co.uk or available from Wahlberg bakery and The Pathhead Village Shop, both Main Street, Pathhead from May onwards.

  

ORLA MURPHY - JAZZ SERVICES TOUR DATES (well done Orla!)

Giovanni Mazzarino (piano), Steve Rose (bass) and Andy Trim (drums) – see www.orlamurphy.com

 

Friday 30th May - National Portrait Gallery, St. Martins Place, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2H 0HE, 6.30-7.30pm, free www.npg.org.uk

Saturday 31st May - the Spilsby Theatre, Church Street, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5DY, 8.30 to 11pm, £9/8conc Tel: 01790 752936 www.spilsby.info/theatre

Sunday 1st June - Milestones Jazz Club, Hotel Hatfield, The Esplanade,
Lowestoft, NR33 0QP, 8.30 to 11pm, £7/£6conc www.milestonesjazzclub.co.uk

Monday 2nd June - Joogleberry Playhouse, 14-17 Manchester Street,
Brighton, BN2 1TF, 8.30 to 11pm, £12; Tel: 01273 687 171 www.joogleberry.com

Wednesday 4th June - Matt & Phreds Jazz Club, 64 Tib Street, Northern Quarter,
Manchester, M4 1LW; 8.30 to 11pm, £8 Tel: 0161 831 7002 www.mattandphreds.com

Thursday 5th June - The Met,
Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BW, 8 to 10.30pm, £7 Tel: 0161 761 2216 www.themet.biz

Tuesday 10th June - St. Ives Jazz Club, at The Western Hotel,
Royal Square, St. Ives, Cornwall, 9 to 11.15pm, £9/6conc www.stivesjazzclub.com

 

 

Aberdeen – Kate Gieben

Every Friday until the end of June

Beans Cafe, Union St, Aberdeen. 

The band is KGB – Kate Gieben vocals, Col Black on guitar, Bill Kemp on drums and Grigor Leslie on bass.

 

Tolbooth, Stirling – Singers' Nights

Thanks Rowan Walker for sending in the dates for the next few, very successful, Singer’s Nights at the Tolbooth in Stirling. Next singer’s night - June 4. If you’d like more information contact Rowan direct at rowan.walker@hotmail.co.uk

 

The Old Bakehouse, Edinburgh – Singers' Nights
The next of the monthly singers' nights hosted by Liz Dicks and Fiona Reid is
11th June 8.00 pm - 10 pm. If you need more information email Liz on liz@nice-work.co.uk

New Singers Night For Glasgow - In Need Of Your Support

A New Glasgow Singers Night,  hosted by former students Mike Rogers and Sue McHugh , with Jim Clelland, Ronnie Rae, Ken Mathieson will be held at Greens Health Club- 141 Finnieston St. Glasgow 8:00pm. The event will run on the last Thursday of the month.

Next dates are:
May 29
June 26
July 31
Aug 28
Sept 25
Oct 30
Nov 27
Call 07977 507112 to book a space.

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS NIGHT AND HELP MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

 

Don’t forget the Singer’s night at the Jazz Bar, Chamber Street, Edinburgh every Sunday night.

 

DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FDVJW

Would you like to sponsor a student? If so, please send a cheque for £300 made payable to FDVJW (mark the back “sponsor a student”) and post to FDVJW, Freepost SCO6390, East Linton, EH40 0BR.

 

If you’d like to make a smaller donation just do the same as above and mark the back “donation”. All amounts are gratefully received.

 

We need your donations to support our younger singers. There is a serious lack of young, up and coming, singers studying jazz in Scotland and throughout the rest of the UK. Organisations like FDVJW are crucial to the development of this musical genre.

CD’S from our Team

Here’s where to get CD’s by Fionna Duncan, Liane Carroll, Ronnie and Cathie Rae, Sophie Bancroft.

 

Details of where to buy CDs below:

Sophie Bancroft -  http://www.sophiebancroft.co.uk/shop.html

Liane Carroll – buy Liane’s new CD via her website www.lianecarroll.co.uk

Fionna Duncan - available from www.tentotenrecords.com

Cathie Rae  www.jazzcds.co.uk

Ronnie Rae – From the Cradle to the Groove from www.tentotenrecords.com

Sheila Jordan – www.sheilajordanjazz.com

Jay Clayton – www.jayclayton.com

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Mailing Lists and Website addresses:


If you would like to be included on any of the following mailing lists just send an email to any of the addresses shown below with “FROM FDVJW - Add me to your mailing list” as the subject.

 

Sophie Bancroft: sbancroft@btinternet.com, www.sophiebancroft.co.uk

(As well as being one of Fionna’s team, Sophie runs her own 1 and 2-day workshops mainly in Mid and East Lothian. She also teaches privately.)

 

Cathie Rae: contact@thick-skinned.com, www.myspace.com/cathieraejazz, www.raefamilyjazz.com  www.thick-skinned.com

 

Cathie Rae has been a vocalist for over 10 years now and also runs her own education and production company with her brother John and Dave Gray from the Sound Café studio in Penicuik. Cathie also teaches evening classes at Stevenson College and privately. Thick-Skinned currently donate their administration services to Fionna Duncan.

 

Liane Carroll: www.lianecarroll.co.uk  Patron of our workshop also has a myspace page at www.myspace.com/lianecarroll  Jazz Musician of the year 2008 at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2008.

 

Fionna Duncan Workshops – www.fionnaduncan-workshops.co.uk  www.myspace.com/fionnaduncanworkshops for latest information on workshops, photos and soundbites. Nominated for a "Services to Jazz" award at this year's parliamentary jazz awards. 

 

If you have gigs remember www.myspace.com is a great place to advertise and to create your own website.

 
If you have any news, gigs or information on workshops please send them to me at
cathie@thick-skinned.com