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Colin Steele: Stramash II

Read "Stramash II" reviewed by Mark McKergow

by Mark McKergow
July 4, 2026

Scottish trumpeter and composer Colin Steele returns with his jazz-meets-folk ensemble for another round of boundary-spanning music where technique meets heart and soul. Steele has been a mainstay of Scotland's jazz scene for more than two decades, with recent albums exploring music outside the jazz canon. His interpretations of tunes by Scots emo pop ...

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Stramash

By Colin Steele

Label: Gadgemo Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Recurring Dream; Steele's Reels; Farewell My Love; The Bletherer; Boat To Islay; Shindig At the Lochside; The Girl With The Shiver; Simpson's Jig; Sunset Over Loch Indaal; Steak And Whisky 5a.m.; View From The Round Church; Louis

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Colin Steele: Stramash

by Chris May
July 6, 2009

According to Scottish trumpeter Colin Steele's sleeve notes, a life-threatening quantity of whisky was consumed during the composing process for Stramash, an exuberant bacchanal of jazz and Scottish folk music. Steele took himself away to the island of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland, to focus on the writing and to embrace, frequently and enthusiastically, ...