Jazz Articles about Ryan Quigley

About Ryan Quigley

Album Review

Callum Au is not one for half measures. As an arranger he has worked with international orchestras and contributed to movie scores; as a performer he is an in-demand session trombonist. He steps into the spotlight with Sing Seven Seas, a project of genuinely epic ambition: 81 musicians, a voiceover artist, 16 compositions and nearly two hours of music. The album explores classic swing, progressive orchestral arrangements and contemporary jazz, with Au contributing trombone alongside a remarkable cast of cross-generational ...

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David Finck: BASSic Instinct

Read "BASSic Instinct" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2022

There's so much variety on BASSic Instinct, bassist David Finck's sixth recording as leader, that it's almost like grooving on half a dozen or more albums for the price of one. Ensembles run the gamut from duo to octet, with vocals added on three of its thirteen engaging numbers. Besides governing the rhythm, composing three of the numbers and arranging all of them, Finck shoulders melodic duties on five tracks and solos effectively throughout. As suits his temperament, every number ...

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Ryan Quigley: What Doesn’t Kill You

Read "What Doesn’t Kill You" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
September 16, 2016

Born in 1977, Ryan Quigley began playing trumpet at age 11 and later became an in-demand musician touring with the likes of Curtis Stigers and Tim Garland, and working as a member of award-winning Glaswegian band Brass Jaw. He's now the jazz trumpet tutor and one of the directors of the Big Band at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. What Doesn't Kill You is the follow-up to his 2008 album Laphroaig-ian Slip. Bookended by two ...