Results for "Alan Benzie"

Alan Benzie

Winner of the BBC Scotland Young Jazz Musician at only 17, pianist/composer Alan Benzie is one of the UK’s most exciting young talents. He has won a string of high profile awards in the last few years, including the prestigious Billboard Award at Berklee College of Music. Previous winners include Japanese pianist Uehara Hiromi, and saxophonists Jaleel Shaw and Walter Smith III - Alan is the first musician from the UK to win the award. His mixture of flowing lyricism, spontaneous creativity and explosive energy has earned him consistent critical praise, with performances over the last few years in the UK, US, across Europe and Japan. Alan started his musical education on violin at the age of 8, with little interest in piano until he discovered jazz in his teens

Terrarium

By Ali Watson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Glen; Moss; Earth; Undergrowth; Evening Song; Terrarium; Solace; Snowdrift; Oak.

Ali Watson: Terrarium

by Neil Duggan
November 20, 2024

Scottish jazz has recently seen many artists find their inspiration from their landscape, history, geography and heritage. The effect on bassist Ali Watson has seen him mix Scottish folk with contemporary jazz and classical music to develop a musical style that strives to provide an escape from the unrelenting sensory inputs that can pervade modern life. ...

Alan Benzie Trio: Traveller's Tales

by Bruce Lindsay
July 14, 2015

As the title of his debut album suggests, pianist Alan Benzie has travelled. Traveller's Tales is a collection of original tunes inspired by these travels, whether the journeys took place on planet Earth or, as Benzie puts it, “in my head." Real or imagined, these traveller's tales are definitely worth hearing.The pianist was the ...