Friday 6th April - Dave Milligan Trio

The Dave Milligan Trio has become one of the leading forces of the Scottish music scene, equally at home in jazz and folk. Their debut album Late Show has received rave reviews from the national press. In recent years Dave’s trio has been called upon to play with a diverse array of some of the world’s most distinguished jazz musicians, including Art Farmer, Scott Hamilton, Pete King, Harry Allen, Charlie Mariano, Valery Ponamarev, Bill McHenry, Howard Alden, and Buddy DeFranco.

The Dave Milligan Trio are:

Dave Milligan (piano )
His principle reputation lies in his work as a jazz pianist, and was known to many for his playing with some of the leading mainstream jazz players. But he's also recognised for his unique crossover style of piano playing - merging his natural talent for jazz and improvisation with the traditional folk music of his native Scotland, he has created his own inimitable sound and has performed throughout Europe, USA, Canada and Asia. As a performer, Milligan has played with jazz musicians such as Art Farmer, Scott Hamilton, Pete King, Harry Allen, Charlie Mariano, Valery Ponamarev, Bill McHenry, Julian Argüelles, Roy Williams, Alan Barnes, Sam Newsome, Howard Alden, Carol Kidd, Warren Vache, Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco. In other collaborations he has performed with leading folk musicians including Eliza Carthy, Liz Carroll, Natalie MacMaster, John McCusker, Kathryn Tickell, Alasdair Fraser, Catriona Macdonald, Simon Thoumire, John Doyle, Annbjørg Lie and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and with Scottish musicians such as Tommy Smith's Scottish National Jazz Orchestra; John Rae; Phil Bancroft; Kevin Mackenzie; Nigel Clark and Don Paterson. He is currently the other half of Bachue with Corrina Hewat, both of whom are driving forces behind The Unusual Suspects

Tom Lyne (bass)
Jazz bassist who works regularly with the Sophie Bancroft Band, Kevin Mackenzie's Vital Signs, and has performed throughout Europe and Canada with musicians such as Brian Kellock, Dave Berkman, Tommy Smith, Fionna Duncan, Rob Hall, Chris Grieve, Chick Lyle, John Rae, Phil Bancroft, Simon Thoumire, Alyth McCormack, Catriona Macdonald, Sam Newsome, Charlie Mariano, Bill McHenry and David Gordon.

Tom Bancroft (drums)
Drummer and co-leader of Trio AAB, whose first album "Cold Fusion" was named as an album of the year (1999) by BBC Radio 3, and whose second album "Wherever I Lay My Home That’s My Hat" was an album of the year (2001) in The Guardian, and picked in a list of 100 essential all time jazz albums by MOJO magazine in 2001. Their most recent release "Stranger Things Happen at C" was no.3 in The Sunday Times' top 10 albums of the year 2003. He also is the drummer with the Chick Lyall Trio, Kevin MacKenzie's Vital Signs, and many other groups.

“A dazzling display of technical skills and invention… makes an enormous impression - a keyboard master of today who is more melodic than, say, Bobo Stenson, but gentler than Jarret. Certainly that's the sort of company he belongs in.”JAZZ UK

“A cracking trio… virtuosity and creative independence… a fervently jigging, Scottish-dance feel …one to look out for.” THE GUARDIAN

“Engrossing… pianist David Milligan's trio, where Scottish nuances dallied with shapely and expressive exploits within the piano trio tradition.”THE HERALD

“The trio has an exceptionally complete and cohesive sound…much more varied music than you would expect from this conventional-looking instrumentation... quite outstanding.” THE OBSERVER

"Dazzling music-making . . . A scintillating and adventurous debut album… he is equally at home in jazz and folk, and the genres are now deeply interlinked in his musical imagination… the trio is a genuine collaboration.” THE SCOTSMAN

8.30pm
£8/£6 members
Bookings: 01688 302211