In this episode, we chat to four of the integral members of the Glasgow Jazz Festival team.

Festival Director, Jill Rodger, Production Manager, Raymond Wilson, Marketing and Press manager, Alison Mussett and Festival Assistant, Rachel Grimes all chat about their individual roles, the history and evolution of Glasgow's longest running music festival, the venues used throughout the city, some anecdotes from previous years and some of their personal picks from this year's fantastic line-up.

There's also music from Brass Jaw, Mulatu Atsatke, Ramsey Lewis, Gilad Atzmon and the Andreas Varday Quartet.

The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place between Wednesday 29 June to Sunday 3 July in venues across the city.

For more information and full listings visit: jazzfest.co.uk

And to keep up to date with all things jazz fest join the Facebook page or search for Glasgow Jazz Festival on Twitter.

Glasgow Jazz Festival 2011: Behind The Scenes Special

In this episode, we feature an engaging conversation between The Herald's art editor, Keith Bruce and iconic and prolific Scottish jazz vocalist, Fionna Duncan.

They discuss Fionna presenting the award for best jazz singer at this year's festival, an accolade she herself was awarded in 2010 and they also chat about her amazing career as a singer and teacher.

Music used in this podcast is: The Ryan Quigley Big Band - Buzzy Bee



Fionna also talks about some of the most memorable tours, events, experiences, collaborations and projects throughout her career.

The music featured in this podcast was:

The Ryan Quigley Big Band - Buzzy Bee

The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place between Wednesday 29 June to Sunday 3 July in venues across the city.

You can find all the podcast episodes from last year and this year's festival on the Glasgow Jazz Festival SoundCloud channel and at radiomagnetic.com/glasgowjazzfest

For full information and all event listings visit: jazzfest.co.uk

And to keep up to date with all things jazz fest join the Facebook page or search for Glasgow Jazz Festival on Twitter.

Glasgow Jazz Festival 2011: Fionna Duncan in Conversation With Keith Bruce

Episode one of the Glasgow Jazz Festival podcast is a general preview of the 2010 festival. Presented by Radio Magnetic's Andy Watt, this preview features interviews with, and music from, Ian Shaw, Neil Cowley, Mina Agossi and Dr. Lonnie Smith. To find out more about the Glasgow Jazz Festival, follow glasgowjazzfest on Twitter, search for us in Facebook or visit the website: www.jazzfest.co.uk.

2010 Festival Preview

Welcome to the second in our series of preview podcasts for the Glasgow Jazz Festival. In this episode our resident jazz presenter, Andy Watt interviews UK jazz legend, Stan Tracey.

The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place between Friday 18 June to Sunday 27 June in venues across the city.

Next up in our podcast series from the festival will be a special showcase of some of the excellent homegrown talent performing at this year’s festival. Interviews with and music from John Goldie, Andrew Robb, Fraser Fifield and Raymond Macdonald.

For more information and full listings visit: www.jazzfest.co.uk

Stan Tracey Profile

The third episode in our series on the Glasgow Jazz Festival is a special preview of the Homegrown strand of the festival. We chat to Andrew Robb, John Goldie, Raymond MacDonald and Fraser Fifield about their experiences of the festival and what can be expected from their performances this year.
The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place between Friday 18 June to Sunday 27 June in venues across the city.

Next up in this series, we present a big band special and interview some of the leading big bands perfroming at the festival this year.

For more information and full listings visit www.jazzfest.co.uk

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