Monsterosa features three alumni of the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra, now all top musicians on the UK jazz scene, and it will be a delight to hear them all together in Fife again! The band emerged from a lockdown project to write new songs and instrumentals for five jazz musicians based on Italo Calvino’s Marcovaldo collection. The stories follow a man trying to recapture country life in an urban setting, and the music follows the joy in each moment of possibility he finds: for sleeping outdoors, or gathering firewood, or eating well. The melodies are rooted in jazz, taking in the band’s wider love for soul, folk, and latin music, and played with the verve and precision of some of the UK’s leading performers. Monsterosa are:
Rebecca Hollweg – vocals
Graeme Wilson – woodwinds
Ross Milligan – guitars
Andy Hamill – double bass & harmonicas
Tom Gordon – drums and percussion
Rebecca Hollweg is a singer and songwriter based in in South London (‘A great singer who I love very much…’, Jamie Cullum). She has released three albums featuring her songs, June Babies, Orange Roses and Country Girl.
Saxophonist Graeme Wilson has performed with the likes of Marilyn Crispell, Julian Siegel, and John Faddis and recorded with his own Quartet (’a magnetic aura… a firecracker’, London Jazz News) His writing, including for Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra and a score for silent film Die Bergkatze, has been performed internationally; A Bit in the Air, with sculptor Cath Keay, was nominated for Scottish Jazz Album of the Year 2018.
Ross Milligan, heard previously in Kirkcaldy with Jerry Forde and Brian Kellock, is one of Scotland’s most highly regarded and guitarists and a composer, working in a wide range of musical styles and genres. He has recorded and toured extensively, and as a composer his music has appeared in film and TV worldwide. 2020 saw the release of his critically acclaimed duo release with fellow guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane, Two Rivers Meet.
Andy Hamill has had the pleasure of playing double bass & bass guitar with Laura Mvula, Natacha Atlas, 4 Hero, Eska, Annie Lennox, Kylie Minogue, Rumer, Lou Rhodes, Nitin Sawhney, Annie Ross, Tracey Thorn, Cara Dillon, Martin & Eliza Carthy, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas and John Hegley. Andy’s album Bee For Bass features singers Mark Murphy, Anita Wardell, Carleen Anderson, Omar, & saxophonists Chris Bowden, Ben Castle & Tony Woods
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Tom Gordon is one of the most in demand drummers in the UK. In 2002 he took over the drum chair in the BBC Big Band, a position he holds to this day. He has worked with artists including NDR Big Band, Lalo Schifrin, Al Jarreau, Joe Sample, James Morrison, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jamie Cullum, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Eliane Elias, Sammy Nestico, Patti Austin, John Dankworth , Cleo Laine, and Jon Faddis.
Doors open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Tickets £14 plus booking fee from Trybooking.com or £15 at the door. Tickets can be reserved for payment at the door via info@langtounjazz.co.uk
