AN AMBITIOUS improvised music project which will culminate in the release of an album influenced by horror-fantasy fiction is in the works. The project will also fulfil something of a long-held dream of local jazz stalwart Jeff Merrifield, who has been involved in music circles.
The precious days of Alaska summer seem to whiz by, and there’s a couple of reasons for it, viz., critical flicker-fusion frequency (CFF) and an old saying, “Time flies when
SATURDAY night saw a packed Scalloway Hall treated to a night of music and culture for all the family in the last event of the Shetland Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) season. Headliner Sidiki Dembele from the Ivory Coast arrived in Shetland the previous Sunday. Over the course of.
THE 80-year-old has been a familiar face around Shetland’s jazz scene since 2008, but now Jeff Merrifield is stepping down as lead trustee at local promoter Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) due to ill health. The Englishman has now called the isles his home for 15 years. “I came.