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Calum Gourlay

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Calum Gourlay
Background information
BornGlasgow, Scotland
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Years active2004–present
Websitecalumgourlay.com

Calum Gourlay is a Scottish jazz bassist, composer, and band leader.

Career

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The son of a music teacher, Gourlay grew up in Glasgow.[1] At the age of ten he began learning the cello, then four years later started playing double bass.[1] He heard Scottish jazz musicians at workshops taught by his father on Saturday mornings.[1] He moved from Glasgow to Dunfermline, participating in the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra.[1] He played in a youth band led by Tommy Smith until 2004 when he traveled to London to attend the Royal Academy of Music.[1] At the school he met three people who would become bandmates: Trish Clowes, Kit Downes, and Freddie Gavita.[1] Gourlay has taught at the Royal Academy and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance[2]

Discography

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As leader

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  • Live at the Ridgeway (2015)[3]
  • New Ears Quartet (Ubuntu Music, 2019)[4]

As sideman

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With Kit Downes

  • Golden (Basho, 2009)
  • Quiet Tiger (Basho, 2011)
  • Light from Old Stars (Basho, 2013)

With Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

  • American Adventure (Spartacus, 2013)
  • Embodying the Light (Spartacus, 2017)
  • Sweet Sister Suite by Kenny Wheeler (Spartacus, 2018)

With others

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Anderson, Charlie (1 November 2019). "Calum Gourlay Interview". Sussex Jazz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Trinity Laban welcomes new staff to the Jazz Department". Trinity Laban. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gilchrist, Jim (18 April 2015). "Interview: Calum Gourlay on new solo album". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ McKergow, Mark (20 November 2019). "The Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears". londonjazznews.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.