Playtime Podcast - New Adventures in Music

Tom is joined by Fergus McCreadie, Sue McKenzie and Haftor Medbøe to discuss the current state of the Scottish jazz scene and where it may go. They discuss why people can be reticent to discuss the scene publically, whether it is possible to make viable jazz career living in Scotland, what is the state of play with gender, diversity, different ages of musicians, gatekeepers, concentrations of power and gaps in infrastructure. There is a discussion over what is just the normal frustrations of ...

In Episode 14 there is an important announcement about the future of Playtime and then Tom interviews the mercurial Scottish jazz-pop-free improv composer Bill Wells and cross genre tuba genie Danielle Price about their musical origins, how they met, composing in dreams, being categorisable or not, and becoming a pirate.

The first in a series of podcasts looking at the current state of the Scottish Jazz and Improvised music scenes and where they might be heading. Tom gives his personal view on three important exits from the scene in 2025 and looks at the wider implications of one of them. Then Tom interviews Nod Knowles about his Creative Scotland commissioned review of the Scottish Jazz and Improvised Music scenes called 'Now's The Time'. To take part in the surveys follow the links that apply to you: ...

Tom, Marty, Graeme, and Mario get together to decide the Playtime awards for Best Gig, Best Solo, Best Guest, and the coveted Audience Member of the Year awards for 2025. There are big prizes and big debate and some really cool award music!

Tom interviews Stephen Henderson about living in a jazz community, being a drumming composer, and the incredible story of the Fergus McCreadie trio being asked to play on the score of a Spike Lee movie and how the whole thing panned out with a 97 piece orchestra in New York. The episode ends with a personal musical tribute to the great Brian Kellock.