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Jan21

Cassani / Campbell are the utterly unique Italian double bassist and songwriter, Roberto Cassani, and the hugely gifted New York-based saxophonist and composer Fraser Campbell.

Their debut album arose from outdoor lockdown jams in Perth (Fraser's hometown and Roberto’s adopted home) and its title poet / shuts / clock is the geolocation tag for the bench in the city’s North Inch park where they’d meet to play. Released on US jazz label Sunnyside, it embraces spontaneous lyrics, quirky spoken word, bossa nova and the blues to create an unforgettable listening experience.

Earlier in lockdown, Roberto released Ansema, a joyous album of songs in the little-heard Rivoltano dialect of his hometown in northern Italy. Recorded with some of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians, the album rightly received rave reviews.

They’ve now put together a superb band that will combine material from both albums alongside some new instrumentals featuring Ross Ainslie (whistles), Graeme Stephen (guitar) and Doug Hough (drums).

Jan19

Cassani/Campbell with Ross Ainslie, Graeme Stephen and Doug Hough

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Perth Theatre, Perth

Cassani / Campbell with Ross Ainslie, Doug Hough and Graeme Stephen

Made in Perth, Cassani / Campbell are the utterly unique Italian double bassist and songwriter, Roberto Cassani, and the hugely gifted New York-based saxophonist and composer Fraser Campbell.

Their debut album arose from outdoor lockdown jams in Perth (Fraser's hometown and Roberto’s adopted home) and its title poet / shuts / clock is the geolocation tag for the bench on the North Inch where they’d meet to play. Released on New York jazz label Sunnyside, it embraces spontaneous lyrics, quirky spoken word, bossa nova and the blues to create an unforgettable listening experience.

Earlier in lockdown, Roberto released Ansema, a joyous album of songs in the little-heard Rivoltano dialect of his hometown in northern Italy. Recorded with some of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians, the album rightly received rave reviews.

They’ve now put together a superb band that will combine material from both albums alongside some new instrumentals featuring Ross Ainslie (whistles), Graeme Stephen (guitar) and Doug Hough (drums) and will perform live for the first time at this show.

£18.50 (including £2.50 booking fee); Under 18s Free

Roberto Cassani & Owen Nicholson

Acoustic Music Club Kirkcaldy

For one night only, I’m back with my friend Owen Nicholson because we had a distinct feeling that mischief was in short supply within music…so we chose Kirkcaldy’s famed Polish Club (hey!), one of our all time favourite venue, to remind ourselves (and hopefully quite a few other people) just how much of a giggle playing music can be…

£12

Roberto Cassani’s Ansema is a dream band for me, featuring the genius musical talents of Ross Ainslie (pipes and whistles), Anna Massie (guitar), John Somerville (accordion), Greg Lawson (violin) and Stevie Fivey (drums), we will play my album “Ansema We Stand” in full in a wonderful room for the best world music winter festival in the world: Celtic Connections. Opening the show will be the fantastic Debra Salem, with her show “In a sma room”.