Calum Gourlay

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

Calum Gourlay
Background information
BornGlasgow, Scotland
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDouble bass
Years active2004–present
Websitecalumgourlay.com

Career

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

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

As sideman

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
  1. 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.
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