Chick Corea, Frank Gambale, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Weckl, Wayne Krantz, The Bad Plus, Dave Binney, Oz Noy, Yngwie Malmstein, Weather Report, Steve Vai, Mark King, Barky, George Benson, John Scofield, Shawn Lane, Victor Wooten, Joe Pass, Jaco Pastorius, Ohm, Pat Metheny etc.
Kams Palace was formed in June 2005 and played their first gig to a muddy but excited crowd at Glastonbury Festival's "Jazz Lounge". Since then they have written and recorded a collection of pieces and performed them in venues around the country to great acclaim.
The members are:
Kevin Glasgow (bass) from Edinburgh specialises in modern jazz, bebop and funk. He has performed at Shetland Folk festival, Ronnie Scotts and on BBC Radio Three.
Alex Hutchings (guitar) from Bristol has extensive experience playing rock, funk jazz and r'n'b. He has toured throughout the UK, Europe and South Africa. He also composes music for BBC TV and radio.
Matthew Jones (drums), also from Bristol, plays rock, ska/reggae, funk and jazz. He has toured in the UK, Europe and Africa.
Review of the Jazz Lounge performance:
"...the badass fusion of awesome guitar player Alex Hutchings and his project. Astonishing playing ensued from all of them but star of the show for me (as a fellow bassist) was 22-year-old Edinburgh bassist Kevin Glasgow. Soloing with amazing command of his six string bass, the crowd whooped as he went into overdrive, delivering some of the night's most audacious chops."
Mike Flynn (Jazzwise Magazine)
Credits include: Joe Locke, Clark Tracy, Massive Attack, Alan Barnes, Lynden David Hall, Geoffrey Oryema, Mornington Lockett, Pee Wee Ellis...
hey Alex, i saw a few of your videos on youtube for the blues jam tracks.... wat the fu*k! your guitar playing is absolutley awesome! really inspiring stuff! i look forward to seeing more videos and live performances! Adam x
That would be great, it would be lovely to see you again too :)......maybe a refresher and confidence booster lesson?? ..... I have been very slack! Hope things are going well.
Thank you for your message. Hope you are well and happy. ...Christmas and New year seem like they were ages ago now! It would be great to see you for a lesson some time this year, I'll be in touch :) .....just give me a while to brush up, or you will probably be a bit disapointed...
Hey! Happy New Year! If you aren't playing yourself.......i'm playing The Polish Club tomorrow night.....would love to see you there!?
Anyway, hope this year has started off great......take care, Kevin
You are a naughty man on guitar - great to hear your playing at Gastonbury the other night - what with you and young Mr MacDonald I'm staying the hell away from Edinburgh ;-) - but let us know if your playing London side soon.
Hey, just havin a wee listen to the tunes for some inspiration!
u any plans for coming up here?
would be good to hang and melt some faces etc.
hope all is goin well
Thanks for your lovely comment. Don't forget to check out Ozric Tentacles - you'll hear traces of Zappa, Vai and Satriani in their work and also some occasional dub reggae, and various eastern sounding modes.
Best of luck with all your musical ventures...
xxx
