RELEASE DATE: JULY 5, 2024 Catalog # 202407 UPC 855925004981

Scottish jazz trumpeter Malcolm Strachan releases his first Stateside album through ITI Records. Nodding slightly to the late 1960s classic Blue Note Records jazz, where soul and funk beats are at the heart of the arrangements. He's recorded and toured with Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, and jazz legend Lou Donaldson. He's also a founder and existing band member of the UK “The Haggis Horns”.

The album is a collection of original compositions, all written and arranged by Malcolm, which are firmly rooted in the classic acoustic modern jazz style typified by the great 60’s and 70’s recordings on the legendary Blue Note Records label. A nice variation of themes and tempos feature throughout the album. From full-on latin vibes to beautiful ballads, soul jazz grooves to cinematic soundtrack flavours, all woven together by a great group of experienced musicians.  Malcolm’s core quartet is himself on trumpet/flugelhorn, fellow Haggis Horns members George Cooper (piano) and Erroll Rollins (drums), plus Courtny Tomas on double bass. Featured guests are Atholl Ransome on tenor sax (The Haggis Horns), Rob Mitchell on baritone sax (Abstract Orchestra) and Danny Barley on Trombone. Strings are courtesy of Richard Curran and the percussionist is one of the finest session players in Europe, Karl Vanden Bossche (Incognito, Robert Palmer, Joss Stone, The Gorillaz, Sade, Blur – He and Malcolm met while touring with Mark Ronson). Malcolm’s love of jazz comes from his parents. Aged 7, his jazz musician father gave him a trumpet. From then on, jazz was his life. His musical education came via music teachers, youth jazz orchestras and jazz summer schools but mostly from his dad’s record collection listening to Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie records and learning to improvise and solo by ear. At 18, he enrolled at Leeds College of Music and quickly immersed himself in the city’s vibrant acid jazz, funk and soul scene and from making his recording debut in 1999 with The New Mastersounds, jazz was his musical passion but took a back seat to funk/soul/pop which were the day job. Until now.

Tracks:

 1. Take Me To The Clouds 6:17 

2. Mitchell’s Landing 6:33 

3. Better Late Than Never 5:25 

4. Just The Thought Of You 4:06 

5. Time For A Change 6:36 

6. I Know Where I’m Going 5:03 

7. Aline 4:20 

8. Uncle Bobby’s Last Orders 6:44 

9. Where Did You Go? 4:58