Molley

The Brian Molley Quartet build on the release of Clock, the Glasgow-based saxophonist's lightly latin-inflected modal album stocked full of original compositions, with tour dates beginning this month. Molley has performed as a member of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and with drummer Stu Brown’s Sextet, and Brown joins Molley on tour following the studio work, the quartet completed by pianist Tom Gibbs and scene veteran Mario Caribé on double bass and guitar. Molley is one of the leading lights of the new generation of Scottish jazz players making their way, surely part of an elite to build on the achievements of the scene’s godfather Tommy Smith.
Dates are Manchester Jazz Festival (25 July, Thwaites Pavilion, 2.30pm); and The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh (11-13 August), as part of the Fringe.
Brian Molley, above