Photography
I find photographing gigs both challenging and rewarding.
If you would like any of my gallery photos for personal use please contact me and ensure that either Dick Playfair or Brasstrapped.com or both are appropriately credited. For commercial use please e mail a request and we can agree a suitable fee.
Photos have been shot on camera and care and time given to their final format and composition.
Copyright of all photographs is retained by me and any use outside these terms is not permitted.
If you would like me to photograph your gig or event then please do get in touch.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024
The Tenement Jazz Band, Jazz à la Carte at the Argyle Bar; La Clique at Underbelly Circus; and Camille O’ Sullivan, Loveletter at Assembly Roxy.
CoartJazz 2022
Closing concerts of the week long ‘stage de jazz’ at Coaraze in the Alpes Maritimes, just to the north of Nice. Line up for Saturday night of Cyrille Aimée, vocals and uke; Olivier Hutman, piano; Michael Valeanu, guitar; Alex Terrier, saxes; Clovis Nicolas, bass; Greg Hutchinson, drums; Minino Garay, percussion.
The Friday night concert featured the Laurent Sarrien Vibes Quartet, with Laurent Sarrien, vibes; Fred d’Oelsnitz, piano; Fabrice Britoni, bass; Yoann Serra, drums.
CoartJazz 2021
Concerts at the ‘stage de jazz’ at Coaraze 2021 with the Laurent Coulondre Trio playing a tribute to Michel Petrucciani – with Jérémy Bruyère double bass; and André Ceccarelli, drums; joined by Stéphane Guillaume, sax. Then the closing concert with Yillian Cannizares, vocal and violin, Stéphane Guillaume, sax and flute; David Brkljacic, sax; Grégory Privat, piano; Jean-Christophe Maillard, guitar; Jérome Regard, bass; Thierry Arpino, drums; and Ivan Bridon, percussion
Cat Named Jack
A variety of shots of pop/rock/soul collective Cat Named Jack taken over the last few years. Having dep’d on trumpet and trombone I’m now playing for this fun vocal-led outfit on a regular basis.
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
Shots from EJBF gigs taken down the years including the twin trombones of Miles Lyons and David L Harris, Edinburgh-based sax-led quartet JazzMain, the all girl Red Hot Rhythm Makers, Iain Hunter with the Eliot Murray Big Band, and Brian Kellock with the Tenement Jazz Band.
Gallus Jazz Weekend – October 2019
Two superb gigs from the jazz weekend staged by the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival featuring trombonist and vocalist Anoushka Nanguy’s Quartet and Georgia Cecile and her Quartet. For the full line up see the blog.
CoartJazz, August 2019 – the final concert
Closing concert of the ‘stage de jazz’ in the hill-top village of Coaraze in the Alpes Maritimes to the north of Nice, featuring Stephy Haik, vocals; Chris Cheek, tenor sax; David Brkljacic, tenor sax; Olivier Hutman, piano; Mike Moreno, guitar; Darryl Hall, bass; and Ferenc Nemeth, drums.
Viper Swing, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Manouche jazz quartet Viper Swing’s hommage to Django Reinhardt at the Argyle Cellar Bar in August 2018. There’s a blog about this show ‘Django unplugged – well almost.’
