Folk Bands and Artists
Playtime
Edinburgh
Saxophonist Martin Kershaw and guitarist Graeme Stephen founded Playtime with bassist Mario Caribe and drummer Tom Bancroft in 2014 to give them an opportunity to try out new ideas, play new compositions and pay homage to jazz giants.
They´ve since created a real buzz around the Outhouse in Broughton Street´s loft space every second Thursday by presenting informal sessions of superb quality. Tributes have been paid to Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny, to name just a few of the heroes whose music the quartet has honoured, and an album of completely free improvisation, showing another side of Playtime, has been released to considerable acclaim.
In session, the quartet plays together, alone and in duos and trios. It´ll be seriously good music, lightened by a jovial and often cheerfully irreverent presentation, with great playing and genuinely creative, in the moment creativity.
