Episode 8:

Sorry for the long gap. In this episode we explain "Where have we been?",
We talk about the Jazz Bar Closing in edinburgh and what that means, Tom remembers Bill Kyle, we talk about The 'Daves' on Facebook, and then we see the interview with the wonderful Anoushka Nanguy.

In this episode we hear about the podcast's new sponsor - Paul Towndrow - saxophonist, composer, educator, musicians, international jazz life coach. Tom and Mario discuss hat etiquette, dancing cockatoos, and other stuff. We hear an audio narrated double drum duet between Tom & Stu Brown (nb you can see the video version here and the video version with audio narration v1 here v2 here v3 here). Then Tom interviews the absolutely lovely Ben MacDonald who talks about how he got into playing jazz guitar and is the first person to sit the 'Do Jazz Musicians Have Creative Minds? Test'. The episode finishes with a exclusive preview track from Playtime's upcoming album 'Morse Code Through The Lights' featuring Denys Baptiste. That is all.

In this drum-tastic episode Tom gets you up to date with the latest messages and news and stuff and then gets into the interview with fellow drummer Stu Brown who is joining Playtime for a double drum extravaganza known as - Drum-a-mi.

They talk about drumming, double drumming, drum heroes, both of them having a lesson with great drummer Joey Baron, listen to an excerpt from the great drum duo between Joey Baron and Robin Schulkowsky, the Scottish Jazz Scene in the 90's, the different experiences of Scottish Jazz gatekeepers when the gate is open vs it being closed, Stu's route into the music business, going to Berklee, playing with Mario, playing drums with a lobster and a baby (toy), Stu's Dad and his record collection, and getting feedback from Scottish Jazz legends Fionna Duncan and Ronnie Rae Snr. THEN there is an exclusive preview from Playtime's upcoming album of a piece they played during lockdown over the internet with the amazing Laura Jurd on trumpet. That is all...