We’re very excited to launch the new solo CD by Raymond MacDonald, produced by Graham Mackeachan for Hundred Years Gallery’s HYG label.
This special afternoon performance marks the launch of HYG 11: The Gathering of The MacDonalds : Desire Lines No.2
(Limited Edition of 50 CDr / unlimited digital download)
Doors 5pm, music 5.45pm, entry by donation
‘The album is various approaches to playing a Pibroch called “The Gathering of The MacDonalds”, a piece I discovered while doing some very lite touch research on my family history. The artwork is a series of abstractions of various MacDonald tartans I painted while listening to the final mixes of the record. Also included are some texts from my daughter Maria. She texted me from her bed one morning extremely unhappy that I was practising “multiphonics” before 8.30am’.
Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist, composer and multidisciplinary artist whose saxophone playing has been described as “breathtaking”, “beguiling” and “wonderous” (All About Jazz.
Collaborating with musicians such as Marilyn Crispell, Evan Parker, David Byrne, Jim O’Rourke, Günter ‘Baby’ Sommer and Satoko Fujii, he has released over 60 CDs and toured and broadcast worldwide. He has produced music for film, television, theatre and art installations and is a founder member of The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra -“One of the best large improvising ensembles in the world.” BBC Jazz on 3. He has a particular interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration and has extensive experience of working with artists, dancers and filmmakers. He has also collaborated extensively with an artificial intelligence producing films, compositions, sculptures, visual art and book a published in 2023 titled Conversations with Chimère. Much of his recent work is collaborative free improvising contexts while his roots in jazz and pop music can be heard in his playing and writing “Quite astonishingly brilliant” Jazz Wise
