About this Event
DECEPTIVE LIZARD
Brodie Laird-Jarvie - Electric Bass
Norman Willmore - Alto Saxophone
Michael Butcher - Saxophone
Ben Macdonald - Guitar
Alyn Cosker - Drums
"Deceptive Lizard is not just about one person, it is about all of the five musicians involved bringing their own voices and personalities to make this such an immersive and impressive experience.
This music is as honest as I can get in offering something towards a never-ending journey for authenticity and sincerity.
Deceptive Lizard embodies everything I have been sonically searching for and is brought to life with the help of these incredible musicians and friends with whom i’ll share the stage. "
Brodie Jarvie, 2024
Through the years he has worked and recorded with many esteemed musicians as well as his own esteemed projects.</h4>
Although known for his big, yet intimate sound, versatility and creative curiosity, Brodie’s fine sensitivity to the fibres of music makes him as much a grounding force on the bass as an independent voice in any ensemble.
His music conjures a feeling of concentric shapes, designed for melodic and harmonic explorations, for both the audience and the band members. The well- contoured play between tension and release puts the music in a constant momentum, drawing the listener closer to the music.
Brodie’s compositions can be as an anthem of a Celtic fairyland, two-feet-on-the-ground ideas combined with an equal portion of mystique and intrigue.
Whilst gaining his masters degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Brodie was able to work with and learn from some of the leading European jazz musicians around today including, but not limited to Jasper Blom, Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder, Joris Roelofs and Ernst Glerum. It was here that he was able to perform constantly in some of The Netherlands many jazz festivals (North Sea Jazz Festival, Amsterdam Jazz Fest, Amersfoort Jazz Festival) and was involved in two separate groups who made it to the final of the prestigious competition, ‘Keep and Eye’ which is held in The Bimhuis, Amsterdam every year. This is also where he formed his current Quintet of former peers and classmates who together went on to record one studio album and one live E.P before his studies concluded and Brodie moved back to Glasgow, Scotland where he lives currently.
Now in Glasgow, Brodie is one of the most in demand bass players sought after by many musicians on the Scottish Jazz scene.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street (George Square), Glasgow, United Kingdom
GBP 12.00 to GBP 22.00
