Calum Gourlay
{{Short description|Scottish jazz bassist, composer, and band leader}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Calum Gourlay
| image = Thelonious INNtöne 08.jpg
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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Double bass
| years_active = 2004–present
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| website = {{URL|calumgourlay.com}}
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Calum Gourlay is a Scottish jazz bassist, composer, and band leader.
Career
The son of a music teacher, Gourlay grew up in Glasgow.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Charlie |title=Calum Gourlay Interview |url=https://www.sussexjazzmag.com/calum-gourlay-interview/ |website=Sussex Jazz |accessdate=15 October 2020 |date=1 November 2019}} At the age of ten he began learning the cello, then four years later started playing double bass. He heard Scottish jazz musicians at workshops taught by his father on Saturday mornings. He moved from Glasgow to Dunfermline, participating in the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra. He played in a youth band led by Tommy Smith until 2004 when he traveled to London to attend the Royal Academy of Music. At the school he met three people who would become bandmates: Trish Clowes, Kit Downes, and Freddie Gavita. Gourlay has taught at the Royal Academy and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance{{cite web |title=Trinity Laban welcomes new staff to the Jazz Department |url=https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/news/trinity-laban-welcomes-new-staff-to-the-jazz-department/ |website=Trinity Laban |accessdate=15 October 2020 |date=26 September 2018}}
Discography
=As leader=
- Live at the Ridgeway (2015){{cite web |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Jim |title=Interview: Calum Gourlay on new solo album |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/interview-calum-gourlay-new-solo-album-1507221 |website=www.scotsman.com |accessdate=15 October 2020 |date=18 April 2015}}
- New Ears Quartet (Ubuntu Music, 2019){{cite web |last1=McKergow |first1=Mark |title=The Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears |url=https://londonjazznews.com/2019/11/20/the-calum-gourlay-quartet-new-ears/ |website=londonjazznews.com |accessdate=15 October 2020 |date=20 November 2019}}
=As sideman=
With Kit Downes
- Golden (Basho, 2009)
- Quiet Tiger (Basho, 2011)
- Light from Old Stars (Basho, 2013)
With Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
- American Adventure (Spartacus, 2013)
- Embodying the Light (Spartacus, 2017)
- Sweet Sister Suite by Kenny Wheeler (Spartacus, 2018)
With others
- Arild Andersen, Celebration (ECM, 2012)
- Richard Rodney Bennett, Saxophone Concerto/Reflections On a 16th Century Tune (BBC, 2018)
- Kurt Elling, Passion World (Concord Jazz, 2015)
- Makoto Ozone, Jeunehomme: Piano Concerto No. 9 (Spartacus, 2017)
- Colin Steele, Joni (Marina, 2020)
- Anthony Strong, Stepping Out (Naive, 2013)
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Category:21st-century Scottish male musicians
Category:21st-century jazz composers
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:British jazz bandleaders
Category:British jazz musicians
Category:British male double-bassists