Fergus McCreadie

Fergus McCreadie (born 12 July 1997,[3] Jamestown, Easter Ross[4]) is a Scottish jazz pianist. He was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 2022 for his album Forest Floor,[5] which debuted at #1 on the UK's Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30 on 15 April 2022.[1][6] All three of McCreadie's albums have been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award: Forest Floor won in 2022 and Turas was shortlisted in 2019. McCreadie was selected by BBC Radio 3 as part of their New Generation Artists talent development scheme in September 2022,[7] and is a two-time recipient of the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year award.[8]

Fergus McCreadie
Born12 July 1997
Jamestown, Easter Ross, Scotland
GenresJazz, Scottish folk music
Instrument(s)Piano
LabelsEdition
Member of
  • Corto Alto[1]
  • Graham Costello's Strata[2]
Websitewww.fergusmccreadie.co.uk

Early life

While living in a house in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, McCreadie's parents paid £20 for a broken-down piano. However, he mostly practiced with a Yamaha electric piano through headphones in his bedroom after noise complaints from a neighbor. McCreadie studied jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he met bassist David Bowden and drummer Stephen Henderson, the other two players on McCreadie's three albums.[1]

Style

McCreadie is known for combining contemporary jazz with Scottish folk music inspired by his homeland's natural landscape.[9][10] McCreadie describes this genre crossover by saying "jazz is kind of a folk music in itself. It has a lot of the characteristics, and it's grown up in a lot of the same ways." McCreadie says he is most inspired by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett and notes his music taste as also including Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and Mick O'Brien.[1]

Personal life

McCreadie lives in Glasgow.[1]

Discography

Singles
Fergus McCreadie singles[12]
Year Name Album
2020 "Cairn" Cairn
2021 "An Old Friend"
"Jig"
"Cairn (Live)"
"Jig (Live)"
"An Old Friend (Live)"
2022 "Law Hill"[13] Forest Floor
"Morning Moon"
"The Unfurrowed Field"

References
  1. Morris, Hugh (26 July 2022). "Fergus McCreadie Interview: 'Jazz is kind of a folk music in itself'". Jazzwise. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Graham Costello's Strata – Second Lives". London Jazz News. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. "Fergus McCreadie". All About Jazz. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. "Fergus McCreadie: I'm not even dreaming about Mercury Prize win". BBC. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. Singh, Surej (26 July 2022). "Mercury Prize 2022 shortlist revealed". NME. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  6. "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30". Official Charts Company. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  7. Nepilova, Hannah (24 May 2022). "BBC New Generation Artists announced for 2022-24 intake". Classical Music. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  8. Savage, Mark (26 July 2022). "Mercury Prize: All you need to know about this year's nominees". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. Spry, Graham (4 April 2022). "Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. "Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor". Jazzwise. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. Lea, Nick. "Fergus McCreadie Trio - Turas". JazzViews. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Fergus McCreadie - Discography". Spotify. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  13. Flynn, Mike (28 March 2022). "Video of the Day: pianist Fergus McCreadie shares "Law Hill" from new album Forest Floor". Jazzwise. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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