Английская Википедия:Fergus McCreadie

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Fergus McCreadie (born 12 July 1997, Jamestown, Easter Ross) is a Scottish jazz pianist and composer. His style revolves around a fusion of contemporary jazz with Scottish folk music. He has released three albums as bandleader to date, with all three being listed for the Scottish Album of the Year Award – Turas was shortlisted in 2019, Cairn was longlisted in 2021, and Forest Floor won in 2022. Forest Floor was also nominated for the 2022 Mercury Prize, and won the Scottish Jazz Award for Best Album.

Early life

Fergus McCreadie was born 12 July 1997 in Jamestown, Easter Ross, Scotland.

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 attended Dollar Academy as a teen, then 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.

Career

On 6 November 2023, McCreadie announced a 5-track solo piano EP titled Sketches, which was released by Edition Records on 26 November. The project was recorded on 21 August at Solas Sound in Glasgow, with Gus Stirrat as recording and mixing engineer.

In January 2024, McCreadie announced his fourth album Stream, set for release on 3 May by Edition.

Style and influences

McCreadie is known for combining contemporary jazz with Scottish folk music inspired by his homeland's natural landscape. 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.

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Fergus McCreadie

Year	Award	Work	Status	Шаблон:Tooltip
2015	Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year	Himself	Шаблон:Runner-up
2016	Peter Whittingham Jazz Award		Шаблон:Won
2019	Scottish Album of the Year Award	Turas	Шаблон:Shortlist
2021		Cairn	Шаблон:Nom
2022	Mercury Prize	Forest Floor	Шаблон:Shortlist
	Scottish Album of the Year Award		Шаблон:Won
	Scottish Jazz Award for Best Album		Шаблон:Won

McCreadie has also won the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year's under-17 category in 2013 and 2014, the Linda Trahan Memorial Prize University of St Andrews, and the Guy Barker Award at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. McCreadie was selected for BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists, becoming the first non-classical musician chosen for the recognition.

Personal life

McCreadie lives in Glasgow.

Discography

Albums

• Turas (as Fergus McCreadie Trio, self-release, 2018)
• Cairn (Edition, 2021)
• Forest Floor (Edition, 2022)
• Stream (Edition, 2024)

EPs

• Sketches (Edition, 2023)

Singles

Fergus McCreadie singles

Year	Name	Album
2020	"Cairn"	Cairn
2021	"An Old Friend"
	"Jig"
	"Cairn (Live)"
	"Jig (Live)"
	"An Old Friend (Live)"
2022	"Law Hill"	Forest Floor
	"Morning Moon"
	"The Unfurrowed Field"
2024	"Stony Gate"	Stream