Pianist in modern style. Active in events promoted by Platform, the jazz organisation in 1970s. Spent much of his distinguished academic career in USA and Canada. Contacted the Scottish Jazz Archive in 2021 after reading the account of Platform on the SJA website, and was subsequently interviewed for the website by Haftor Medboe.
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Jim Vincent – Interviewed for the Scottish Jazz Archive 2020
From 2017, the Scottish Jazz Archive has filmed a series of interviews with grandees of the Scottish jazz scene. Where possible, these interviews were filmed in a studio setting or in the interviewee’s home environment. A number of interviews were conducted online for reasons of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic or to minimise long-distance…