Kershaw, Martin

Composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinettist, Martin Kershaw returned to Edinburgh in 1999 after two years at Berklee College of Music.  As a bandleader, Martin founded the soul-funk outfit Groovediggaz, hip-hop collective Green Juice and his own Quartet.  In 2002 he was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Recording Development Grant and produced his first album with the Martin Kershaw Quartet 'Fruition'.  Since 2004 he has held the lead alto saxophone position in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.

Instrument(s)/responsibility:
alto saxophone

Concerts by Performer

Title Date Venue Professor
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 29, 2002 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-