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Ewan Hastie

Jazz

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Double Bass

Ewan started with the bass guitar at the age of 12 and during his time with the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra he took up the double bass. With the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, Ewan gained touring experience, visiting Skye, Glasgow, Belfast and Sligo Jazz Festival, finally enrolling into the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, currently in his fourth and final year.

Since moving to Glasgow he has played professionally with a number of the musicians who acted as tutors as well as keeping busy on Scotland’s thriving jazz scene.

Ewan received the Mark McKergow Prize for Jazz Improvisation which was awarded for hard work, diligence, and creativity and was also selected to go to Germany, Nuremberg for a European Jazz workshop.

He remarked “It is a wonderful feeling to know at such an early age what it is, that you are going to be doing for the rest of your life”.

Ewan Hastie performs at the 91热爆 Young Jazz Musician 2022 Final with Nikki Yeoh and Mark Mondesir

Ewan performs his own composition, a Chick Corea tune and an Oscar Pettiford tune