Eileen Hunter (vocals/piano) and Kevin Mackenzie (guitar) - Beautiful standards and originals to kick the afternoon off!

Eileen Hunter is a well respected and experienced performer having sung all over the country from concert halls and theatres (Royal Albert Hall, Savoy Theatre, Open Air Theatre Regents Park) to the more intimate surroundings of London’s famous jazz venues (The 606 Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club, The Stables, The Elgar room). She has performed at various festivals including at the 606 Club for The London Jazz Festival.

Kevin Mackenzie lives in Scotland and has built a career in Jazz, Scottish Traditional Music and as a session guitarist.

His own projects have included Kevin Mackenzie’s Vital Signs, the Kevin Mackenzie Quartet and Trio, Swirler, Trio AAB, Cool Groove,Kevin Mackenzie’s Cyber Jazz and PRIME. Some musicians that have been involved in these groups include Ari Hoenig, Julian Arguelles, Loren Stillman, Donny McCaslin, Ben Perowsky, Boris Kozlov, Martin France and many others.

Kevin released ‘Another New Horizon’ in 2004 that featured some of Scotland’s leading Folk and Jazz talents. The recording received CD of the week in the Guardian and CD of the Month in the Observer.

He teaches guitar privately as well as being a regular tutor at the Tolbooth in Stirling is part of the faculty at the Royal Conservatoire Jazz department and the Traditional Music department.

“an international-class jazz player” The Herald

"a conspicuously inventive soloist." the Scotsman

“Mackenzie demonstrates a composer's ear and vision that equals his improvising skills” The Guardian

“..an excellent example of what's going on north of the border” The Observer

a perfect contribution that completes an urbane study in measured jazz improv. Garry Booth BBC Music Magazine