Raymond MacDonald

"Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year 2002"
The Sunday Herald
"A leading voice in modern improvisational music"
WNUR Chicago

Raymond has performed and recorded extensively and toured internationally with jazz and pop bands since the mid eighties. He co-leads The George Burt / Raymond MacDonald Quartet (Leading Scottish contemporary jazz - The Guardian) and is Director of The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra. (the premier league of the international improvisation scene” - Sueddeutsche Zeitung).
He also performs with The Scottish Jazz Composers Ensemble and international saxophone quartet Rich in Knuckles. He has recently collaborated with:
Lol Coxhill, Keith Tippett, Harry Beckett, Evan Parker, Gunter “baby” Sommer, Fred Frith, Keith Rowe, George Lewis, Maggie Nicols, Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Tatsuya Nakatani, Mike Zerang, and Fred Longberg-holm.
His recorded output can be found on a number of international labels including FMR (UK), Leo (UK), Textile (France), Thrill Jockey (USA), Clean Feed (Portugal), Aufgeladen und Bereit (Germany).