25 November 2024
Guitarist wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2024 title
Guitarist Timmy Allan has won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2024 title. The fourth year student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland triumphed in the final staged at the BBC’s Pacific Quay HQ on Sunday 24the November.
His fellow finalists were singer Sam Hancock (20), from St Andrews, and bassist Laurie Moore (22), from Glasgow.
Allan wins a recording session and appearance on Radio Scotland’s ‘The Afternoon Show’; the winner’s performance at next year’s BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician event; and a concert appearance organised by the Glasgow Jazz Festival or an equivalent prize.