Matthew Kilner is an active musician, educator, and award-winning saxophonist, currently based in Glasgow. Matthew regularly performs at festivals and jazz clubs around the UK and abroad including; London's Pizza Express Live, Birmingham's Symphony Hall and the 2023 Regensburg Jazz Festival. In 2019, Matthew won the prestigious Ogston Performance Prize whilst attending the University of Aberdeen, and most recently reached the final of the 2023 BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition. Matthew is an established band leader and is currently in the process of recording his debut album alongside some of Scotland's most esteemed jazz musicians.
Debut album launch
I feel very honoured to announce that my debut album “The Space In Between” will be released on 7/3/25
We’ll be launching the record across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen in March so please come down and check out the music. It’ll be available on CD, Vinyl, Bandcamp and all streaming platforms too. I’m really proud of everything that Alyn Cosker, Paul Harrison, Ewan Hastie and Paul Towndrow have all contributed to this record, it really was a honour to make music with them. Massive thank you to James at @quietmoneymusic for mixing and mastering the record and Stuart at Castlesound for recording us. Both geniuses and a joy to work with. Thank you to Mark Quinn @the.pickle.community.radio for the photography and Calum Hadden at @birnamcd for the design work, the album looks even better than anything I imagined. And thank you to everyone that has supported the record either financially or with words of encouragement - it means more than you know.
I really can’t wait to perform this music live for you. Thanks a million!
Upcoming Dates
11/02/25
The Rumshack
Maria Grapsa Quintet
Glasgow
8pm
12/02/25
The Jazz Bar
Maria Grapsa Quintet
Edinburgh
9pm
13/02/25
The Blue Lamp
Maria Grapsa Quintet
Aberdeen
8pm
22/02/25
Basement Jazz Cafe
Ewan Johnstone band
Glasgow
9pm