Fergus McCreadie

Born in Jamestown, in Easter Ross, and raised in Dollar, Scotland, Fergus McCreadie has since the late 2010s been developing a language that sits between contemporary jazz and Scottish folk traditions. A pianist and composer trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under Tommy Smith, Fergus McCreadie met there bassist David Bowden and drummer Stephen Henderson, with whom he forms the Fergus McCreadie Trio. His playing favors clear melodies, progressive dynamics and a very direct connection to the Scottish landscape, while staying within the framework of the acoustic jazz trio. After Turas in 2018, Fergus McCreadie released Cairn in 2021, followed by Forest Floor in 2022, a record that established him on a broader British jazz scene. He continues this trajectory with the solo piano EP Sketches in 2023 and the album Stream in 2024, while appearing in other projects on the Scottish scene such as corto.alto or Graham Costello’s Strata. Based in Glasgow, Fergus McCreadie crafts music that is both fluid and structured, where jazz improvisation, dance forms and modal inflections drawn from the traditional repertoire come together in concise writing.