Renowned jazz artists Liane Carroll and Brian Kellock are set to do their first ever tour together – though neither of them can decide what they’re going to play.  The tour includes a performance at Eden Court Theatre on 9 November 2008 (see full list of tour dates below).

Award-winning singer Carroll admits: “I don’t know what we’ll do actually – we just like seeing what happens.

“I normally play piano and sing jazz standards, originals, blues and soul. But playing with a genius like Brian is like being on another planet. Every time we play together I get the tingles because we are both very spontaneous.”

Kellock, of Edinburgh, agrees, saying: “I love playing with singers, and you don't get better than Liane. She is always up for anything musically, so you never know what will happen on any tune, which is very exciting. And she's a really good laugh, so we'll have a ball on stage and off.”

The pair met two years ago at Fionna Duncan’s jazz workshops, where Carroll was teaching and Kellock was playing. They hit it off straight away and Carroll says: “I just fell in love with his playing – he’s an amazing man.”

Since then they have played one-off gigs together, but never toured. And they’re set for another personal first by making a live recording of two of their Highland shows – funded by the Scottish Arts Council - which will be released on Carroll’s Splashpoint Records next summer.

London-born Carroll adds: “I think the audiences will have a lot of fun and be moved by the concerts, because we really rock the ballads and are in our element when we’re playing together. When we do a classic, heartbreaking song we really mean it, and hopefully we can convey that to the audience.”

The tour dates are as follows:

Dunfermline – October 29, Carnegie Hall
Aberdeen – October 30 and 31, Blue Lamp (Live recording)
Bathgate – November 1, Regal
Inverness – November 9, Eden Court
Perth – November 10, Perth Theatre
Glasgow – November 20, Royal Concert Hall
Edinburgh – November 21, The Lot
Arbroath – November 22, Hospitalfield House