Monsterosa
Monsterosa
Fri 21 November 2025
Stage time / 12:00pm
Doors / 11:00am
Celebrating the Jazz Clubs
Monsterosa (Rebecca Hollweg, vocals, Graeme Wilson, saxophone and flute, Mike Outram, guitar, Ewan Hastie, bass and Tom Gordon, drums) perform captivating new jazz songs and instrumentals from their 2024 release The Seasons in the City, inspired by Italo Calvino’s Marcovaldo stories.
Monsterosa emerged from a lockdown project by Edinburgh saxophonist Graeme Wilson to write new songs and instrumentals for five jazz musicians based on Italo Calvino's Marcovaldo collection. The stories follow a man trying to recapture country life in an urban setting, and the music follows the joy in each moment of possibility he finds for sleeping outdoors, or gathering firewood, or eating well. Sung by the wonderful London-based singer Rebecca Hollweg (‘A great singer who I love very much…’, Jamie Cullum), the melodies are rooted in jazz, taking in Wilson’s wider love for soul, folk, & latin music.
Hailed as 'akin to an old Brill Building songsmith’ (UNCUT), Rebecca Hollweg has released three albums of her own songs (June Babies, Orange Roses & Country Girl) and an album of Other People’s Songs. Saxophonist Graeme Wilson has recorded with his own Quartet, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, ACV, Paul Edis' Ushaw Ensemble, Raymond MacDonald & Bill Wells, performed with the likes of Fred Frith, Marilyn Crispell, John Faddis, Julian Siegel & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and has written widely for ensembles such as John Warren’s Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra. Mike Outram is a guitarist & improviser who has worked with Tim Garland, Donny McCaslin, Till Brönner, Carleen Anderson, Theo Travis, Jeff Williams, Steven Wilson, Tony Remy, Herbie Mann, Tim Ries, Nikki Iles, Gerard Presencer, & Laura Rossi. Ewan Hastie, bassist & composer and BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022, has performed with Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Jean Toussaint, Denys Baptiste, Fergus McCreadie, Nikki Yeoh & many others. Tom Gordon holds the drum chair in the BBC Big Band and has worked with artists including The Woody Herman Orchestra, NDR Big Band, Lalo Schifrin, Al Jarreau, Joe Sample, James Morrison, Jamie Cullum, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Eliane Elias & Sammy Nestico.
Monsterosa emerged from a lockdown project by Edinburgh saxophonist Graeme Wilson to write new songs and instrumentals for five jazz musicians based on Italo Calvino's Marcovaldo collection. The stories follow a man trying to recapture country life in an urban setting, and the music follows the joy in each moment of possibility he finds for sleeping outdoors, or gathering firewood, or eating well. Sung by the wonderful London-based singer Rebecca Hollweg (‘A great singer who I love very much…’, Jamie Cullum), the melodies are rooted in jazz, taking in Wilson’s wider love for soul, folk, & latin music.
Hailed as 'akin to an old Brill Building songsmith’ (UNCUT), Rebecca Hollweg has released three albums of her own songs (June Babies, Orange Roses & Country Girl) and an album of Other People’s Songs. Saxophonist Graeme Wilson has recorded with his own Quartet, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, ACV, Paul Edis' Ushaw Ensemble, Raymond MacDonald & Bill Wells, performed with the likes of Fred Frith, Marilyn Crispell, John Faddis, Julian Siegel & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and has written widely for ensembles such as John Warren’s Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra. Mike Outram is a guitarist & improviser who has worked with Tim Garland, Donny McCaslin, Till Brönner, Carleen Anderson, Theo Travis, Jeff Williams, Steven Wilson, Tony Remy, Herbie Mann, Tim Ries, Nikki Iles, Gerard Presencer, & Laura Rossi. Ewan Hastie, bassist & composer and BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022, has performed with Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Jean Toussaint, Denys Baptiste, Fergus McCreadie, Nikki Yeoh & many others. Tom Gordon holds the drum chair in the BBC Big Band and has worked with artists including The Woody Herman Orchestra, NDR Big Band, Lalo Schifrin, Al Jarreau, Joe Sample, James Morrison, Jamie Cullum, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Eliane Elias & Sammy Nestico.
