Supported by: James Dornan*, Joan McAlpine*, Neil Findlay*, Richard Lyle*, David Torrance*, Iain Gray* R *S5M-05731 Alexander Stewart: Clackmannanshire Jazz Musician, Fergus McCreadie That — the Parliament congratulates Fergus McCreadie, who is a pianist from Clackmannanshire, on being nominated in the Rising Star category at the 2017 Scottish Jazz Awards; acknowledges that Fergus, who is a performer, composer, arranger and music teacher, is one of the Scottish jazz scene's emerging figures and has performed at the Glasgow and Edinburgh jazz festivals with his band, the Fergus McCreadie Trio, as well as in Clackmannanshire, including staging a concert at the Burnside Hall in 2015; notes that he won the 2016 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award, which, it understands, is helping him record an album of his own compositions, which are a fusion between jazz and traditional Scottish music, and wishes him the best...