MUSIC LIST
From Glasgow a new band about the pubs.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Session downstairs. mainly singing.
MONDAY 2 Glasgow
0 TrampassThc Trading Post. Carlton Place. 429 3445. Country and bluegrass music. Check for details.
0 Shades Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 5524149. Evening.
0 Irish Session Stage Door Bar. Gorbals Street next to Citizens’ Theatre, 429 0922. Jimmy McCue. legendary fiddler and friends.
0 Bopcats Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Three of Busketeers.
Edinburgh
0 Reverend Brothers The Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Acoustic instrumental music. Session till 1am. 0 Nobody’s Business Bannermans Bar. Cowgate. Evening. Swing blues and funk folk.
0 Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Regular Scottish music session. Bartill 11pm.
O Gill Hewitt Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Songs with 5-string banjo.
TUESDAY 3 Glasgow
0 Sleep The Feet Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Glasgow in song.
0 Nailan Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street. Evening. Fiddle and accordion music.
0 Covers Wintersgills Great Western Road. Evening. Music from the sixties.
Edinburgh
0 Bannermans Bar Cowgate. Evening. Assorted traditional music in the backroom.
0 Kenny Grier Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Guitar and songs. mainly folk.
WEDNESDAY 4
Glasgow
0 Naiian Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. Evening. Fiddle and accordion.
0 Limited Edition Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Folk and country blues.
Edinburgh
0 Scotland Yard Edinburgh Folk Club. Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 8pm. £1.50.
0 Reverend Brothers Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. Evening. Irish session. some Scottish tunes. amiany anarchic.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. Evening. Late bar and general session.
0 Bob Hownslow and Friends Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Guitar and songs.
THURSDAY 5 a Glasgow
0 Ian McIntosh Star Folk Club. Calton Place. 8pm. £1. Singer. banjo
player and concertina squeezer. with a line in sincere songs.
0 Bopcats Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Posh busking music.
Edinburgh
0 Women’s Night Green Tree. Cowgate. 9pm. Traditional music.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Late bar and session. 0 Shetland Fiddlers West End Hotel. Palmerston Place. Evening. Regular bow and scrape. All welcome.
0 Women‘s Night Green Tree. Cowgate. 9pm. 'l‘raditional music.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Late bar and session. 0 Shetland Fiddlers West End Hotel. Palmerston Place. Evening. Regular bow and scrape. All welcome.
JAZZ BLUES
Please note that evening sessions begin at approx 8.30pm unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY 20 Glasgow
0 Late Jazz Riverside Club. Fox Street (offClyde Street). 10.30pm—2am. Late bar. £2. Details: 2483144. Every Fri. regular jazz in good venue. Tonight George McGowan and small group.
0 Jeanette Burns and Andy Alston Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. 552 6027. Charing Cross. Evening. Piano standards. some jazz.
Edinburgh
0 Danish Radio Big Band Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. Note new start time 9.30pm. Bar. £3.50 (£2.50). Presented by Platform Jan. Don‘t think this is a Radio Big Band in the BBC tradition. Miles Davis has recorded with them and for years their director/arranger was Thad Jones. See panel.
0 Melanie Q’Reilly and Francis Cowan Gloucester Hotel. Gloucester Place. Evening. Smooth mainstreamish vocals and guitar.
0 Spirits of Rhythm Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. Trad jazz venue.
0 Ronnie Rae Trio and Fiona Duncan L‘Attache. Rutland Street. Evening. Accomplished lady singer and band.
0 Driving Sideways The Cavern. Cowgate. Bar till 3am. Blues and country rock.
SATURDAY 21 Glasgow
0 George McGowan Orchestra Daniel Brown‘s. St Vincent Street. 1.30—4.30pm. Brassy and loud.
0 Star Big Band Star Club. Calton Place. 2—5pm. Free. Music from 405 and 50s.
0 Bill Fanning Big Band Shadows. Bath Street. 332 0352. Lunchtime.
0 George Penman Jazzmen The Midas. St. Vincent Street. Lunchtime. Trad Band.
0 Mary Kiani Baby Grand, Elmbank Gardens. Evening. Piano bar.
0 Shelagh Buchanan Duo Glasgow Society of Musicians, Berkeley
Street. 3—5.30pm.
Edinburgh
0 Driving Sideways Calton Studios. Calton Road. Bar till 4am. Blues. boogie and garage band rock and roll.
0 Alec Shaw Trio Platform 1. Rutland Street. Lunchtime.
o Toto’s Jazz Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 2-4pm. Trad and swing.
O Basin Street Haymarket. Evening. Trad. Dixieland and New Orleans. Usually Mike Hart‘s Jazz Band.
0 Martin Leys Quartet Top 0‘ the Town. Royal Mile. Evening.
0 Festival City Jazz Band Clarendon Hotel. Grosvenor Street. Evening. 0 Tam White and The Dexters Platform 1. Rutland Street. Evening. Brassy soul band and vocalist.
MONDAY 23
Glasgow
0 Shelagh Buchanan Duo Duke of Tourraine. Ingram Street. Evening. One of Glasgow‘s great vocalists.
Edinburgh
0 Jim Petrie Jazz Band Starbank Inn. Newhaven. Evening. Old-fashioned jam in appealing little seaside pub. 0 Sophie Bancroft Trio Malt Shovel. Cockburn Street. Evening. Mainstream singer.
0 East Coast Jazz Band Blue Lagoon. Angle Park Terrace, 331 9922. Evening. Stompers.
0 St Stephen Street Stompers Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. Riverboat. New Orleans.
TUESDAY 24 Glasgow
0 Ron Finlay Trio Partick Tavern. Dumbarton Road. Evening.
0 Bobby Wishart Quartet Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Evening. Superb sax and flute.
Edinburgh
0 West End Jazz Band Basin Street. Haymarket. Evening. Dixieland.
o Darktown Jazz Band Struan Hotel. Corstorphine Road. Evening. Trad jam.
0 Liz McEwan and the Brian Kellock Trio L‘Attache. Rutland Street.
0 Louisiana Ragtime Band Navaar House Hotel. Mayfield Gardens. 667 2828. Evening.
0 Swing ’87 Malt Shovel. Cockburn Street. 225 6843. Evening. Hot club with reeds.
0 West End Jan Band Basin Street. Haymarket. Evening. Solid trad band.
0 Delta Devils Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. Evening. Boogie and blues piano/guitar.
WEDNESDAY 25
Glasgow 0 Shelagh Buchanan Duo Duke of
Tourainne. Ingram Street. Evening. Vocal/Piano.
0 Quadros Nicholson Quintet Pythagoras. Sauchiehall Street. 8.15pm. Mainstream and modern.
Edinburgh
0 Charlie McNair's Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. Evening. Trad/swing band.
0 Louisiana Ragtime Band Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. Dixieland Music.
0 Take 3 Maxies Bistro. West Nicolson Street. 6670845. Evening. Background music.
0 Royal Mile Jazz Quartet The Rock Lounge Bar. 1/3 North Bank Street (Top 0‘ The Mound). 8—10.30pm.
0 Martin Ley’s Quartet with John Burgess Royal Hotel. Roslin. Evening. Young. swing and modern. 0 Darittown Jazz Band Scotty‘s Bar. Piershill. Evening. Trad.
THURSDAY 26 Glasgow
0 Jazz Night Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. Evening. Piano/Bass/Drums. 0 Burton, Clark, Coutts La Taverna. Woodlands Road. Evening.
Edinburgh
0 Templehall Stampers Temple Hotel. Esplanade. Joppa. Evening. Traddies.
0 Ronnie Rae Jr Crest Hotel. Oueensferry Road. Evening. Pianist.
0 Driving Sideways Top 0’ the Walk. St James Centre. 9—12pm. Rock/Blues and Boogie.
o Spirits of Rhythm Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. Edinburgh‘s main trad jazz venue. 0 That Swing Thing Shore Bar. Leith. 9pm. 50s‘ vocals.
0 Driving Sideways Top 0‘ the Walk. St James Centre. 9pm. Blues and rock 'n‘ roll.
FRIDAY 27
Glasgow
0 Bobby Wishart Group — Late Jazz Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 10.30pm—2am. Bar. £2. Great venue for Glasgow‘s top band. Wishart on sax and flute.
o Jeanette Burns and Andy Alston Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 552 6027. Evening. Mix ofold pop and jazz.
Edinburgh
0 Johnny Copeland Blues Band Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 9.30pm. Bar. £3.50 (£2.50). Great black blues singer and guitarist with horn section. See panel.
0 Spirits oi Rhythm Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. Trad. 0 Melanie Q'Reilly and Francis Cowan Gloucester Hotel. Gloucester Place. Evening. Vocals and guitar.
0 Ronnie Rae Trio and Fiona Duncan L’Attache. Rutland Street. Evening. Jazz singer.
0 Jazz and Blues Assembly Rooms. George Street. 9—1 1pm. Free. Edinburgh Peace Festival. With
Jazzobel. Sunhouse 2. and Bare Necessities.
0 Ted Hawkins/Andy While QMU.
The List 20 Feb — 5 March 27