lSophisticated swing trio.
I Dougie Urquhart Duo The Shore Bar & Restaurant. 3 The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Mainstream to hop guitar duo. I East Coast Jazz Band Blue Lagoon. Angle Park Terrace. 337 9922. 9pm. Free. Traditional.
I Elastic Band The Pavilion. Buckstone Terrace. 445 5584. 9pm. Free. Traditional.
Glasgow
I Bobby Wishart Group Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free.
Bop to fusion.
I Bill Finlayson Baby Grand. Flmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 248 4942. 9pm. Free. Mainstream piano.
Edinburgh
I Eddie Sevem Duintet ()blomov’s. Mound Place. 2200054. 9pm. Free. Bop.
I Jack Finlay and Kenny Ellis The Shore Bar & Restaurant. 3 The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Mainstream piano and bass.
I Swing '90 Malt Shovel. Cockburn Street. 2256843. 9pm. Free. Hot Club-style swing.
I Jazzamatazz Cafe L‘()deon. George IV Bridge. 220 4950. 9.30pm. Free. Swing.
I Louisiana Ragtime Band Navaar I louse Hote1.MayficId Gardens. 667 2828. 8.30pm. Free. 'I‘raditional.
I Jan Swanson and Spike Wright Cellar No 1.Chambers Street. Free. Residency.
WEDNESDAY 5 Glasgow
I Sandy Taylor and Alex Moore Society of Musicians. Berkeley Street. 221 61 12. 8.30pm. Non-members 50p. Mainstream piano and guitar.
I Another Hairdo L'()deon. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3141. 9pm. Free. Mainstream to modern duo.
I Kurt Wylie Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 248 4942. 9pm. Free. Mainstream piano.
Edinburgh
I Alex Shaw Trio Platform 1.Caledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Mainstream pianist.
I Jeti Freedner Duartet ()blomov‘s. Mound Place. 220 0054. 9pm. Free. Bop to modern.
I Al Fairweather and The Sundowners
FOLK & WORLD MUS-1C
Young‘s Hotel. Leamington Terrace. 229 6481. 8.30pm. Free. Traditional. I Charlie McNalr's Jazz Band Preservation
Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free.TraditionaI.
I Jan at Maxie's Maxie‘s Bistro. West Nicolson Street. 667 0845. 8.30pm. Free. Music in bar/restaurant.
I Fat Sam's Band Fat Sam's. Fountainbridge. 228 3111. Residency.
I The Diplomats of Jazz Golden Rule. Yeaman Place. Free. Residency.
. THURSDAY 6
Glasgow
I Chris Barber Band Glasgow Royal
Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street.332
« 3123. 8pm. £8.50. £6. The veteran
; attract a healthycrowd tothe newConcert :
trombonist and his hard-working band remain as popular as ever and are likely to
Hall. Singer Paul Jones is a special guest. ' On Saturday 8. the Barber Band share a
concert at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh with the Carol Kidd Trio. for which early
, booking is strongly advised. Tickets priced £12.50—£8.50 are available from the Usher
Hall Box Office (031 228 1 I55).
I Chick Lyall and George Lyle Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. Free. The gifted Glasgwegian pianist in his standards mode. with his near-namesake on bass.
I Nigel Clark Trio Barbizon. High Street. 5520707. 9pm. Free. Bop guitarand piano.
I Another Hairdo Mitchell's. North Street. 204 4312. 9pm. Free. Mainstream to modern duo.
I Bill Finlayson Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 248 4942. 9pm. Free. Mainstream piano.
Edinburgh
I The Peristalsis Trio The St James Oyster Bar. Calton Street. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Swing.
I Beroda Swing Maxie‘s Bistro. West Nicolson Street. 6670845. 9pm. Free. Swing. some modern soul jazz.
I Kenny Ellis Duo The Shore Bar & Restaurant. 3 The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Mainstream to bop.
I Templehall Stompers Templehall Hotel. Esplanade. Joppa. 669 4264. 8.30pm. Free. Dixieland.
I Fat Sam’s Band Fat Sam‘s. Fountainbridge. 228 3111. Residency.
I Live music Northern Bar. Howard Place. 556 1558. Free. Trad.
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for further details. contact :
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FOLK WORLD
i FRIDAY 23 f Glasgow
I Fiddle Concert Hutcheson's Hall. 158 Ingram Street. 12.30pm. £2(£1.50). Advance tickets from Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. High style Scottish fiddler Douglas Lawrence. Glasgow Tryst. I An Evening with Drumalban Dolphin Arts Centre. 7 James Street. Bridgeton. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Scots folk ensemble perform traditional dances in authentic costume. with fiddle. pipesand clarsach. and songs in Gaelic and Scots. Glasgow Tryst.
I Drumchapel Community Ceilidh John (“)Iivers. 20 Drumchapel Road. 8pm. £2. With Scottish Blend dance band and caller Bob Blair. Glasgow Tryst.
I Ceilidh Riverside. Fox Street. offCIyde Street. 248 3144. 8pm. £3. Music fromthe Kelvin Ceilidh Band. Glasgow Tryst.
I Scotia Session Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Glasgow Tryst.
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree Inn. By Uddingston Cross. Liddingston.
9;] 1.45pm. £1.50. Singaround.
Edinburgh
I Tilting Ground Queen‘s Hall. Clark Street. 8.30pm. £7. £5. New sounds from Scotland. Folk influenced music and jazz from the Cauld Blast Orchestra. piper Nigel Richards with reedsman Dick Lee. and pianist Chick Lyall‘s Group.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Highlanders‘ bar. Accordion and guitar.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. 9pm. Free. Session at the backof the pub.
I Platform One Rutland Street. West End. 9pm. Folk entertainment with Muckle Ado.
SATURDAY 24 Glasgow
I Dance Workshops Dolphin Arts Centre. 7James Street. Bridgeton. 10am.£1.50. Step Dances of Scotland and the Isles with Sheila Kennedy and Chris Metherill. Beginners Dance Workshop. Shortsword and Longsword dance from Scotland and northern [England with G. Kirk and Andrew Kennedy. Glasgow Tryst.
I Storytelling Workshop Babbity Bowster. Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 1pm. £1.50. Organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland. With travellers Duncan Williamson and Stanley Robertson. Glasgow Tryst.
I An Teallach Babbity Bowster. Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 1pm. Free. Downstairs with Tayside song and ceilidh band. Glasgow Tryst.
I Melanie Harrold and Ollie Dianehilower Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street.552 8681 . 3.30pm. Free. Beautiful. jazzy vocals and double bass. Glasgow Tryst.
I Tweed Journey Moir Hall. Granville Street. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Tickets from Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Chromatic clarsach stylist Savourna Stevenson and her top flight band play the river from its source to the sea. opening with solo harp and adding instrumentsone by one. Jazz-orientated original music. Glasgow Tryst.
I West Coast Band Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. Free. Session in the bar with fiddle. accordion. mandolin. penny whistle etc. Afternoon.
I Castlemilk Community Ceilidh See local? press for details. With Bob Blair and
Scottish Blend. 8pm. £2. GIasgowTryst.
I Ceilidh Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 8pm. £3. With the folk. rock and roll of the Portobello Ceilidh Band. Glasgow Tryst.
I Reilan Jessie’s 374 Gallowgate.
Evening. Free. Live group.
Edinburgh
3 I Gaudi Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith.
9pm. Free. Music on fiddle and mandolin from a few ofMiro. I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225
3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion/fiddIe/guitar
in the bar.
SUNDAY 25 Glasgow
I Storytelling Workshop Babbity Bowstcr. Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 7.30pm. £2 (£1.50). Organised bythe Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland. With travellers Duncan Williamson and Stanley Robertson. Glasgow Tryst.
I Gill Bowman and Jock Drown Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. New solo album City Love soon from GiII. Here she sings some of herown compositions. and some traditional music with banjo player Jock. GlasgowTryst.
I Black Bull Folk Club Black Bull Hotel. Milngavie. 8pm. Fortnightly club. Info 776 3289. Tonight Triad.
I Singaround Riverside. Fox Street.off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular Sunday afternoon ofmusic.
I Park Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Back room session.
Edinburgh.
I Youngs Music Club Leamington Terrace. 9pm. £1.50. Info 447 6187. Popular English singer Mike Silver.
I Music at L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Muckle Ado.
I Dannerman’s Dar Cowgate. 9pm. Live fiddling in the vaults.
MONDAY 26
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8—9pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings.
Glasgow
I Japanese Week King‘s Theatre. 7.45pm. Free. Opening concert of Glasgow 1990 event is of Kabuki dance. traditional music and dance. and folk dance.
I Japanese Week iiutchesons Hall. Ingram Street. 12.30—4pm. Taisho Koto music and Kimono show.
I Dance Workshop Johnny Scobies. London Road. Glasgow Cross. 7.30pm. £1 .50 (£1 ). Simple ceilidh dances. Glasgow Tryst.
I Star Band Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. The big voice of Arthur Johnstone with Brian Miller who also plays guitar and mandolin in the company of fiddler Charlie Soane. Glasgow Tryst.
I Porters Music Porters Lounge Bar. 292 Sauchiehall Street. 332 4374. 8pm—midnight. Free. Live music.
I Irish Session Sharkey‘s Bar. 429 3944. beside Citizens“ Theatre. Gorbals. 9pm. Free. Top Glasgow Irish musicians from Comhaltas.
Edinburgh
I Linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Tavern. West Port. Linlithgow. 8pm. Tonight the Kelvin Delta Blues Band.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665. 9—11pm. Free. Scottish tunes on accmdion. whistle and fiddle.
I L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. 9pm. Free. Fast and furious tunes from Miro.
48 The List 23 November — 6 December 1990