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March tour: EDINBURGH: Queen's Hall, Fri 3, 031 668 2019 GLASGOW: RSAMD, Sat 4. 041 332 5057
NEW ALBUM: BELIEVE (CMP RECORDS)
Assembly Direct presents
classic jazz vocals
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established as something of a fixture. The singer will offer his usual mix of snappy jumpjive and swing. but with a stronger than usual emphasis on romantic ballads and the whole delicate subject of lurve.
I The Jean Mundell Guartet Fat Sam‘s Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Traditional and mainstream singer.
WEDNESDAY 15
Edinburgh
I ll: MacEwan and Friends Tron Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). A tribute to Peggy Lee from this locally-based singer. who will be joined by pianist Jack Finlay. Lindsay Cooper on bass. and drummer Tom McNaughton for the occasion.
I Fat Sam’s Band 10th Birthday Celebration Fat Sam‘s Down Town Diner. 56-58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 8pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. The ten-piece house band celebrate a decade of lively. well-played jump-jive and swing in typically upbeat style.
THURSDAY 16
Glasgow
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I Courtney Pine City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 551 1. 8pm. £8.50 (£5). It‘s been a couple of years since saxman Courtney Pine last visited these parts. fronting a slamming American jazz-funk outfit. and his return is a welcome one. This time around, he will lead a four-piece semi- acoustic jazz group featuring guitarist Cameron Pierre and a new bass and drums team. but will also add a couple of Dls to the tnix. using only acoustic jazz sources. He admits he doesn’t quite know exactly what it will sound like. but he has never been one to settle for the tried and tested when there is something new to check out. An extra date has been added since Assembly Direct’s original Jazz Directions brochure was printed. at The Music Hall in Aberdeen on Sat 18, where he will be one of the principal attractions in this month‘s Aberdeen Jazz Month promotion.
I Strathclyde University Big Band Crawfurd Theatre. Jordanhill College Campus. lordanhill Drive. 7.30pm. £1.60 on door. The SU’s 24~piece big band play jazz standards and contemporary charts in an evening off-shoot of the University's current lunchtime concert series.
Edinburgh
I Edith Budge and Friends Fat Sam's Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Singer. with the emphasis on blues and traditional Jazz.
FRIDAY 17
Glasgow
I Glasgow Jan Record Club Unitarian Church. 72 Berkeley Street. 7.45pm. Bill Martin chooses ‘Bill's All Star Big Band’. Contact Bill Winter on 944 4402 for
membership details.
Edinburgh
I Courtney Pine Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £12.50. £8.50 (£5). See Thurs 16.
Stirling
I Fraser Spiers MacRobert Centre. University of Stirling. 0786 461081. 10.30pm. £5 (£3). This is actually the third date on the blues harpist‘s tour for Assembly Direct’s The Jazz. Club, since he kicks off on Wed 15 down at The Volunteer Hall in Galashiels (8pm. £5 (£2). advance tickets from Borderline Records on 01896 758036). and then plays The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen (01224 642230. 9pm. £5 (£3)). See
preview.
SUNDAY 19
Glasgow
I Fraser Spiers City Hall Bar. Bell Street. 227 5511. 8pm. £5 (£3). See Fri 17 and preview.
I Trilogy Jazz Brunch. Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. l—4pm. No cover charge for diners. but phone for reservations (programme may be subject to change). Drummerless trio led by saxophonist and valve trombonist Phil Nicholson. who may be tnore familiar through his Latin-jazz outfit Perdido.
Edinburgh
I Spontaniacs Tron Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). An innovative Edinburgh-based outfit led by bassist and composer Dave Conway. with the creative connivance of new man Simon Van Der Wall on trumpet. Dave Borthwick on guitar and guitar~synth. and Des Travis on drutns.
MONDAY 20
Edinburgh
I Fraser Spiets Music Box. Victoria Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). See Fri 17 and preview.
TUESDAY 21 Edinburgh
I The Edinburgh Swing Guartet Fat Sam‘s Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Swing (but then you guessed that. didn’t you) from this band led by clarinettist Martin Foster.
WEDNESDAY 22
Edinburgh
I Napier University Big Band Tron Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square, 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). Simon Van Der Walt (best known as the regular trumpet dude in That Swing Thang) makes an instant return to The Tron (see Sun 19) as director of the Napier University Big Band. which certainly bore his distinctive stamp when I last heard them. Not a precision outfit. perhaps. but the close contact and informal atmosphere should help them to relax and swing their way through some attractive charts.
I Fat Sam’s Band Fat Sam's Down Town Diner, 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 8pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Swing and jump-jive.
THURSDAY 23
Edinburgh
I Kings at the Wild Frontier Fat Sam's Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. You will find guitarist Jim Condie's newest blues outfit lurking behind the C 'n‘ W name.
Sb “it: List 10-23 Feb 1995