MUSIGJAZZ
TUESDAY 5
Edinburgh
I Edith Budge and Friends Fat Sam's [)own Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Jazz and blues.
WEDNESDAY 6
Glasgow
I Frisky Biscuit Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. 9pm. No music charge unless otherwise stated. Saxophonist Hermie Longalong's latest band.
Edinburgh
I Salsa Celtica Tron Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavem and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). A new name in the Tron jazz programme. but these locally-based Salsa merchants have already built something of a following in the city.
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 7
Glasgow
I Tam White Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. £6 (£1). The Edinburgh-based bluesman has been in the studio of late cutting another album. and may include some of his new material here.
Edinburgh
I Baby lsaac Fat Sam's Down Town Diner. 56-58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Blues band.
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MONDAY 18th DECEMBER 1995 8pm TICKETS: £13 - £17 USHER HALL EDINBURGH BOX OFFICE 0131 2281155 A CITY OF EDINBURGH DISTRICT COUNCIL VENUE
FRIDAY 8
Glasgow I lain Ballamy and The Hungry Ants
Basement Jazz. The Ramshorn Theatre. Ingram Street. info on 887 4733. lOpm-lam. £5 (£3.50). Ballamy is one of the most consistently rewarding jazz musicians to have emerged on the UK scene in the last decade. He is featured here with The Hungry Ants. a band led by young pianist Richard Fairhurst. and the even younger drummer Tim Giles. Bass player Steve Watts completes what should be a must-hear line-up.
I Glasgow Jazz Record Club Unitarian Church. 72 Berkeley Street. 7.30pm. Contact Ernie Spiers. 14 Glendee Road. Renfrew (886 2949) for membership details. Eric Hamilton on the rather opaque topic of ‘Wild Root'.
Stirling
I Shift The Jazz Club. MacRobert Centre Foyer. University of Stirling. 01786 461081. 10.30pm. £5 (£2). A nine-piece acid jazz outfit whose set includes covers of James Brown. Brand New Heavies and Funkadelic tunes. as well as original maten'al.
SATURDAY 9
Glasgow
I Black Satin Jazz After Dark. Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. 10pm. £2. Mainstreamjazz.
SUNDAY 10 ,
Edinburgh
I lain Ballamy and The Hungry Ants Tron
Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 8.
CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ
8: BLUES BAND
The (lo-ops Ceilidh for Shelter
with the Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band
Friday 8th December, 1995
7.30pm - midnight Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green
Tickets £5 (£4) are available from Emma Jackson on 0131 313 1550
The C(DPERATIVE BANK
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1 Edinburgh
i I Kings of the Wild Frontier Fat Sam's
3 Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridgc. 228 3111. 8pm. No cover charge for diners; phone for reservations. Blues
band.
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Glasgow
I Craig McMurdo’s Cool Yule Paisley 3 Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm.
I £7 (£5). The smooth one unleashes his
; usual Christmas bash in the company of That Swing Thang.
3 I Sophisticated Swing Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. 9pm. No
: music charge unless otherwise stated.
; Dixielander George Ogilvie leads a
JAZZ mamma-
The following details are for regular weekly dates: see main listings for one- on shows. Gigs are listed by city, then by day. Residencies will be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to
us. Jazz Residencies listings compiled
i by Kenny Mathieson.
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f Fridays I Chris Clark Quartet Quarterdeck Bar. Glasgow Moat House Hotel. Congress Road. 306 9988. 9pm. Mainstream. I Live Jan at the Joint The Roast Joint. 305 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7182. 8pm. Artists vary. I Jan Piano Baby Grand. 3—7 Elmbank Gardens. 248 4942. 10pm. Lounge pianist. I Live Jazz Inn on the Green. 23 Greenhead Street. Bridgeton. 9pm. Artists vary. usually traditional.
Saturdays
I George Penman‘s Jazzmen Camegie’s. 142 St Vincent Street. 226 3833. 2.30—5.30pm. Traditional. I MU Blowing Band Lauder's. Sauchiehall Street. 2—5pm. Informal big band. I Harry Margolis and His Band . L'Attache. 27 Waterloo Street. 221 3210. 2—5pm. Swing. i I 8111 Fanning’s Big Band The Iron Horse. 115 West Nile Street. 2—5pm. Big band. I I Dissen Tango’d Brewery Tap. 1055 l Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 9pm. Jazz l funk.
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always this happy: Tam White, Paisley, Thurs 7
l I Live Jazz at the Joint The Roast Joint. 305 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7182. 8pm. Artists vary.
I Jan Piano Baby Grand. 3—7 Elmbank Gardens. 248 4942. 10pm. Lounge pianist.
I Live Jazz Inn on the Green. 23 Greenhead Street. Bridgeton. 9pm. Artists vary. usually traditional.
Sundays
; I Strathclyde Youth Jan Orchestra The ; 13th Note. 80 Glassford Street. 553 1638. 2.30pm. Free. Alternate weeks; classic and contemporary big band charts.
I Perdido Church on the Hill. Algie Street, 649 5189. 2pm. Mainstream and
Latinjazz.
I Tap Trio Brewery Tap. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 3398866. 2.30pm. Mainstream to modern.
I Live Jan at the Joint The Roast Joint. 305 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7182. 2pm and 8pm. Artists vary.
I John Murray Orchestra Central Hotel. Gordon Street. 221 9680. 8pm. Big band. I Jeannie Maxwell and the Glaswegians Curlers. 256 Bytes Road. 334 1284. 8pm. Traditional.
I Russell Gowieson Gulntet Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 8pm. Modern.
I Higelc1arke, Brian Kellocit and Kenny Ellis McChuills. 40 High Street. 552 2135. 9pm. Modern.
I Blackiriars Collective Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Modern.
Mondays
. I Fionna Duncan and Friends McChuills.
40 High Street. 552 2135. 8pm.
Traditional and mainstream singer.
f I Live Jan at the Joint The Roast Joint.
305 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7182. 8pm.
5 Artists vary.
l I Live Jazz State Bar. 148 Holland Street.
,3 332 2159. 9pm. Artists vary (musicians wanted).
;Tuesdays
I George Ogilvie’s Dixieland Jazz Band Boswell Hotel, 27 h’lansionhouse Road. Langside. 8.30pm. Dixieland.
I Live Jan at the Joint The Roast Joint. 305 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7182. 8pm. Artists vary.
I Jazz Piano Baby Grand. 3—7 Elmbank Gardens. 248 4942. 9pm. Lounge pianist. I Live Jan Inn on the Green. 23 Greenhead Street. Bridgeton. 9pm. Artists vary. usually traditional.
Wednesdays
I Bobby Wishart Guintet The 13th Note. 80 Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. Free. Bop and modern.
I Nigel Clark Duo Brewery Tap. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 8pm. Modern.
48 The List 1-14 Dec 1995