Glasgow
I Azymuth The Arches. 30 Midland Street, 221 4001. 3—11pm. £5. Over for the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Jazz Cafe this is Azymuths only Scottish date. These guys are credited with being one of the founders of the tropical jazz scene and a benchmark in the jazz-fusion genre. Part of the Sunday Social a laid-back day of DJs. VJs and live acts this month also including Voight Kampff (live) and DJ Sidewinder.
Edinburgh
I Peter King Henry 's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 2.
Edinburgh
I Live Jazz Henry’s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
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Jazz funk keyboard acrobatics from JT and
Edinburgh
I Cathie Rae Henry‘s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Classical jazz vocal repertoire sung by one of Scotland‘s most personal singers.
Edinburgh
I Live Jazz Henry’s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
FRIDAY 8 Edinburgh I Groovediggaz Henry 's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. Midnight. £5. A dose of funk from Edinburgh's premiere heavyweight soul outfit. featuring vocalist Tony King and the talents of Martin Kershaw on sax. I Live Jazz Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5. Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information. I Friday Jazz ’N' Jive Club Fairmile Inn. 44 Biggar Road. 312 8243. 8pm. £6 (£5). Tonight sees Newcastle’s Brian Carrick’s Heritage Hall Stompers playing their authentic New Orleans jazz. I Salsa Celtica Angel Eye. Princes Street Gardens East. 473 3800. 10pm. £12. A heady mix ofjazz. African. Latin and Celtic rhythms from this lively group.
- SATURDAY 9 Edinburgh I Live Jazz Henry ‘s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm and midnight. £5 . Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information. Linlithgow I Linlithgow Jazz Club Burgh Halls. The
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Cross. 01506 844600. 8—11pm. £4—£5 (£3).
New Orleans and Dixieland jazz from various live bands.
Melrose I Borders Big Band Wynd Theatre. Buccleuch Street. 01896 823854. 8.30pm.
£8 (£5). The band turns its attention to sizzling swing favourites featuring the music of Duke Ellington. Count Basie.
; Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.
folk & world
L Centre. John Street. 01698 267515. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Songs from their latest album. Peace and Plenty. and their 33-year
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I Bobby Dean Quartet 1901. 1534
Pollokshaws Road. 632 0161. 3pm. Free.
Kenny Paterson who joins the Bobby Dean i Quartet on vocals has been described as
having ‘the right stuff. a stylish sense of swing’.
Edinburgh
I Live Jazz Henry‘s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
I James Taylor Quartet The Venue.
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17—21 Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £10.
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I Live Jazz Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
Edinburgh
I The Ultimate Ball, Barber And Billt Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 8pm. £16—£20. This is the first time all three legendary figures of traditional jazz have shared a bill in Scotland with their own bands. So expect top turns from Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen. Chris Barber‘s Jazz and Blues Band And Mr Aker Bilk and The Paramount Jazz Band.
I Live Jazz Henry 's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
Melrose
I The Producers Wynd Theatre. Buccleuch Street. ()1896 823854. 8.30pm. £8 (£5). Electric and acoustic blues of the urban variety from this versatile UK outfit. who were hailed as Blues Band of the Year in 1999.
THURSDAY 14 Edinburgh
I Live Jazz Henry ‘s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 538 7385. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Details to be confirmed. please ring venue for further information.
Melroso
I The Producers Wynd Theatre. Buccleuch Street. 01896 823854. 8.30pm. £8 (£5). See Wed 13.
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: I Stramash The Star Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 569 7287. 7.30pm.
with the Black Rose Ceilidh Band. Advance booking required.
Centre. Cowane Street. 01786 443113. ‘ 8pm. £6 (£4). From the Linn Records f series. Burns songs sung by Wendy
Chalmers. I Open Day St Andrew‘s In The Square. St Andrew's Street. 11am—5pm. Free. The new centre for Scottish Music. Song and Dance has workshops and informal music Glasgow all day. with a dance at night. See Fri 1.Sun I Iron Horse Trio Glasgow University 3. Concert Hall. University Avenue. 330 4092. I Concert Ceilidh St Andrew‘s In The 1.10pm. Free. Unplugged threesome from Square. St Andrew‘s Street. Tickets 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5. The Eurydice Choir and the Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band. See Fri 1. Sun 3.
I Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. Old-style massed fiddles.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 1.
I Land The Old Fruitmarket. Albion Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £7 (£3.50). Fundraising concert for Teen Challenge and Open Doors Trust.
Edinburgh I Medieval Carols Edinburgh Castle. 225 9846. 1pm. 2pm & 3pm. £7 (£2—£5). Helen Phillips performs a selection of medieval Christmas carols.
Dunfermline
I Fiddlers Rally Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 314127. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Fife Strathspey and Reel Society.
Glasgow
I Afternoon Concert St Andrew's In The Square. St Andrew's Street. Tickets 287 5511. 2.30pm. £8.50 (£4). Glasgow Festival Strings play Borodin. Britten. Mozart, Vivaldi. McGibbon and a new piece to celebrate the opening of this new venue for Scottish music. dance and song — The Fiddler 3‘ Farewell by composer. flautist and Whistlebinkie member Eddie McGuire. See Fri 1. Sat 2.
I Rab Noakes Tron Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 9pm. £9. Solo show from veteran. and gifted, Scots songwriter. guitarist and media man. New album with the Varaflames just released.
Edinburgh
I Zuba Bongo Club, New Street. 558 7604. 9pm. £5. Reggae/acoustic driving dance rhythms from this on-the-up Scotland-based band. some of whose
; members hail from Liberia. Zimbabwe and the Basque Country. Launch of new
Chameleon album.
I Wee Folk Club Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. The droll and entertaining 'l‘ony Wilson. from the North of England. tells stories. sings artd plays banjo. mandola and guitar.
I Medieval Carols Edinburgh Castle. 225 9846. 1pm. 2pm & 3pm. £7 (£2—£5). See
Sat 2.
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pipes and vocals. Gavin Marwick on fiddle and Brian MacAlpine on accordion and keyboards (well. nearly un lugged).
I St Andrew's Night Cei idh The Iron Horse. West Nile Street. 8pm. £4 (£3). Late bar. Ceilidh dance band. solo performances. groups. singers. harps. pipes and fiddles from the RSAMD Scottish music course students as they raise funds for their 2001 Walking the Tweed border tour.
Traditional Scots songs. tunes and patter. with Adam McNaughton. Gordeanna McCulloch. Jack Eaglesham and others.
Glasgow
I Traditional Song Concert St Andrew's in The Square. St Andrew‘s Street. Tickets 287 5511. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£4). Opening concert celebrates Glasgow‘s new centre for Scottish music. song and dance; featuring traditional singers Heather Heywood. Alison McMorland. Tam Spiers and Bob Blair.
I Annual Gathering Henry Wood Hall. Claremont Street. 01786 832278. £6—£8. The Glasgow Skye Association concert presents Gaelic singers Arthur Cormack and Mary Ann Kennedy with fiddler Bruce MacGregor in Cliar. followed by a dance
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club, Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30pm. £6. Music from the lan Anderson Ceilidh Band.
Edinburgh
I John Bailey and Veronica Doubleday St Cecilia's Hall. Niddry Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. Presented by Edinburgh University Music Department as part of their Eurasian Crossroads series. A talk on pre-civil war music and culture in Afghanistan followed by a concert by the West‘s leading exponents ofAfghan instrumental music and popular song.
Stirling I The Songs Of Robert Burns Cowane
Weatherby and John Moran. with instrumentalist Marc Duff.
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