Music rock & pop listings
Sat 29
Edinburgh
I Jello Biafra Assembly Rooms. 54 (ieorge Street. 226 2428. 8pm. £tbc. Observations on American culture and politics. Biafra has been concentrating on spoken word performances since the demise of the Dead Kennedys and the financial and etnotional disaster that was their 1986 obscenity trial.
Wednesday 3
Glasgow
I The (iarage. Sauchiehall Street. 332
1 120. 7pm. £1 1 plus booking fee. ()ver- l4s. A farewell show from Bradford's chirpiest. drunken sorts.
I Bis King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6 plus booking fee. A warm-up show before the Glasgow electro trio head out on tour.
I My Legendary Girlfriend The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 8pm. £3. New residency night at the Note.
I Assert The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 7.30pm. ()ver- 14s.
I Acoustic Open Stage The Hall Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Mull Historical Society The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. £7. See Sat 29.
Motherwell
I Vince Hill Motherwell Theatre. Civic Centre. Windmillhill Street. ()1698 267515. 7.30pm. £10 (£9). Smooth crooning from the popular male vocalist best known for ‘lidelweiss’.
Glasgow
I Turin Brakes Queen Margaret Union. University (iardens. 339 9784. 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. See preview.
I T-Rextasy Pavilion. Reniield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £l2/£ 10. A Bolatt bonanza of T-Rex hits frotn this well known tribute band.
I Walter Trout The Ferry. Clyde Place. 429 8676. 8pm. £12.50.
I Mull Historical Society King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7 plus bookittg fee. Mull's men of epic Stereophonics on lithiutn rock parade tracks from forthcoming album Loss.
I Verbal and Odeon Beat Club The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 8pm. £3.
I Confusion, Bigman, Waystar, Diaz and Silvertone The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 7.15pm. £3 (advance). £3.50 (door). ()ver- 14s.
I Suburbia Heriot Watt tiniversity. Ricarton Campus. ()131 451 5333. 9pm. Free.
I The Counterfeit Clash Studio One. Byres Road. 342 6516. 9pm. Free. I The Vagabonds The Scotia. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Popular covers.
I Jam Session Samuel Dow‘s. Nithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.
Motherwell
I Melting Pot Mod All Dayer Motherwell Concert Hall. Civic Centre. Windmillhill Street. ()1698 267515. Noon midnight. £12. Melting Pot DJs are joined by art array of bands including The Affairs. The Circles and Blue ()rbit.
Isle of Mull
I Mull Historical Society Aros Hall. Maitt Street. 'l'obermory. 01688 302415. 7.30pm. £tbc. (iently quirky acoustic tunes from this band frotn .Vlull (unsurprisingly).
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The dates listed below are for one-off or ticketed shows; see below section for free residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Jazz listings compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson.
Edinburgh
GDe Jongens Driest Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £5. Three piece brass ensemble front Holland who play powerful tip-beat jazz and world music.
I Jazz At The Trafalgar Suite Waterloo Buffet. 3 Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 8.30pm. £3. Mainstream. progressive and experimental jazz frotn the resident trio tan Millar. Dominic Spencer and Des Travis plus guest appearances.
Edinburgh
I Soundbone-Funk-Out-Fit Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. midnight. £5. New bartd from trombonist Chris (ireive with drutnmer Paul Mills that specialises in soul. funk and jazz. unsurprisingly.
I Jazz ‘n’ Jive Club 1st Anniversary Fairmile lnn. 44 Biggar Road. 312 8243. 8pm. £4 (£3). ()ne year celebration for the traditional jazz club with the Louisiana Ragtime Band. Spirits ()f Rhythm. Criterion Brass Band attd a free buffet.
I Ross Milligan Trio Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £5. Blues and funk from this sophisticated guitarist who has recently returned to the lidinburgh scene.
Girvan
I Girvan Traditional Jazz Festival Various venues. 01465 712128. £20 (£10). Jazz. concerts and gigs all over (iirvan.
Glasgow I Hung Drawn Quartet Bid. 39 43
Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3pm. Free. This saxophone quartet led by Raymond MacDonald play jazz standards. Latin and original numbers.
Edinburgh
I High Heel Sneakers Henry's Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. Midnight. £5. This live-piece. fronted by west coast trumpeter Lorne Cowicson. dip into the Blue Note vault fora selection of funk and groove numbers. Also features alto sax soloist of the highest order Paul 'I'owndrow.
I Bill Kyle’s SHJQ W.J. Christies. 27V 31 West Port. 221 1099. 9.30pm. Free. Drummer Kyle's Shiit Hot Jazz Quartet featuring a rotating line-up of the best of lidinburgh's jazz players such as Colin Steel. Brian Sheils. Brain Kellock. Jimmy Wood and more.
I Cathie Rae - The Julie London Songbook Henry's Jazz. Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £5. A tribute to the songs and sweet vocals of Julie London.
Girvan
I Girvan haditional Jazz Festival Various venues. ()1465 712128. £20 (£10). See Fri 21.
Linlithgow
I Linlithgow Jazz Club Burgh Halls. The Cross. 0l506 844600.
8 l lprn. £3 £8 (children free). New Orleans attd traditional style jazz from the resident West [ind Jazz Band and special guests.
East Kilbride
I La Sonera Calavera liast Kilbride Arts Centre. ()ld Coach Road. ()1355 261000. 8pm. £6 (£4). Glasgow-based band who specialise in Cuban son.
Ayr
I Georgie Fame (iaiety 'I‘heatre. Carrick Street. (11292 61 1222. 8pm. £16. Funky jazz sounds and infectious beats courtesy of this renowned performer.
Glasgow
I The Organ Trio Album Launch Cottier Theatre. 93 95 llyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. £ l0. Tickets from Lost in Mttsic 0141 339 8155 and (‘aVa ()141 334 5099. The ()rgan Trio aka Jim Mullen (guitar). James Watson (Hammond organ) and Matt Skelton (drums) launch their new album. [I .t .t’.
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released by (ilasgow‘s Flamingo West Records. Fraser Spiers and Neil Warden are also appearing.
Edinburgh
I Phil Mason’s New Orleans All Stars Fairmile Inn. 44 Biggar Road. 312 8243. 8pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Classic traditional jazz in the New Orleans tradition presented by the lidinburgh Jazz ‘n’ Jive Club.
I Chick Lyall Trio Henry’s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £5. Progressive jazz sounds from keyboard player Chick Lyall‘s new trio. A classically trained composer. Lyall brings a rare sense of form and control to jazz composition.
I Jazz At The Trafalgar Suite Waterloo Buffet. 3 Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 8.30pm. £3. See Thu 20.
Girvan
I Girvan Traditional Jazz Festival Various venues. ()1465 712128. £20 (£10). See Fri 21.
East Kilbride
I Jazz in The Afternoon tiast Kilbride Arts Centre. ()ld Coach Road. 01355 261000. l»~4pm. Free. Dav Forrester on guitar and Les Barrett on drums host a session of jazz featuring a mix of classic attd contemporary tunes.
Edinburgh
QAdrian Byron Burns Henry’s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). Classic American blues musician and member of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kittgs. Presented by Fdinburgh Jazz Projects.
Wednesday 26
Edinburgh
I Sylvia Rae Quartet Henry's Jazz
Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £5. A contemporary. mainstream selection ofjazz numbers from this British Jazz Award-notninated group. featuring vocalist Rae (who used to make up one third of indie popsters The Lanterns). Brian Kellock (piano). Kenny lillis (bass) and John Rae (drums).
Edinburgh I Martin Kershaw Quartet Henry’s Jazz Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 467
De Jongens Driest play Henry’s Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Thu 20 Sep