Jazz
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Thursday 23
Glasgow
I Real Live Jazz Session Rio (‘afe. 27 Hyndland Street. 334 0000. X l lpm. Free. Live weekly session featuring a changing line-up of straight ahead-no messin‘ bands.
Edinburgh
I Jalfrezl Jazz Suriichi. l4a Nicolson Street. 556 (i583. 7 lllptii. l5ree. Featuring a selection of top |it// iiiUsicians while yoti eat.
I Todd Gordon 8: the Great American Songbook lirunioii Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. («)5 2240. 7.30pm. £13.50 (£10). American ia/l classics from (iordon and his trio in the wake of the release til the singer's latest album. Bullmls from I/H' .‘ilii/ni‘e/i! Hotel.
I Angie King Mo l-Lighiy Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5007. 0pm midnight. l-‘ree. Fife-based singer.
I Valery Ponomarev Quintet The Jan Bar. l ('hanibers Street. 2204200. I lpm. to. Direct from New York this Russian trumpeter escaped from the USSR in the mid-70s and quickly took the trumpet chair with Art Blakey's Ja/I Messengers.
I Late Jam Session The Jan Bar. 1 ('hambers Street. 2204200. I 5am. Free. The House Trio joined by \‘tit‘ititts special guests.
Glasgow
I Leana Zaccarini & Jenny Clark Trio Art de ('af. The Old Sheriff (‘ourt Building. Brunswick Street. 33.3 0344. X~l0.30pin. Free. Blues. ftiiiky pop, Latin and swinging ja/l.
Edinburgh
I Camerata Ritrnata Brunton Theatre. Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. “3.50 (£10). linique new cross-genre quartet featuring award- winning classical guitar y-irtuoso Simon Thacker. Paul Kirby. one of Scotland's leading jazz. pianists. Bra/ilian bass dynamo Mario (’aribe and one of the most active drummers on the Scottish scene. Stuart Brown.
I The Maria Speight Quintet Eighty Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5007. l0pm-- lam. Free. Bluesy set from the Alabama-born vocalist. acclaimed for her interpretations of the Great American songbook with
support from a top class llltt'~ttt‘ oi
I Valery Ponomarev Quintet lhe Ja/I Bar. 1 ('haiiibers Street. 220 4200 l lpm. u» See Thu 23
Dunblane
I Joni Keen Quartet Hunhlaiie Hydro. l’erth Riitttl. (ll-Mi 5225“
0 ll.30piii. l~ree lzasy listening |.i// standards
Glasgow
I JazzCo Brel. 3‘) ~43 .'\\lllt‘ll lane. 342 40b!» 3 (rpm. l'ree. i-eaturing many former and current Strathclyde l'iiiyersity music students.
I Big Bob’s Blues and Ska .-\rt de ('af. The Old Sheriff ('oiirt Btiilding. Brunswick Street. 333 0344. S 10. 30pm. l-‘ree. Mis of blues. tal/ and early ska
Edinburgh
I Trio Jazz The Jan Bar. l (‘haiiibeis Street. 2204200. 2. 30pm. l'ree, Rela\ed afternoon slot w itli the house trio on piano tor guitari. bass and drums.
I Sue Mcl-lugh Trio l'.l_‘_'ltl} Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. S0 Queen Street. 22h 5007. lllptit laiit. l'i'ec. Izasl coast iii/I scene regular Mcllugh.
I Valery Ponomarev Quintet The Jan Bar. 1 ('hanibers Street. 2204200. I lpm. {(3. See Thu 23.
Glasgow
I Joni Keen Trio Beer (ate. 7s ('andleriggs. 552 0Sl5. 5 7.30pm. Free. Mellow iii/1 standards.
Edinburgh
I Trio Jazz The Jan Bar. l ('hainbers Street. 2204200. 2.30pm. l‘rcc. See Sat 25.
I Fiona Crawford The Jan Bar. 1 (‘hatttbet's Street. 2204200. 7.30pm. [5. Jan standards and eclectic pop coyers from \ocalist ('rays'ford and her ukulele. I Valery Ponomarev Quintet The Jan Bar. l ('hanibers Street. 2204200. I lpm. to. See Thu 23.
I Late Jam Session The Jan Bar. 1 (‘hambers Street. 2204200. 1 Sam. l‘ree. See Thu 23.
Paisley
I Sunday Sundowner Jazz Platform 1. l Stowe Brae t()ff ('anal Street i. SSO 3603. 4 (ipni. l’ree. Laid-back. easy listening ja/l from \oealist l.eana Zaccarini.
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band with Valery Ponomarev The Jan Bar. 1 (‘hambers Street. 2204200. H.30pin. £5. The es-Art Blakey truiiipeterioins forces with this l7-piece big band.
I Late Jam Session The Jan Bar. I
.. .i 5:. ._ .3 'y .1" 2...... s. Irresistible Afrobeats and jazzy grooves 1" ' ' from Senegal. Vocalist Samba Sene moved to Scotland seven years ago and sings in English, French and his native Wolof, backed up by the five-piece Diwan. This is jazzed up world music to get the dancefloor shaking.
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S 30pm. L3 l’ianist \laii Ben/ie a \siiiiiei of the BB(' Scotland \oung l.i// \liisieaiii ot the Man. who has ieiently \son a scholaiship to Beiklee this tundiaisei ialso teatuiiiij: ('oliii Steele and l'ieddie Kiiigi should help him on his way
I Jazz Jam and Open Mic Session ixighty Queen Sheet Bat and Reslauiaiit. S0 Queen Sheet. 220 ‘0‘)" 0pm iiiidtiiglit l'iee laighty's tiiisty open one session is still going strong all are welcome to ioiii iii the fiiii
Thursday 30
G asgow I Real Live Jazz Session Rio (ate. 2" Hyndland Sheet. 334 0000 S llpiii
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Edinburgh
('haiiibei's Street. 220 4200. llpiii. l‘ree See Thu 23.
Tuesday 28
Edinburgh
I JASBO The Jan Bar. l (’haiiibeis Street. 220 4200. S. 30pm. l'rec. Drummer Bill Kyle calls on his talented pals fora session of hip iiiodei'ii ia//.
Wednesday 29
Glasgow
I Candiru Tchai ()y na. 42 ()tago lane. 357 4524. Spin. [2. Adycnttii'oiis ta// act led by di'uiitiiiei' .\'ick \Veston.
Edinburgh
I VinCaffe Swing Jazz Dinners \llii('itllt‘. ll \ltllli'ees “Kills. 55“ (ill(i(). 7pm. 7.30pm. Spin is S30pm. {20.50 inc dinner. |.i\e ia/I as you enioy
\'iii('alfe‘s escellent set menu. Booking I Jalfrezi Jazz Siii'uthi. 14a \icolsoii essential. Street. 550 USS 3. 7 10pm l‘i'ee See 'I liti
I Send Alan to Berklee The Ja// 2 3.
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44 THE LIST 23 Aug—6 See 2007