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Thursday 4
Edinburgh
I Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). Drummer Bill Kyle leads this jazz four-piece.
Glasgow
FREE The Easy Orchestra The Butterfly & the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 771 1. 9.30pm. The Friday morning houseband on BBC Radio Scotland‘s MacAulay & Ca perform from their diverse songbook.
Edinburgh
I Guest Band Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Guests still tbc but expect contemporary jazz and some backbeat funk.
I The Flavours and The Offenders The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £5. Party tunes from house band The Flavours with blues
support.
Thomas
Sultry songstress Amy Thomas started off as a classical singer but is now more at home dipping
I Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
1 1.30pm-3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests. including leftfteld funk from Employee of the Month (5 Sep) and James Brown is The Meters (12 Sep).
Dunfermllne
I Niki King and Marcus Ford Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £12 (£10—£1 1). Edinburgh jazz star Niki King shares the stage with leading guitarist Marcus Ford for a performance of tracks from their Twelve O'Clock Tales album.
Hamilton
I Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Rhapsody In Blue Hamilton Town House. 100 Cadzow Street. 01698 452299. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). A welcome outing for Tommy Smith’s expanded and considerably re- worked arrangement for jazz orchestra of Gershwin‘s most famous piece. with Brian Kellock as piano soloist.
Saturday 6 * .7
Glasgow
FREE Leana Zaccarini & Jenny Clark Trio Corinthian. 191 Ingram Street. 552 1101. 2pm. Blues. funky pop, Latin and swinging jazz.
FREE Ruth Wilson/Uri Stav Quartet Brel. 3943 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3—6pm. Distinctive modern driving
jazz.
FREE The Michael Deans Quintet Bar Bloc. l 17 Bath Street, 574 6066.
into the Great American Songbook for some classic jazz vocals. And while she'll be performing jazz at the Jam House she‘s also fronts a band that mashes techno, drum 8: bass and heavy metal, proving her remarkable vocal range and grasp of musical styles.
I The Jam House, Edinburgh, Wed 17 Sep.
5—8pm. Quintet led by tenor saxophonist Deans, playing a modern blend of bebop. jazz and funk.
Edinburgh
FREE The Meliotones Eighty Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5097. 2—5pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Tormc and other great jazz vocalists.
FREE Trio Jazz The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 3.30pm. Relaxed afternoon slot with the house trio on piano (or guitar). bass and drums.
I World Premiere The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of live leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal.
I The Flavours and Mike Kearney The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £5 before 1 1pm; £7 after. Party tunes from house band The Flavours plus boogie-woogie and funk from Kearney.
I Fish Fry The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 1 1.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join DJs Erik D‘Viking and Astroboy. Featuring Asazi Space Funk Explosion (6 Sep) and ska. Latin. folk and quirky pop from The Banana Sessions (13 Sep).
Glasgow
FREE Stuart Brown Trio The 78. 14 Kelvinhaugh Street. 576 5018. 9pm—midnight. Highly promising young trio led by this innovative drummer.
I Remembering Edith Piaf Café Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. 38 Albion Street. 553 ()733. 9pm. £6. Tribute to the life and songs of Edith Piaf (and some Billie Holiday songs) from Christine Bovill.
Edinburgh
FREE Drummers Do The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 2.30—5pm. Featuring sessions by local drummers. Q&A sessions. demos and technical advice. Sharleen Spiteri‘s drummer Denis Lynch will be demonstrating the new Roland V-Drums.
FREE Lorna Reid and Ant Law Cafe’ Grande, 184 Bruntsfreld Place. 228 1 188. 7—9pm. Providing the live jazz sounds to dine to this week is cool and classy vocalist Reid.
I Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). Featuring Victoria Bennett (7 Sep) and Louise Dodds (14 Sep) backed by a fine jazz trio.
Monday 8
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Jazz classics from this l7-piece ensemble.
FREE The Late Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 10pm. Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week.
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Glasgow
FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties- style rhythm and blues band play a residency.
Edinburgh
FREE Jazzchess The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 5—8pm. Weekly chess evening with cool live background music.
I The Offenders The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). High quality blues.
FREE Funk Session The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
1 1.30pm—3am. Funk guitarist and DJ Aki leads this two drummer-fuelled funk band.
Jazz Music :
Edinburgh I Guest Band Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). See Fri 5. FREE Jazz Jam and Open Mic Session Eighty Queen Street Bar and 3 Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5097. 9pm. Eighty‘s trusty open mic session backed by the house trio. FREE The Banana Sessions The Jazz 3 Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm. Harmonies and grooves from vocalist Roberta Pia and her band.
: Edinburgh
I Guest Band Night The Jazz Bar. 1
‘ Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). See Fri 5.
' Glasgow FREE The Easy Orchestra The
Butterfly & the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 ; 771 1. 9.30pm. See Fri 5.
: Edinburgh I Guest Band Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 5. I The Flavours and The Offenders The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £5. See Fri 5. ‘ I Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 5.
= IrVIne
I Todd Gordon a the Great
; American Songbook Harbour Arts
Centre. 114—1 16 Harbour Street. 01294
, 274059. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). American jazz classics from Todd Gordon.
Isle of Islay Colin Steele & Dave Milligan Duo Port Mor Centre. Port
Charlotte. 01496 850441. 6pm. £7 (£5). A
‘ special collaboration between trumpeter
: Steele and pianist Milligan. Parr aflhe
Black Battle [slay Jazz festival.
Jimmy Greene Quintet Bruichladdich Hall. Bruichladdich.
467 5200. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Modern jazz
form this New York saxophonist. Part of
‘ the Black Battle [slay Jazz Festival.
Tommy Smith 8. Jacob Karizon
Duo lonad Chalium Chille lie.
Gartnatra. 01496 810818. 8pm. £10 (£8).
Another special one—off collaboration for the festival with saxophonist Smith and pianist Karlzon playing a mix ofjazz with a folk edge. Parr aft/1e Black Barr/e [sla'v
Jazz festival.
Melting Pot Bruichladdich Hall.
Bruichladdich. 467 5200. 10.30pm. £8 (£6). Trumpeter Colin Steele (Midnight Blue Band) leads his six-piece through a dancefloor-minded jazz set. with the emphasis on the funk. Parr 0f the Black Battle [slay Jazz festival.
Saturday 13
: Glasgow
FREE The Dias Quartet Brel. 39—43
Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3—6pm. Pulsating
grooves from this jazz-funk quartet fronted
' by Brazilian trumpeter Reginaldo Dias.
f FREE The Michael Deans Quintet Bar Bloc. l 17 Bath Street. 574 6066.
5—8pm. See Sat 6.
Edinburgh
FREE The Meilotones Eighty Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen 1 Street. 226 5097. 2—5pm. See Sat 6. I Kidsamonium Queen’s Hall. 87-89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 2pm. £7.50 (£5: family ticket £22). Fun. magical musical event aiming to introduce youngsters aged 6—14 to the exciting power and freedom of jazz. FREE Trio Jazz The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 6.
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