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Virtuoso Dutch jazz fiddler Tim Kliphuis is joined by Scots musicians Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (bass) for a tribute to Stéphane Grappelli. Edinburgh FREE Stacey Bell and Aki Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Live jazz and funk. ■ Sunday Singers Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Spot showcasing excellent vocalists, including Conrad Molleson Ensemble and their St Andrew’s Night ‘San Andreas Fault’ special (30 Nov) followed by the Maria Speight Trio (7 Dec). FREE The Black Diamond Express The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. midnight. Alternative rockabilly, roots, blues and R&B.
Monday 1
Glasgow ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. Beat the winter blues with the Christmas version of Frank, Sammy and Dean – The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, with seasonal classics including ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer’, ‘Let it Snow’ and much more. Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-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.
Tuesday 2
Glasgow ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. See Mon 1. ■ Dr Feelgood The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 8pm. £12.50. Popular blues act. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties- style rhythm and blues band play a residency. Edinburgh ■ The Offenders The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). High quality blues. FREE Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. Funk guitarist and DJ Aki leads this two drummer-fuelled funk band.
Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. See Mon 1. Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5–8pm. Toby ‘Jack of Diamonds’ and friends offer up an unplugged session. ■ Arild Andersen, Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith The Lot, 4 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8.30pm. £tbc. Exciting new trio mixing Norwegian and Scottish folk with jazz. See preview, page 62. FREE The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves. FREE Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. Midnight. Funk and blues from Mike Kearney’s four-piece.
Rutherglen ■ The Salvation Army Christmas Carol Concert Rutherglen Town Hall,
Jazz/Folk Music
139 Main Street, 613 5700. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £4 (£3). A seasonal concert by the Salvation Army brass band.
Thursday 4 Glasgow ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. See Mon 1.
Friday 5
Edinburgh ■ The Jam House Experience The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 6pm–3am. Free before 8pm; £5 before 11pm; £7 after. See Fri 28. ■ Claire Martin and Ian Shaw: Cool Yule Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £13.50–£15. Jazz International presents a repertoire from Nat King Cole to Joni Mitchell by two of the UK’s leading jazz vocalists. ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Thu 27. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 28. Selkirk ■ Rosemary Squires: Gigs, Giggles and Gossip Bowhill Theatre, Bowhill House, Bowhill, 01750 22204. 7.30pm. £12. Anecdotes, monologue, music and song from jazz and cabaret singer Rosemary Squires accompanied by pianist Brian Dee.
Saturday 6
Glasgow FREE Mike Rogers Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3–6pm. Rogers and his quality quartet deliver their own interpretations of some of the best the Great American Songbook has to offer. FREE The Michael Deans Quintet Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5–8pm. See Sat 29. ■ Arild Andersen, Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith RSAMD (Guinness Room), 100 Renfrew Street, 7.30pm. £tbc. See Wed 3.
Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 29. ■ The Jam House Experience The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 6pm–3am. Free before 8pm; £5 before 11pm; £7 after. See Fri 28. ■ World Premiere The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 29. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 29. Melrose ■ Rosemary Squires: Gigs, Giggles and Gossip Wynd Theatre, Buccleuch Street, 01896 820028. 8pm. £12 (£10). See Fri 5.
Peebles ■ Frank Usher and The Border Boogie Band Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725 777. 8pm. £10 (£8). A heady blend of foot stomping rhythms and smooth vocals from the Borders Boogie Band and Fish frontman Usher.
Monday 8 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 1. FREE The Late Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10pm. See Mon 1.
Tuesday 9
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 2. Edinburgh FREE Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. See Tue 2.
Wednesday 10
Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5–8pm. See Wed 3. ■ Graeme Stephen Project The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £6 (£5). Energised and inventive freestyle guitar playing from Stephen and his new six-piece playing tracks from his new album Vantage Points, inspired by locations across Scotland. FREE The KD Trio Ye Olde Inn, Davidson Mains, 0871 917 0007. 8.30–11.30pm. Fronted by jazz songstress Debbie Davis. FREE The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. See Wed 3. Stirling ■ Jazz Singers’ Open Mic Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £5 (£3). A chance to give it some welly in a nurturing environment.
Thursday 11 Edinburgh ■ Red Shift The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £6 (£5). John Kenny leads this octet featuring five trombones.
Folk Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Sunday 7 Thursday 27
Glasgow ■ Claire Martin and Ian Shaw: Cool Yule Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh ■ Sunday Singers Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 30. FREE The Black Diamond Express The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. midnight. See Sun 30. Lanark ■ Arild Andersen, Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith Greyfriars Parish Church, The Bloomgate, 01555 662190. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Wed 3.
Glasgow ■ Westbourne Music The Merchant House, West George Street, 226 4444. 12.45pm. £7 (£3–£6). Early celebration of St Andrews Day brings together Whistlebinkie’s harpist Rhona MacKay, flautist Eddie MacGuire and cellist Sonia Cromarty. FREE Tigerstyle The Arches, Argyle Street, 565 1000. 5–7pm. Creative music making programme headed by Scottish bhangra outfit, Tigerstyle, with a series of classes and workshops looking at urban music production. Classes are free and open to anyone aged 14–25, for more info contact erin@thearches.co.uk. ■ John Smith, Iain Morrison and Anna Meldrum Classic Grand, Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8.
Romantic lyricism on the acoustic guitar from Smith taken from his debut album, The Fox and The Monk. ■ The Mick West Band Live at the Star, St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £10 (£8). The great Scots singer is joined by guitarist Frank McLaughlin, piper and reedsman Fraser Fifield, and multi- instrumentalist Steve Lawrence. Part of the St Andrew’s Festival. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Angus Lyon and Ruaridh Campbell National Gallery of Scotland Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. High quality, innovative Scottish music for St Andrew’s day. Lyon plays the accordion with Campbell on fiddle. FREE Jet McDonald Word Power Bookshop, West Nicolson Street, 662 9112. 7pm. Storytelling for adults as well as alt.folk from Jethro’s new music and story CD.
Falkirk ■ Session Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8.30pm. Informal music making. Friday 28
Glasgow ■ Paddle Steamer Waverley Fundraiser St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 7.30. £15. With the Silencers’ JJ Gilmour, Dave Francis and Mairi Campbell of The Cast and The Duncan McCrone Trio. Part of the St Andrew’s Festival.
Edinburgh ■ Blazin’ Fiddles Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £14–£16. Powerhouse fiddle-fronted band plays the various musics of Scotland, and has a laugh. ■ Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall Lauriston Hall, Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £8–£10. Scottish dancing with a piper and live music from Hebrideans, HLI, Wild Geese and caller Ken Gourlay. ■ Balkanarama Studio 24, Calton Road, 558 3758. 9pm–3am. £7 before 11pm; £9 after. Night of gypsy/Balkan/klezmer, film and visuals featuring live music from the ten-piece Black Cat and DJ Sava. Jedburgh ■ Craig Jeffrey Town Hall, Abbey Place, 01835 864238. 7.30pm. £tbc. Craig’s debut album Don’t Blow Away is due to be released this October. He will be joined by Wendy Weatherby (cello), Brian Shields (double bass), Tom Roseburgh (keyboards) and Fiona Cuthill (fiddle).
Nr Milngavie ■ The Charlie Kilpatrick Band Mugdock Country Park Visitor Centre, Craigend Visitor Centre, Craigallian Road, 9566100. 7pm. £15 (£13). Traditional music from this popular band.
Saturday 29 Glasgow FREE Shindig: St Andrew’s Day Concert George Square, 7–10pm. George Square celebrates Scottish culture with a free concert featuring some top Scottish musicians. Part of St Andrew’s Day. ■ Royal Scottish National Orchestra: St Andrew’s Party! Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£28 (concessions available). Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain join the RSNO along with some other special guests for a celebration of the best of Scottish.
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