Music Rock&Pop/Jazz
I Bomb the Music Industry! 13th Note Cafe. 50 60 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. A Wreckin' l’it punk night featuring live music from Mike Scott and Dave Hughes.
FREE Napoleon in Bags Bar Bloc.
1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Britpop sounds.
Edinburgh
I One Night of Queen Playhouse. 18 22 (ireenside Place. 0870606 3424. 7pm. £17.50 (£16). Tribute to Freddie Mercury et a1. starring (iarry Mullen winner of ITV's Slurs in their lives.
Wednesday 4
Glasgow
I The Cribs, The Thermals and Jack Lewis and the Fisherman 3 ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. S()l.l) ()l'T. ()ver- 14s show. The riotous Jarman brothers serve up more indie anarchy.
I Errol Brown Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £22.50 £25. The Hot Chocolate frontman rolls out the 70s/80s nostalgia.
FREE The Ads and Le Reno Amps ()ran Mor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. An evening of rock and pop from The Ads and Le Reno Amps. Free tickets available from wwwthemill- livc.com.
I Telegraphs, Alkotron and Das Filth King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Brighton alt.rock quintet.
FREE Tragic O’Hara Bar Bloc. l 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Acoustic troubadour with backing support.
Edinburgh
I One Night of Queen Playhouse. 18- 22 (ireenside Place. 0870606 3424. 7pm. £17.50 (£16). See Tue 3.
I Bomb the Music Industry, Taking Chase and The Hijacks The (RV. 37 (iuthrie Street. 220 2987. 8pm. £6. One- man skacore from the US. Please note change of venue.
I Exposed The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £3. Monthly sitiger-songwriters/new' bands night. FREE Half Cut, The 9s and The Aeroplanes Whistlcbinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5| 14. 9pm. liidie rock.
Thursday 5
Glasgow
I The Aeroplanes, Ten to Five Project and Paul McGranaghan Classic (Brand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Scouse upstarts in the vein of The Coral.
I Animal Kingdom Captain's Rest. 185 (ireat Western Road. 331 2722. 7.30pm. Wistful indie sounds.
I The Days, The Debuts and Carnivores King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8pm. £6. ()v'er- 14s show. English quartet who have toured with label mate Paolo Nutini. I The Troyes, Freudian Slop, Last National Band and Suplex the Kid Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £6. ()ver- 14s show. Country rockers LNB are influenced by ‘cosmic American music'.
FREE Hooray for Humans and Little Buddha Bar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. ‘Cinematic trip-rock' from Little Buddha.
FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. See Thu 22.
Edinburgh
FREE Solar Eye and RBHBR The Caves. Niddry Street South. 557 8989. 7pm. Ticketed. Altemative electronica. Free tickets from www'themill-1ive.com. FREE Ram Bam Thank You Mam and We Are Empire Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Bluesy rock with more acts ibc.
FREE The Frealq Family The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.30pm. See Thu 22.
68 THE LIST 22 Jan-5 Feb 2009
Jazz
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henryGlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson.
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Thursday 22
Edinburgh
I The Offenders The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8pm. £tbc. High quality blues.
Edinburgh
I Billy Thom Quartet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). The Scottish druniiner's swinging jau unit.
I Skunk Funk The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 1 1pm 3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from i)! Aki and live guests. including funk/soul/groove outfit l)C lillis Band (23 Jan) and funk and soul from The Dirty Martinis (30 Jan).
Saturday 24
Glasgow
FREE Public Information Brel. 3943 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3 6pm. A swinging programme from the ja/ly and backbeat four-piece.
Edinburgh
FREE The Mellotones The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 3.30pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jau. vocalists.
I World Premiere The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jau. 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 alter. Party tunes from house band The Flavours plus boogie-woogie and ftiiik from Kearney.
I Fish Fry The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 1 1.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join [)Js lirik l)‘Viking and Astroboy. Featuring punk funk disco rock from New York with Heloise & the Savoir Faire (24 Jan) plus funky hip hop from Freak Family (31 Jan).
Sunday 25 .
Edinburgh
FREE Lorna Reid and Graeme Stephen Cafe Grande. 184 Bruntsfield Place. 228 l 188. 7—9pm. Cool and classy vocalist Reid.
I Sunday Singers Night The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Featuring William Young (25 Jan) and Amy Thomas ( 1 Feb) backed by a fine jau. trio.
FREE The Black Diamond Express The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. midnight. Alternative rockabilly. roots. blues and R&B.
Monday 26
Edinburgh
FREE Napier Jazz Course Performance Exam The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 2—4pm. Open session where students on the Napier music course perform live assessment pieces in front of an audience.
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Jazz. classics from this 17-piece ensemble.
FREE The Late Great Jazz Jam Session The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. lll,_3llpll1 lispect .i rich llil\ of styles as laces old and new drop in to perform with the House lTlU each vv eek.
Tuesday 27
Edinburgh
FREE MusiChess The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 5 8pm. Weekly chess evening with cool live background music.
I Kent Duchaine l.ertli l-olk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £8. A night of hard driving blues froin the steel guitar maestro.
I The Nelson Riddle Orchestra Playhouse. lb' 22 (ireenside Place. ()870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £24.50
(£16 £20). Spotlighting the work of the great American arranger. who worked with .\'at King Cole. Frank Sinatra. lilla l-'it/gerald. l’eggy l.ee. Dean Martin. and Linda Ronstadt.
I The Jazz Factory Navy Club. I Broughton Road. 556 2973. 8.30pm. £3. Ja/I event ‘by musicians. for musicians' with a three hour session starting with the house quartet (.\'ick (iould. Alan Anderson. ()w en MacDonald and Kevin l)orrian) followed by a guest star and a jam session.
FREE Tuesday Jam The Jan Bar. Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30pm. Ja/l jam from the House Trio. FREE Funk Session The Jan Bar. Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.30pm , 3am. Funk guitarist and 1)] Aki leads this two drurnrner-erlled funk band.
Wednesday 28
Edinburgh
FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
5 8pm. Toby 'Jack of Diamonds‘ and friends offer up an unplugged session.
Marlena Shaw
I i With a forty year career, tours with Sammy Davis Jr and Ray Brown, the legendary Marlena Shaw
Thursday 29
Edinburgh
I Rob Hall Ouintet The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298 8 15pm £4 (£3) Innovative s.i\ophonist Rob Hall for an evening ot contemporary ia//
I Dino Baptist lhe .lani llonse. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380 8. 30pm £tbc Blues and funk keyboard player
Glasgow
I Joni Keen & the Euan Stevenson Trio Mugdock Country Park. Craigallian Road. Miltigay re. 956 6100 7. 30pm £15 (£13. includes a bullet supper) Soothing |.l// standards in this tribute to NM l‘it/gcr'ald .iiid Oscar Peterson
Edinburgh
I Public Information The Ja/I liar. I Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8,15pin £4 (£3). See Sat 24.
I Dino Baptist and The Flavours The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 220 4380. 8.30pm. £tbc. Blues and funk keyboard player Baptists has played with the likes of l.tllll. Mick Jagger and l.eo Sayer. plus lioiisebaiid The l-layoiirs,
I Skunk Funk The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. llpin 3am. £51£3L Sec l'it‘l 23.
Glasgow
FREE Sue McHugh Ouartet Bi'el. 39 43 Ashton l.anc. 342 4966. 3 6pm. l.inlithgow-bascd \ocalisl Mcllugh leads her quartet through a selection of lit/l standards.
Edinburgh
FREE The Mellotones The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 3. 30pm. Sec Sal 24.
I World Premiere The Ja/l liar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298, 8.15pm. £4 H23). See Sill 24.
will be teaching a lesson in jazz and soul music as part of the Bulleit Bourbon Originals series also featuring Digital Jones plus DJ sets form
Jazzanova, Greg Wilson and Trouble.
I The Caves. Edinburgh. Fri 30 Jan.