Music Jazz/Folk
I Billy Ilart Trio The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £6 (£5). In association with Edinburgh Jazz Projects. the US drumming star plays alongside top (Jerman musicians Johannes Enders (sax) and Martin Zenker (bass).
Thursday 12
Edinburgh
I Billy Hart Trio The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £6 (£5). See Wed 11.
I The Top Cats The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £tbc. Debonaire swing combo playing jump
JFREE The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.30pm. See Thu 5.
Dundee
I Jazz Dundee Rep. Tay Square, ()1382 223530. 10pm midnight. £3. Dundee Rep presents regular jazz nights in the restaurant area.
Glasgow
I Stu Brown’s Raymond Scott Project City Halls: Recital Rooms. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £9. Drummer Stu Brown leads this brilliant celebration of the offbeat musical world of Raymond Scott who provided music for Warner Brothers cartoons in the 30s.
Edinburgh
I Lucy Kerr Quartet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Sax-led modern quartet.
I Skunk Funk The Jazz. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
1 1.30pm—3ain. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests Employee of the Month and their ‘spiky dance grooves and dark soundscapes' (6 Feb) followed by soul/funk eight piece Spectrum Soul (13 Feb).
Saturday 14
Glasgow
FREE Public Information Brel. 3943 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3-6pm. A swinging programme from the jazzy and backbeat four-piece.
Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 3pm. See Sat
7.
I Todd Gordon - Moon River to the Days of Wine and Roses Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2()l9. 7.30pm. £18. Top UK jazz singer pays tribute to lyricist Johnny Mercer.
I Stu Brown's Raymond Scott Project The Lot. 4 Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £9. See Fri 13.
I World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 7.
I Mike Kearney and The Flavours The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £tbc. See Sat 7.
I Fish Fry The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm—3am. £7 (£5). See Sat 7.
Glasgow
I Imelda May King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Rockabilly. blues and jazz.
Dunferrnline
I Travelling by Tuba ll - The Sequel Carnegie Hall. East Port. ()1383 602302. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Chris Cranham and Stewart Death perfomi works by Brahms. Bach. Mozart and Rossini on a wide array of wind and brass instruments. Transcriptions and original compositions for the tuba. piano solos and renditions of jazz on the sousaphone will be tied together by witty anecdotes and informative discussion.
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Wine
I Sunday Jazz Harbour Arts Centre. 114 116 Harbour Street. 01294 274059. 2 4.30pm. £8 (£6). Traditional jazz with New Orleans Joy'makers.
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar. l Chambers Street. 2204298. 7.3(2mi. £4 (£3). See Mon 9.
FR E Monday Blues Open Session The Compass Bar. 44 Queen Charlotte Street. Leith. 554 1979. 9pm. See Mon 9. FREE The Late Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 10.30pm. See Mon 9.
Stirling
I Eddie Walker and Fraser Spiers Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Cltib. Bridgehaugh l’ark. Causewayhead Road. 01259 218521. 8pm. £tbc. Folk. blues. ragtime and great guitar and harmonica playing.
Tuesday ‘I 7 .
Edinburgh FREE MusiChess The Jazz Bar. |
Chambers Street. 2204298. 5 8pm. See
Tue 10.
I Imelda May The Voodoo Rooms. 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. 8pm. £10. See Stiii 15.
FREE Tuesday Jam The Jazz Bar. 1
Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.30pm. See
Tue 10. FREE Funk Session The Jazz Bar. 1
Chambers Street. 2204298.
I 1.30pm—3am. See Tue 10. Wednesday 18 ‘ Edinburgh
i FREE Ilaftor Medboe Group (ilass
Arcade. Scottish Agricultural College.
Kings Buildings. West Mains Road. 535
4000. 1.05pm. Lunchtime concert from
the forward-kmking Scottish jazz
mainstays. Expect bold colours. driving
grooves and lightning-fast virtuosity.
FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar.
1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 5 -8pm. See Wed 1 l.
I Mike Whellans Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 650 2458. 8pm. £7 (£6). ()ne of the few remaining one-man blues outfits in Scotland. playing electric and acoustic guitar. mouth harp.
l drums and mouth percussion.
L I Nicky PsaiIa/Michael Magg Quintet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers
Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3).
Clarinet and sax-led five-piece.
FREE Nick Gould's Jazz Main Ye ()lde lnn. Davidson Mains. 0871 917
0007. 8.30pm. Melodic jazz and Latin
from the Edinburgh tenorist.
FREE Soul Society The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. Midnight. Funk and blues from Mike Kearney's four-piece.
Thursday 19 . . Edinburgh
I Jazz/Sax Masterclass with Gilad Atzmon The Jazz. Bar. 1 Chambers
Street. 2204298. 3~5pm. £10 (£5). lsraeli sax virtuoso Atzmon gives advice on jazz improvisation and technique.
I Tommy Smith and Jacob Karlzon The Lot. 4 Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm.
£12. Another special collaboration
between saxophonist Smith and pianist Karlzon playing a mix ofjazz with a folk edge.
I Gilad Atzrnon Quartet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298.
8.15pm. £6 (£5). Impressive lsraeli sax virtuoso Atzmon welds east-European folk with hard bop and funk.
I Dino Baptist The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8.30pm. £tbc.
Blues and funk keyboard player.
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FREE The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 11.30pm. See Thu 5.
Folk
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henryOlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers.
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Glasgow
I Colin Steele's Stramash St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew ‘s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). A not- to-be-missed concert presented by the Scottish Arts Council's Tune l‘p touring scheme the exhilaratingly' successful. really innovative jazz-folk fusion of Scotland's leading jazz trumpeter. The full line-up is l’hil Bancroft (saxophones). Dave Milligan (piano). Aidan ()‘Donncll (double bass). Stu Ritchie (drums). Aidan ()‘ Rourke. Charlie McKerron and Chris Stout (liddles). Rory Campbell (bagpipes and whistles) and Su-a Lee (cello).
Bathgate
I Alastair McDonald: Life, Liberty & Laughter Regal Community Theatre. North Bridge Street. 01506 433634. 2pm. £6. Alastair McDonald entertains with folksy stories and songs.
Dunfermline
I Jackie Storrar Carnegie Hall. East Port. 01383 602302. 8pm. £l2.50. Scots-born US-style country singer performs numbers from her ( 'mss the Border album.
Falkirk
I Steve Turner Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. ()1324 613395. 8pm. ()ne of the linest English traditional singers. accompanied on English concertina.
Stirling
I Auvo Quartet Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). The Quartet blend the traditional music heritage of Newcastle and Helsinki with the contemporary idioms of both cities. Featuring Tom ()akes on wooden flute and vocals. Julian Sutton on melodeon. Roope Aarnio on frets and Suvi ()skalana on fiddle. viola. and vocals.
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Glasgow
I Gavin Moore and Adrianna Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club. Chamberlain Road. 959 1428. 8pm. £9. (iuitarist and singing nephew of Christy Moore and Luka Bloom. with support from the Scots lady who blends Americana. folk and rock styles and boasts a remarkable vocal range.
Edinburgh
I Balkanarama Studio 24. Calton Road. 558 3758. 9pm—3am. £7 before
1 1pm; £9 after. Night of gypsy/Balkan/klezmer madness. film and visuals featuring live music from Aberdeen‘s powerful Eastem European fiddle-powered Jani Lang Band. Kalman Balogh plus DJ DD.
IrVine
I Kris Drever, John McCusker S Roddy Woomble Magnum Theatre. Harbourside. 01294 278381. 7.30pm. £15. The dynamic Scottish cross-genre threesome tour their new album of acoustic songwriting.
Stirling
I Laura Cortese Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. ()1786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). From the US. Cortese writes songs and playing fiddle under her rootsy vocals with drummer Neil Cleary.
Glasgow
I Robyn Hitchcock ABCZ. Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. The ex-Soft Boys frontniaii returns to perform tracks from his back catalo 'uc.
FRE Ceilidhs at Lauries Latiries Bar. King Street. 552 7123. 8pm. The Riverside ceilidh dances start a new residency at Lauries.
Edinburgh
I V50 Ceilidh 31 Brides Centre. Ill ()rwell Terrace. 229 4978. 7.30pm-- midnight. £10. Hud Yer Whecsht play for this fundraising ceilidh dance for Reforesting Scotland. ()rganic licensed bar and snacks. raftle and ‘(iandolf as M(".
Edinburgh
I Fll Campbell and Tom McFarland Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 7.30pm. Northern lreland-based singer songwriter Campbell blends acoustic pop. jazz. folk and traditional songs. accompanied by McFarland's Africo/Latin and Irish percussion.
IrVIne
I Acoustic Afternoons Harbour Arts Centre. Harbour Street. 0| 294 274059. 24.30pm. £5. l‘nwind with some fine acoustic music from various local groups and soloists.
Glasgow I Ray Lamontagne Royal Concert Hall. Sauchichall Street. 353 8000.
7.30pm. £l7.5(l~£25. Popular rootsy
US singer-songwriter cuts a swathe through the M()R market.
I Michael Simons 'i‘chai ()vna. ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist resident plays folk. blues and beyond.
Balloch
FREE Lomond Folk Club: Open Session The Dog House Lounge. Balloch Rd. ()1389 607300. 8pm. An evening of live acoustic music. All musicians. singers and listeners welcome.
Stirling
I Sangsters Stirling Folk Cltib. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. (”259 218521. 8pm. (iood humoured and entertaining music from two guitars and four voices from Fife. Scott and Anne Murray (MBl-l). Fiona Forbes and John Blackwood bring quality singing and close harmonies to interpretations of Scots traditional and Burns songs. alongside contemporary pieces.
Tuesday 10
Edinburgh
I Maeve MacKinnon leith Folk
Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. A remarkable young singer. MacKinnon is already
one of Scotland‘s foremost (iaelic
vocalists.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing. and callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from accordionist Norman Mackay‘s Ceilidh Experience.
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