Music Jazz
Edinburgh ■ Kerry Hodgkin The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). London-based jazz singer. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 20. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 20.
Monday 28 Edinburgh ■ Raymond Gubbay: Glenn Miller Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 3pm & 7.30pm. £13.50–£27. See Sun 27. ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 21. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 21.
Tuesday 29
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 22. ■ Tuesday Jam The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22. Wednesday 30
Glasgow ■ Raymond Gubbay: Simply Gershwin Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17–£29.50. Toe-tapping big-city tunes performed by the Scottish Concert Orchestra and guest vocalists and dancers, including Rhapsody in Blue, S’Wonderful, Lady Be Good and excerpts from Porgy and Bess. FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. See Wed 23.
Edinburgh ■ Andrew Bain’s Homecoming Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Drummer Bain gathers Scottish born players who are home for Christmas from around the globe for this special ‘Homecoming’ quartet also featuring Andy Robb (bass), Fraser Campbell (sax) and Alan Benzie (piano). Thursday 31
Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Hogmanay Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.30pm–5am. £18. Night of jazz to see in the bells featuring two live bands (The Jazz Bar Party Quintet and Paul Mills Funk Band) and a selection of DJs for a funky start to 2010. ■ Departure Lounge Hogmanay Special The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 10.30pm–5am. £19–£24. ‘Jazz grooves, Latin rhythms and funky global beats’ as DL take over the Caves for their fifth Hogmanay special, joined by Mark Ronson/ Amy Winehouse’s nine-piece backing band The Haggis Horns for a serving of hot funk, plus live sets from The Banana Sessions and Edinburgh Samba School.
Friday 1
Edinburgh ■ The Jam House Experience The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 8pm. £tbc. Great music from the Jam House house band The Flavours, with a range of talented guest artists. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 26. 86 THE LIST 17 Dec 2009–7 Jan 2010
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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 Thursday 17
Glasgow ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees and Scott MacDonald Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £15. Scots-domiciled roots/rockabilly troubadour Stephenson and his Band entertain with songs from his latest album plus older favourites in this Christmas concert. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scanctum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. An eclectic mix of contemporary, Americana and traditional songs. FREE Andrew Gordon Jenny Ha’s, Canongate, 8pm. Scottish folk music with singer Andrew Gordon.
Alloway ■ Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra Burns National Heritage Park, Murdoch’s Loan, 01292 443700. 2–4pm. Included in admission: £2 (children £1.25). Sit back and soak up the festive massed fiddle vibes. Falkirk ■ Christmas Session Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 489241. 8pm. £5. A fun night with all the regular members team up to perform.
Friday 18
Glasgow ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees and Scott MacDonald The Accies Club, Helensburgh Drive, Jordanhill, 8pm. £15. See Thu 17. Alloway ■ Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra Burns National Heritage Park, Murdoch’s Loan, 01292 443700. 2–4pm. Included in admission: £2 (children £1.25). See Thu 17.
Dunfermline ■ The Red Hot Chilli Pipers Alhambra Theatre, Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7pm. £18.50. Expect everything from ‘Flower of Scotland’ to Coldplay’s ‘Clocks’, via AC/DC and Deep Purple from the showbiz bagpipes- and-rock band line up. Irvine ■ Finbar Furey Magnum Theatre, Harbourside, 01294 278381. £tbc. The famed Irish traditional musician - who used to live in Edinburgh - is a former all-Ireland Uillean Pipe Champion, great whistle player, songwriter, guitarist and dab hand on the five-string banjo.
Stirling ■ Fence Collective’s Christmas Pop Special Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £14 (£12). The Fence’s early nineties alt.folk group, the Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra are revived here, along with Edinburgh’s Withered Hand, for a Christmas special that may well involve mass carol singing.
Saturday 19 Edinburgh ■ A Winter’s Night, A Celebration of Music, Light and Word Portobello Town Hall. 7.30pm £8 (£5, children £3). Seasonal song, winter tales, readings and gentle Scottish smallpipes from
Elin Larsson Powerful and dynamic saxophonist, Elin Larsson, leads her own Swedish quintet Kristian Persson (trombone), Henrik Hallberg (guitar), Niklas Wennström (double bass) and Johan Käck (drums). Playing as a double bill with Colin Steele’s Mercy Mercy Mercy making their Edinburgh debut at this Assembly Direct end of year jazz celebration. ■ The Lot, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Dec.
Saturday 2 Tuesday 5
Glasgow FREE Marco Cafolla Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 6–9pm. Modern jazz and funk. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 19. ■ The Jam House Experience The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 8pm. £tbc. See Fri 1. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 19. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 19.
Sunday 3
Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 26. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 20. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 20.
Monday 4 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 21. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 21.
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 22. ■ Tuesday Jam The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. See Wed 23. Edinburgh ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 23.
Thursday 7 Edinburgh ■ The Corrie Dick Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Jazz and funk from this quintet of jazz majors on the BA Applied Music Course at Strathclyde. FREE Sammy’s Swingers The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 8.30pm. Six-piece swing act from Glasgow. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 17.