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Isa & The Filthy Tongues Launching their new double album Dark Passenger with this special gig (and an aftershow party in the Cab’s Speakeasy) of dark pop and
yearning scuzz rock. Last seen soundtracking Richard Jobson’s film New Town Killers with their track of the same name (also featuring Skids vocalist Jobson himself). ■ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 5 Feb.
Arctic Youth Jazz Orchestra Cupar ✽✽ Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra and Lomond Hills Hotel, High Street, Freuchie, 01337 857329. 2pm. £10. Music by Richard Michael, the orchestra’s musical director as well as standards as they are joined by AYJO for a double bill of swing and big band sounds. Part of the Fife Jazz Festival.
Dunfermline ✽✽ Angie King and Bruce Adams Elgin Hotel, Charlestown, 2pm. £8. Top class vocalist influenced by the great jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by trumpet player Bruce Adams. Part of the Fife Jazz Festival. ✽✽ Jonathan Cairney Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 10pm. £7.50. A night of jazz standards and ballads from this Dunfermline singer and his trio (which includes pianist Euan Stevenson). Part of the Fife Jazz Festival. Hawick FREE Sunday Lunchtime Jazz: Kenneth McAllister Quartet Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick, Kirkstile, 01450 360680. 12.30pm. Light and entertaining jazz quartet.
Edinburgh ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk guitarist and DJ Aki leads this two drummer-fuelled funk band.
Wednesday 10 Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Weekly jazz residency with a house quartet of Lorne Cowieson, Euan Stevenson, Andy Sharkey and Jim Drummond.
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. Open rehearsal. ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk and blues from Mike Kearney’s four-piece.
Thursday 11 Edinburgh ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 4.
Monday 8 Friday 12
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. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week. Tuesday 9
Edinburgh ■ Martin Zenker Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £5 (£4). The Munich musician is one of the world’s foremost jazz bassists on tour with his group featuring Hamburg players Stefan Maus and Buggy Braune plus Korean drummer Lee Jongheun. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 5.
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. Leven ■ Snowy White Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £28. Blues from the ex-guitarist
with Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy and Roger Waters. Melrose ■ Love is in the Air – Jazz! Wynd Theatre, 7 The Wynd, 01896 820028. 8pm. £12 (£10). Popular singer June James takes her audience on a journey back to an age of melodic jazz. She is joined by pianist Chris Achenbach and bassist Jimmy Taylor of the Borders Big Band.
Paisley ■ Loretta Reid Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Loretta performs swing, jazz, blues, and pop songs by the likes of Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Duffy. Backing provided by Scottish musicians Alan McPike and Alyn Cosker.
Saturday 13
Glasgow FREE Martyaz Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3–6pm. See Fri 5. ■ Raymond Gubbay: Anton & Erin Steppin’ Out UK Tour Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 3pm & 7.30pm. £20–£37.50. Stricly Come Dancing’s Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag are back with a new show after last year’s sell-out tour. They are joined by singer and West End star Graham Bickley, guest dancers and a live orchestra playing music by Cole Porter, Gershwin, Jerome Kern and more. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 6. ■ Christine Tobin & Liam Noble: ‘Tapestry’ Rewoven The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £13.50. Unique reinterpretations of songs from Carole King’s classic 1971 album, Tapestry, from vocalist Tobin and pianist Noble. See preview, page 63.
Jazz Music
■ Martin Zenker Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 12. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6. Dundee ■ Still Got The Blues: An All Day Blues Extravaganza Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 3.30pm. £5 before 6pm; £7 after. Blues all-dayer with The Hot Tamales, Gerry Jablonski and Blues’n’Trouble.
Leven ■ Snowy White Inn at Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £28. See Fri 12.
Sunday 14
Glasgow FREE Loretta Reid Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 2pm. Sunday Jazz from singer Loretta Reid. ■ Christine Tobin & Liam Noble: ‘Tapestry’ Rewoven City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £12. See Sat 13. ■ Snowy White The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £14. See Fri 12. Edinburgh FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. See Sun 7. ■ Fat Sam’s Band The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £13.50–£17.50. Toe-tapping tunes covering everything from jump-jive to swing, and jazz greats from Glenn Miller to Fats Domino from this nine- piece led by Hamish McGregor as they celebrate 25 years in the business this Valentine’s Day. ■ Raymond Gubbay: Anton & Erin Steppin’ Out UK Tour Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £20–£37.50. See Sat 13. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8–10.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. This fortnight features vocalist Ronnie Ireland. ■ Claire Daly The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Inspired interpretations of classic jazz from Dublin vocalist Daly at this ‘Anti-Valentine Night’. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 7.
Monday 15
Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 8. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 8.
Tuesday 16 Glasgow ■ James Lindsay Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Monthly jazz session with bassist Lindsay. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. See Tue 9.
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hurt and friends (chess sets available). ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Funk Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 9.
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