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Edinburgh FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. Jazz trio (pianist Paul Harrison, trombonist Phil O’Malley and bassist Ed Kelly) play acoustic swing and bop tunes from Count Basie through to Herbie Hancock. FREE Rosie Nimmo and Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. ■ Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Featuring Jess Abrams backed by a fine jazz trio. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio featuring American singer, William Young (21 Feb) followed by tenor saxophonist, Nick Gould (28 Feb). ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences. Irvine ■ Sunday Jazz with the New Orleans Joymakers Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 2–4.30pm. £8 (£6). Enjoy a swinging afternoon of traditional shoulder bopping jazz.
Monday 22
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. Check out the GreatOffers on page 6
■ 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 23
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. 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). Funk guitarist and DJ Aki leads this two drummer-fuelled funk band.
Wednesday 24
Glasgow ■ Rush Hour Jazz City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5.30pm. £4. Strathclyde University BA Applied Music Jazz Majors present an occasional series of rush hour performances. 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. FREE Marco Cafolla Trio Blue Dog, 151 West George Street, 229 0707. 11pm. Modern jazz and funk from this piano trio. 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 25
Glasgow ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp, Roots Revisited and Brand New Bag Admiral Bar Basement, 71a Waterloo Street, 2210 7705. 8pm. £5 (£7 including EP). Record release party for funkers FOTDP. Edinburgh ■ Mark McKnight Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £5 (£4). Headed by Belfast guitarist McKnight. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 18.
Friday 26
Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. See Fri 19. FREE Strathclyde University Big Band Café Source, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 548 6020. 9pm. A chilled-out evening of toe-tapping Big Band tunes. Edinburgh FREE Kind of Larkin Central Library, George IV Bridge, 242 8000. 7.30pm. Excerpts from Philip Larkin’s jazz poetry, extracts from his jazz reviews and instrumental jazz from a live band. Booking essential. Part of the Carry a Poem Campaign 2010. ■ Graeme Stephen Sextet with Ben Davis The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 01556 504506. 8pm. £12 (£10). Infiltrating Celtic music with totally new rhythms and sounds, Aberdeen-born guitarist Stephen’s band combines some leading musicians from the folk and jazz worlds. Joined by special guest Ben Davis (of Mercury Music Prize nominees Basquiat Strings) on cello. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Drummer Bill Kyle leads this jazz four-piece. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1
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Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 19. Saturday 27
Glasgow FREE Martyn Hodge Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3–6pm. Funk from this jazz drummer. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 20. ■ Leon Somov & Jazzu The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. £10. Electro-jazz group from Vilnus, fronted by vocalist Jazzu. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 20. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 20.
Cumbernauld ■ Ella and Oscar Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, 01236 732887. 8pm. £9 (£8). Joni Keen presents her heartfelt tribute to the jazz greats she has loved since childhood. She is accompanied by the Euan Stevenson Trio for a night of jazz classics and anecdotes. Stirling ■ Graeme Stephen Sextet with Ben Davis Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01556 504506. 8pm. £12 (£10). See Fri 26.
Sunday 28 Edinburgh FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. See Sun 21. FREE Ken Scott and Dougie Urquhart Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Lively jazz. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 21. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 21.
Sunderland indie types Field Music have included members of The Futureheads and Maxïmo Park amongst their ranks at various times and while they share a certain quirkiness with said bands they are a more thoughtful proposition, as showcased on their new Field Music eponymous long player. Lets hope they can live up to their ‘effortless, tight and endlessly engaging performance of richly layered jigsaw pop’ as witnessed by The List last time they played Scotland (they also have a rather lovely website www.field-music.co.uk). ■ Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Wed 24 Feb.