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11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including Motown sounds from The Soul Foundation (5 Mar) and soul/funk/pop from The Dirty Martinis (12 Mar).
Saturday 6
Glasgow FREE Marco Cafolla Electric Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Modern jazz and driving funk. ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring John Scofield RSAMD (Academy Concert Hall), 100 Renfrew Street, 3325057. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Fri 5. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy, with dancefloor funk from Washington Street (6 Mar) and drummer Paul Mills’ Funk Band (13 Mar).
Sunday 7
Glasgow ■ Graeme Stephen Sextet with Ben Davis City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 01556 504506. 8pm. £12. See Fri 5.
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. ■ Edinburgh Bands Together for Haiti Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 6.30pm. £10–£15. Blues, jazz, world, rock and more as Tam White & The Usual Suspects, Nobby Clark & His Band, Liz MacEwan & Blind Lemon, Safehouse, Soulussion, The Rattlers and Samba Sene & Diwan all play for a good cause. FREE June James & Roger Cull Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Mainstream jazz from singer James and pianist Cull. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. This fortnight features Faye Levey (7 Mar) and Liz Dicks (14 Mar). ■ Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Featuring Maria Speight (7 Mar) and Debbie Davis (14 Mar) backed by a fine jazz trio. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences.
Arbroath ■ Smokie Blues Haiti Charity Day Coast, Gravesend, 1pm. £5. Blues all- dayer with all proceeds going to help the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. Stirling ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring John Scofield Macrobert, University of Stirling, 01786 466666. 8pm. £15 (£10; under 18s & students £6). See Fri 5.
Monday 8
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. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6.
Tuesday 9
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). ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk guitarist Aki Remally leads this 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, featuring special guests saxophonist John Burgess (3 Mar) and singer Lorna Reid (10 Mar). 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. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 5. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6. ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk and blues from Mike Kearney’s four-piece. Leven ■ King King Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £20. Glasgow blues outfit featuring Alan Nimmo. Part of Fifestock.
Thursday 11 Edinburgh ■ Graeme Stephen Sextet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 01556 504506. 8.15pm. £6 (£5). 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. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 6. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 4.
Friday 12 Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. See Thu 4.
Former bass player in the groundbreaking E.S.T. makes his UK debut with a new band that stretches jazz into the 21st century.
Dan Berglund’s Tonbruket Sat 13 March, 8pm
he Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh Tickets & Information 0131 668 2019 www.thequeenshall.net
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