Music Jazz
Prestonpans FREE Dias Brazil Prestongrange Gothenburg, 227–229 High Street, 01875 819922. 8.30pm. See Fri 2. Sunday 11
Glasgow ■ John Colrain Trio Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Jazz standards and swing classics.
Edinburgh FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. See Sun 4. FREE Haftor Medboe and Renee Stephanie Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz guitarist Medboe is joined by Stephanie. FREE Metropolitain Jazz Sundays Metropolitain Hotel, 4–6 Picardy Place, 556 6629. 7pm. See Sun 4. ■ Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 4. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 4. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 4. Stirling ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Macrobert, University of Stirling, 01786 466666. 8pm. £15 (£6–£10). See Thu 8.
Monday 12 Edinburgh ■ Humcrush, Leverton Fox and Michalakos/Mital/Zhang The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £8 (£5). Norwegian electronica and free jazz from Rune Grammofon’s Humcrush featuring percussionist Thomas Strønen and keyboard player Ståle Storløkken for a night of experimental jazz and minimal electronica presented by Dialogues Festival and fiennes.org. ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 5. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 5.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. See Tue 6. Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 6. ■ Duck Baker Cameo, 38 Home Street, 0141 9566947. 8.45pm. £14 (£12 Picturehouse members). Guitarist with a vast array of styles from blues, gospel and Appalachian music to Scots- Irish. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 6.
Wednesday 14
Glasgow ■ Live Jazz Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A mixture of standards and originals played on guitar, drums and saxophone. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Wed 7.
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■ Heddy Boubaker, Han-earl Park and Fritz Welch Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. 7pm. £5. Acoustic improvisation and free jazz from French saxophonist Heddy Boubaker, Irish guitarist Han-earl Park and percussionist Fritz Welch. ■ Park Stickney and Catriona McKay & Chris Stout Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Park Stickney performs entertaining jazz tunes arranged for harp, while you can expect traditional tunes and modern compositions from Fiddlers’ Bid bandmates McKay (harp) and Stout (fiddle). Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £6 (£5). Pianist and composer Fujii has been hailed as one of the most original voices in jazz, fusing elements of Japanese folk music to contemporary jazz. Performing here with husband Tamura on trumpet as well as local musicians. ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk and blues from Mike Kearney’s four-piece.
Thursday 15
Edinburgh ■ Marco Cafolla Jazz Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Modern jazz and funk from Herbie Hancock to Poogie Bell. ■ Wendy Carle Taylor and Friends The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 228 1155. 8pm. £8 (£6). Taylor previews her forthcoming album with the accompaniment of some of Scotland’s leading musicians, covering all bases from French chanson, through jazz and blues to traditional Scottish tunes. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 1. Dundee ■ Jazz at the Rep Dundee Rep, Tay Square, 01382 223530. 10pm. £6. Jazz sessions with house band Havana Swing.
Folk
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 1
Glasgow ■ The Tannahill Weavers St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £10 (£8). Formed back in the 70s, the Tannies fuse pipes, fiddle, flute and frets with bass pedals and vocal harmony, and continue to tour and celebrate a Scottish tradition of live music making. ■ The Treacherous Orchestra The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360085. 8pm. £15 (£12.50). Youthful, irreverent, hi-energy band of top Scottish folk maestros who arrange electric mandolin, banjo, flutes, pipes, accordion, fiddles, guitar, drums, bass and percussion to create a huge, fun, contemporary sound. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. An eclectic duo mix contemporary, Americana and traditional songs. FREE Stan Reeves Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place, 222 9930. 7pm. Button box tunes from the accordion player with the Robert Fish Band. ■ Lothian Gaelic Choir Tollcross Primary School, Fountainbridge, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). Join the Gaelic choir for an evening learning some Gaelic songs. No experience necessary. Part of Ceilidh Culture. FREE Jacob’s Pillow and Friends: Open Session Jenny Ha’s, Canongate, 228 1155. 8pm. Jacob’s Pillow hosts the open session of traditional and contemporary songs, tunes and poems. All welcome – bring an instrument or just come to listen. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
FREE The Gorms Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 10pm. Scottish/Irish music. Dunfermline ■ Newfangled Folk Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Younger songwriting stars Yvonne Lyon, Kim Edgar and David Ferrard perform together, supported by harpist Rachel Hair.
Paisley ■ Lau Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). For the last three years winners of BBC Radio’s ‘Best Folk Band’, with Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle), Kris Drever (guitar and vocals) and Martin Green (accordion) are a skilled and inventive powerhouse – and very entertaining.
Friday 2
Glasgow ■ JEM Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian and Scottish music on guitar, cello and sax. ■ Friday Ceilidh Sloan’s, Argyle Arcade, Argyle Street, 221 8886. 8.30pm. £8 (£5; or two-course meal for £19.95). End of the week ceilidh dance. Edinburgh FREE Ceilidh Culture Street Fair Castle Street, 228 1155. 10am–6pm. Browse the stalls for Scottish food, drink, crafts, fashion, music and more throughout the Easter weekend. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber Presents: Martyn Bennett and Fraser Fifield The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £10 (£8; under 18s 5). Classy string players Mr McFall’s Chamber are joined by special guests to perform tracks from their latest album, which features the music of the late Martyn Bennett, Salsa Celtica, and pipes, kaval and reedsman Fraser Fifield. Part of Ceilidh Culture. ■ Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band The Pleasance, Pleasance, 228 1155. 8pm. £10 (£8). New line-up of the Ideal Band performs old and new Scottish songs. Part of Ceilidh Culture.
Rufus Wainwright The son of singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III and brother of kooky chanteuse Martha brings his baroque pop to town for these two Scottish dates,
including one at the freshly spruced up and reopened Usher Hall. Rufus will be doing his thing in front of a backdrop of specially created visuals by artist Douglas Gordon. ■ Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Thu 15 Apr; Fri 16 Apr, Usher Hall, Edinburgh.