Music Rock&Pop
■ Brandi Carlile O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11. Seattle singer-songwriter who has toured with the likes of Ray Lamontagne, Tori Amos and Chris Isaak. ■ Common Grave and Existing Threat Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £8. Death/thrash metal ■ The Futureheads, Admiral Fallow and Lions.Chase.Tigers Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £5. Well-loved Sunderland quartet who combine arty post-punk angularity with a melodic hardcore sensibility and the best male harmonising in the biz play a special edition Mill showcase. ✽✽ LCD Soundsystem, Yacht and Planning to Rock Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £18.50. See Wed 28. ■ Punto the Feef, Tukoo and Volitantes O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Funky rockers from Fife. ■ Summerlin O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £tbc. Pop punk five-piece who have toured with My Passion. ■ Glen Campbell Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £30–£32.50. The country-pop rhinestone cowboy returns to Glasgow playing tracks from his covers album Meet Glen Campbell beside all those Jimmy Webb classics. ■ Tokyo Rosenthal and Porchsong Anthology Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £7. Sounds in the Sububs presents Americana from a seasoned musician who has been compared to Kris Kristofferson and Jackson Browne. ■ The Chinaskis, Shimmer and Psychotropic System Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Prog, pop and metal. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. See Thu 15. FREE Savage Union, Lamens Terms and Craig Davidson Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Live music. FREE Un Cadavre and Paper Mountain Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm. Live music. ■ Wishbone Ash and Rockburn The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360085. 8pm. £15. See Wed 28. ■ Young Guns, Outcry Collective and Save Your Breath King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7. Over-14s show. Buckinghamshire rock five-piece headline. FREE Creation Open Mic Creation Studios, 16 Trongate, 8.30pm. See Thu 15. ■ Talk Normal, Blood of the Bull, Golden Grrrls and Prayer Rug 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £6. NY no-wave noise rock duo headline. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. See Sat 17.
Edinburgh ■ An Intimate Evening with Rick Wakeman The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £22.50. An evening of anecdotes and music form prog rocker Wakeman (Yes). FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. See Thu 15. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 15. Hamilton ■ Rollermania Hamilton Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01698 452299. 7.30pm. £17.50. An evening with Les McKeown, the lead singer of 70s tartan- trimmed girl-magnets the Bay City Rollers, playing through all the hits, from ‘Shang a Lang’ to ‘Bye Bye Baby’.
76 THE LIST 15–29 Apr 2010
Jazz 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 Kenny Mathieson. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 15
Edinburgh ■ 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. ■ 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). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves. Dundee ■ Jazz at the Rep Dundee Rep, Tay Square, 01382 223530. 10pm. £6. Jazz sessions with house band Havana Swing.
Friday 16
Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. Jazzy Brazilian rhythms, bossa nova, samba and salsa. Edinburgh ■ Public Information The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A swinging programme from the jazzy and backbeat four-piece. ■ Wendy Carle Taylor and Friends The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 228 1155. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 15.
■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests including funk, soul and pop organ grooves from The Privates (16 Apr) followed by funky rock as Satyroi launch their album (23 Apr). Montrose ■ Tim Richards Links Hotel, Mid Links, 01674 671000. 8pm. £8. Solo piano concert from Tim Richards, the frontman of acclaimed jazz groups Spirit Level and Great Spirit.
Saturday 17
Glasgow ■ George Penman Jazzmen King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 467 5200. 2–5pm. £1. George Penman is a bassist and bandleader standing up for traditional jazz in Scotland. FREE Declan Forde/Matthew Herd Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Piano and sax driven quartet playing a number of Charles Mingus compositions in celebration of what would have been the bassist’s 88th birthday. FREE Richard Michael City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Richard Michael, familiar as the director of the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra for many years, does a nice line in jazz piano interpretations of Burns songs. FREE Declan Forde Quartet Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Eclectic mix of jazz, funk and blues from pianist Forde. 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. 8pm. £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. The line-up includes Afrobeat form Samba Sene and Diwan (17 Apr) followed by ‘pseudo-jazz’ of Le Salon de Jazz Refuse (24 Apr).
St Andrews ■ Clare Teal Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £14 (£10–£12). Sassy vocalist and Parky favourite Teal casts her spell over the great American songbook. Sunday 18
Glasgow FREE Loretta Reid Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 2pm. Sunday Jazz from singer Loretta Reid. 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. ■ St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. The Curtis Williams Duo performs some jazz and blues numbers. FREE Jayne Seawright and Mark Goundry Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7–9pm. Jazz vocalist. FREE Metropolitain Jazz Sundays Metropolitain Hotel, 4–6 Picardy Place, 556 6629. 7pm. Laidback jazz with vocalist Joni Keen (18 Apr) and Lorna Reid with pianist David Patrick (25 Apr). ■ Clare Teal The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £14. See Sat 17. ■ Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Featuring Victoria Bennett backed by a fine jazz trio. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences.
Monday 19 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.
The Wynntown Marshals Good-time country rock ‘n’ roll from . . . uh, Kirkcaldy. The Wynntown Marshals are about as Scottish as Irn Bru and deep-fried Mars bars, but
with glorious pedal steel and cowboy harmonies, you could be forgiven for thinking they were raised on root beer and southern fried chicken. ■ Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sun 25 Apr (supporting the Quireboys); debut album launch, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Apr.