Monday 2 Edinburgh FREE Capital Jazz: A Spotlight on Edinburgh Talent Central Library, George IV Bridge, 473 2000. 10am-8pm. See Fri 30. ■ Havana Swing Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 473 2000. 12:30. £8. Classic swing jazz of the 30s and 40s as the traditions of European gypsy swing collide with the sophisticated jazz of musicians like Duke Ellington. ■ An Evening with Joe Temperley Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street Gardens, 473 2000. 6pm. £10. Temperley talks about life, music, saxophones, Humphrey Lyttelton, improvising, Ellington, New York and Cowdenbeath FC, and plays duets with Brian Kellock. ■ Siobhan Duncan Quintet The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 6pm. £5. Hailing from Lewis, trumpeter, Siobhan Duncan plays bright engaging modern jazz with power and poise. ■ Martin Taylor The Queen’s Hall, 87-89 Clerk Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £22.50 (£17.50). Taylor takes the light, swinging, but intensely exciting feel of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, to inspire a new incarnation of his band. ■ Melba Joyce with special guest Duke Heitger The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £12.50. New York vocalist. Melba has been the Count Basie Orchestra singer for some years and delivers old style honest swinging good time jazz, with a showbiz swagger. ■ Orchestre National de Jazz The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 8pm. £15. The French national jazz institution, ONJ, will perform their unique take on a selection of songs associated with Billie Holiday with singers Karen Lano and Ian Siegal. ■ Peter Green and Friends The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 473 2000. 8pm. £20. Fleetwood Mac’s founder, former member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and influential British blues guitarist. ■ Acker Bilk with his Paramount Jazz Band Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street Gardens, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £18. Acker is one of the hottest clarinet players and an ever popular name in British jazz. ■ Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £18. An evening of killer groove Hammond organ virtuosity, a rhythmical firework combining jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul and rock. ■ Eric Alexander Quartet The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 9pm. £16. Nobody epitomises the tough tenor saxophonist of the Blue Note tradition better than Alexander. ■ Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 473 2000. 11pm. £5. See Fri 30.
Tuesday 3 Edinburgh FREE Capital Jazz: A Spotlight on Edinburgh Talent Central Library, George IV Bridge, 473 2000. 10am-8pm. See Fri 30. ■ Nova Scotia Jazz Band Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 473 2000. 12:30. £8. Classic jazz of the 20s and 30s, in the tradition of Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Bix Beiderbecke and Alex Welsh. ■ Malcolm MacFarlane Octet with McFalls The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 6pm. £10. The Scottish guitarist joins forces with McFalls to break down the barriers between jazz and other contemporary music. ■ Bill Salmond’s Louisiana Ragtime Band and Spirits of Rhythm The Jam House, 5 Queen
Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £10. A double helping of early New Orleans music from the two Edinburgh bands who have kept classic 20s jazz alive. ■ Festival of Swing The Queen’s Hall, 87-89 Clerk Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £22.50 (£17.50). Nine of the world’s leading exponents of swing jazz come together and create a one-off event, featuring Bob Wilber, Joe Temperley, Scott Hamilton, Alan Barnes, Howard Alden, Duke Heitger. ■ Mario Caribe Quintet featuring David Berkman The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £10. The sunny warmth of Mario’s music meets the intrepid pianism of David Berkman. ■ Tim Elliott/Sandy Tweeddale Band Minto Hotel, 16-18 Minto Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £10. Blues N’Trouble singer/harmonica man and guitarist play the music of 50s/60 blues greats. ■ Emile Parisien Quartet The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £10. Cinematic jazz from the saxophonist’s group who have drawn comparisons with Wayne Shorter. ■ Niki King The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £15. The former Perrier Jazz Vocalist of the Year with four critically-acclaimed albums under her belt pays tribute to the Billie Holiday Songbook. ■ Eric Alexander Quartet The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 9pm. £16. See Mon 2. ■ Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street Gardens, 473 2000. 9pm. £15. The 10-strong funky brass band from Chicago. ■ Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 473 2000. 11pm. £5. See Fri 30.
Wednesday 4 Edinburgh FREE Capital Jazz: A Spotlight on Edinburgh Talent Central Library, George IV Bridge, 473 2000. 10am-8pm. See Fri 30. ■ Joe Gordon’s Ragtime Banjos Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 473 2000. 12:30. £8. The veteran White Heather Club singer and banjo player for a night of trad jazz, rags, stomps, blues and swing tunes. ■ Peter Vettese Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street Gardens, 473 2000. 6pm. £10. One of Scotland’s leading international musicians who has worked with everyone from Jethro Tull and Go West to Annie Lennox and Simple Minds. ■ Andrew Robb Quartet The Lot, 4- 6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 6pm. £5. Young award winning Edinburgh bassist. ■ Tommy Smith KARMA The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 6pm. £12.50. A new direction for the leading saxophonist, with a brand new band. Expect shifts in direction, atmospheric folklore textures, and virtuosic playing. ■ Sandy Brown Group and Mike Hart Society Syncopators The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £15. Jake McMahon and Bruce Adams lead an all star sextet paying tribute to Sandy Brown and Al Fairweather. Opening the concert is a chance to hear Jazz Fest Founding Director, Mike Hart and his Society Syncopators, one of the great Edinburgh traditional jazz bands. ■ Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra: Swinging for Basie The Queen’s Hall, 87-89 Clerk Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £21.50 (£16.50). Joe Temperley leads a feast of the joyous music of Count Basie from the festival’s own big band, featuring Brian Kellock and special guest Dennis Rowland. ■ TJ Johnson Minto Hotel, 16-18 Minto Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £12. Vocalist and R&B piano player. ■ Anthony Joseph & the Spasm Band The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West
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Register Street, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £16. Joseph is a leading teacher, poet, novelist and rapper and his poetic chanted word sits over a solid funk groove, guided by Caribbean voodoo. ■ Baptiste Trotignon Trio & Konrad Wiszniewski Assembly @ Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street Gardens, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £10. Exciting young jazz pianist Trotignon performing with his sparkling trio and in a special duo collaboration with the star Scottish tenor saxophonist, Wiszniewski. ■ Les Doigts de l’Homme The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £15. Les Doigts merge their Django roots with rock sensibilities delivering swing and fiery guitar solos with unashamed showmanship and irreverent humour. ■ Paul Harrison Threeform The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 9pm. £10. A new acoustic group formed by pianist Paul Harrison, bassist Euan Burton and drummer Doug Hough. ■ Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 473 2000. 11pm. £5. See Fri 30.
Thursday 5 Edinburgh FREE Capital Jazz: A Spotlight on Edinburgh Talent Central Library, George IV Bridge, 473 2000. 10am-8pm. See Fri 30. ■ Reminiscin’ with Chris The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 11.30am. £5. Chris Barber is questioned by Dave Batchelor about his life in Jazz. ■ Seaside Skiffle Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 473 2000. 12:30. £8. Skiffle from Eric Wales, Jerry O’Regan, Hamish McGregor and Ken Ford. ■ Pete Martin All Stars The Lot, 4- 6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 6pm. £10. All
six original members of the trumpeter’s 60s Edinburgh sextet are united again for a night of mainstream jazz and bop. ■ Banda Leon The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 473 2000. 7pm. £10. Salsa Celtica and Rumba Caliente frontman, Toby Shippey’s new project. ■ Angie King & Bruce Adams Minto Hotel, 16-18 Minto Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £10. Swinging trumpet meets classy vocals. ■ Chris Barber at 80 The Queen’s Hall, 87-89 Clerk Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £25 (£20). The Big Chris Barber Band and Chris Barber All Star Jazz & Blues Band salutes one of the greats of British jazz. ■ Red Stripe Band The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 473 2000. 8pm. £12.50. Infectious pianist and singer Red Stripe and his seven-piece band offer boogie- woogie, jump jive blues-rock and a party atmosphere. ■ Tom Bancroft’s Band of Eden: Orchestro Interrupto The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 8pm. £12.50. Band of Eden is an18-piece contemporary big band featuring an explosive mix of talent from all over the world playing new compositions by Tom Bancroft and Laura Macdonald, and will split into two gender-defined groups, Band Adam and Band Eve. ■ David Berkman Trio The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, 473 2000. 9pm. £10. New York pianist Berkman’s driving, edgy, swinging music is a thrilling updating of the classic tradition from Errol Garner to Monk to Herbie Hancock. ■ GOL The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 473 2000. 10pm. £10. Edinburgh-based band with a very unusual take on world-jazz. ■ Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 473 2000. 11pm. £5. See Fri 30.
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