Music JAZZ/FOLK
Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.30pm. Classical jazz guitar. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 29
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 ■ Borders Big Band Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). Celebrate the era of the Big Band with the hugely popular music of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and many other favourites. ■ Wizz Jones Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Renowned blues guitarist, known for his folk fusion and influence on the music of Eric Clapton, John Renbourn and Ralph McTell. ■ Chick Lyall/Rob Hall Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A newly formed band with original compositions featuring Rob Hall on sax, Chick Lyall on piano, Mario Caribe on bass, and Tom Bancroft on drums. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Talented piano player/vocalist Kearney leads this funk/blues five-piece.
Sunday 3
Glasgow FREE Live Jazz Cafe Rogano, 11 Exchange Place, 248 4055. 1.30pm. See Sun 26. FREE Perdido The Inn, Station Road, Bearsden, 942 6752. 8–11pm. See Sun 26. Edinburgh FREE Haftor Medboe and Renee Stephanie Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz guitarist Medboe is joined by singer Stephanie. FREE Blue Sunday City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8pm. Top blues and swing tracks to dance along to. ■ Commonwealth Jazz Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Featuring Canadian saxophonist Mike Ruby, Indian pianist Utsav Lal, South African bassist Prince Bolo, along with Scotland’s Laura Macdonald (sax) and John Lowrie (drums). FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. See Sun 26. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 26.
Monday 4 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 27. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 27.
Thursday 30 Tuesday 5
Glasgow FREE The Hot Club of Glasgow Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 636 0223. 7.30pm. See Tue 28. Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 28. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 28.
Ensemble The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £8 (£6). Virtuoso Israeli saxophonist Atzmon merges Middle Eastern and bebop styles on new album The Tide Has Changed. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 29.
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 23
Glasgow ■ JEM Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian and Scottish music on guitar, cello and sax. ■ Tom McConville St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Veteran fiddle and singer from England’s north-east. Edinburgh FREE Folk Night Nobles Bar, Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Local bands and performers.
Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Sarah McQuaid St Peter’s RC Church, Hyndland Street, 7.30pm. £6. Sophisticated and personalble US/Irish singer and guitarist- songwriter who wrote the Irish DADGAD Guitar Book of tunings and recently released her long delayed album I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning. Edinburgh ■ Music from Herat Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50). Traditional music as part of the Festival of Afghanistan. FREE Tom Oakes and Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, South College Street, 8.30pm. Traditional music on fiddle and guitar.
Glasgow FREE Pete Johnstone Trio Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Jazz trio. Friday 1
Glasgow ■ Jazz Concert RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10 (£7). A lunchtime performance by some of the leading lights on the Scottish jazz scene, including newly-appointed Professor at the RSAMD Tommy Smith, double bass player Mario Caribé, pianist Paul Harrison and RSAMD jazz students. ■ Tony Allen The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £15. Afrobeat pioneer, drummer Allen has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to Damon Albarn. Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Thu 23. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 24.
Saturday 2
Glasgow FREE Iain Carleton Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Quartet led by guitarist Carleton, playing music by Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Mike Stern. Edinburgh FREE The Gentlemen of Jazz Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, 539 8100. 2.30pm. See Sat 25. FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 25. ■ Tony Allen The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. See Fri 1. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 25. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 25.
86 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
Wednesday 6 Saturday 25
Edinburgh ■ Gilad Atzmon Orient House Glasgow ■ Taiko Drumming Course
NME Radar Tour
Much like its premier league cousin the NME Awards Tour, this bi- annual kingmaker event generally features at least one band that will pass on to fame and at least moderate success, and one that will make you scratch your head and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Into which camp will glamorous Welsh indie-poppers The Joy Formidable (pictured), much-touted shoegazers The Chapel Club or promising London troupe Flats fall? Go along. Find out. ■ King Tut’s, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct.
Sounds of Progress, 73–77 Trongate, 01357 522008. 11am–1pm. £120. Learn powerful drumming in the Japanese tradition with Europe’s foremost Taiko drum group. Edinburgh FREE Kirsty-Jacqueline Lingard Captains Bar, South College Street, 4pm. Afternoon fiddle-led session. ■ Togarrach Band, Hazel Forsyth and Jasmine Perinpanayagam St John’s Church, Princes Street, 221 2273. 7.30pm. £6 (under 16s free). Traditional Gaelic and Scots song with a line-up completed by Highland piper Andrew MacIntyre.
Sunday 26
Glasgow ■ Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Two thirds of Koshka perform some of the world’s best known guitar and violin duets from Grapelli through Russian to Cossachok gypsy favourites.
Edinburgh ■ The Lani Singers The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 2pm. £3. Traditional West Papuan (Province covering the western peninsula of the island of New Guinea) music from Benny and Maria Wenda, founders of Free West Papua Campaign. FREE Rantum Scantum Captains Bar, South College Street, 8pm. An eclectic mix of contemporary, Americana and traditional songs. ■ David Lutes Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £tbc. Night of Americana from Lutes, who won the Texas Singer of the year Award in 2009. Livingston ■ Sue McHugh Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 2pm. £9 (£7). The ‘Cafe Latte’ vocals of West Lothian jazz alto singer is joined by the Jim Clelland trio for a rich musical afternoon.
Monday 27
Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folksy jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow). ■ Yaman Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian classical sitar and flute music from their resident sitarist.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow FREE The Blas Collective Rio Café, Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 8.30pm. ‘Folk flavoured sessions’ from this collective led by fiddler and instrumentalist Jenn Butterworth. Edinburgh ■ Fiddlers’ Bid Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Top Shetland fiddle ensemble. See Mon 27. ■ Sarah McQuaid Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 24. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from Or ceilidh band.
Wednesday 29 Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Laidback folky sounds from Graham Laird and Mike Bennet. ■ Wizz Jones Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). Renowned veteran acoustic blues guitarist, known for his