Music JAZZ & BLUES
Monday 13
Glasgow FREE Declan Hagerty Jinty McGuintys, 21–29 Ashton Lane, 339 0747. 9pm. Jazz tinged folk. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 30.
Tuesday 14
Glasgow ■ Chorus at the Kibble Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. 7.30pm. By donation. The Closeshave Barbershop Chorus present songs from the great American songbook: Rodgers & Hart, Berlin, Porter, the Gershwins, Kahn and Donaldson and the others who turned popular song into a fine art in the first half of the last century. Proceeds go to Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children. Part of the West End Festival Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Tue 31. FREE Craig McMurdo The Compass Bar, 44 Queen Charlotte Street, Leith, 554 1979. 7.30pm. See Tue 7. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 31. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 31.
Wednesday 15 Edinburgh ■ Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. 6.45pm. £tbc. The Glasgow-based ensemble play their customary large- scale free improvisations, with special guest Guido Hennebohl on synths as they play live to silent films. Part of The New Objectivity: Realism in Weimar Cinema. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 3. ■ Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 9.
Thursday 16 Edinburgh ■ The Pygmies of Jazz and Wonderwinds The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Up-beat eccentric jazz. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 3. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 26.
Friday 17
Glasgow FREE The Privates Hammond Orchestra The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. Hammond-driven instrumental group. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Rose Room Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 0844 395 4000. 10pm. £12. Rose Room comprises virtuoso
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violinist and vocalist Seonaid Aitken, Jimmy Moon on double-bass with guitarists Tom Watson and Tam Gallagher. The music embraces the swing jazz era with a dash of western swing thrown in for good measure. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh ■ Nova Scotia Jazz Band Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, 7.30pm. £5. Quartet featuring reeds, bass, banjo and cornet, and offering some fresh interpretations of Dixieland jazz. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 10. ■ Kim Edgar iso-bar, 7 Bernard Street, 467 8904. 8pm. £8 (£6). Acoustic pop, jazz and original compositions on piano, guitar and voice from local musician Kim Edgar. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late-night jazz and funk acts and DJs. With Gecko 3.
Paisley ■ Havana Swing Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Django-inspired guitar jazz from this fast-paced collective, who balance their frenetic music-making with a sense of humour.
Saturday 18
Glasgow ■ The Penman Jazzmen King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 2pm. £1. See Sat 28. FREE Liquid Jazz Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Cool jazz outfit playing standards and classic jazz. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 28.
■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 4. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late-night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Joined by reggae act Man at the Window.
Sunday 19
Glasgow FREE Ashton Lane Fête de la Musique Ashton Lane. 1pm. Organised by Ashton Lane Proprietors and Alliance Francaise de Glasgow, this key event in the West End Festival programme has musicians of all styles playing all over Ashton Lane alongside a street market. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Lauders Big Band Trader Joe’s, 325 Hope Street, 332 4017. 2pm. See Sun 29. FREE Jazz & Media Ale Festival Three Judges, 141 Dumbarton Road, 337 3055. 3pm. Live jazz and a selection of ales. Featuring The Witnesses. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Cruz Bar and Restaurant, 14 The Shore, 553 6699. 3pm–1am. See Sun 12. FREE Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. ■ Big Band Variety Show South Leith Parish Church, 6 Henderson Street, Leith, 555 4104. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Classic big band music and variety sketches. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby Mottershead and friends. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, Charlotte Square, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. Featuring a tribute to Louis Prima.
■ The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 29.
Monday 20 Edinburgh ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 30.
Tuesday 21 Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Tue 31. FREE Craig McMurdo The Compass Bar, 44 Queen Charlotte Street, Leith, 554 1979. 7.30pm. See Tue 7. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 31. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 31.
Wednesday 22 Edinburgh ■ Dave Arcari, Shambles Miller and Jim Byrne Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Scottish alt.blues guitarist ‘plays like he got his skin turned inside out’. So says Seasick Steve. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 3. ■ Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 9.
Thursday 23 Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 3. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 26.
Southern Tenant Folk Union
One for fans of their Americana, this Edinburgh-based seven-piece blends Scottish accents and folky fiddles with finger-picking bluegrass guitar. This Leith gig is the Scottish launch for their new album Pencaitland (Johnny Rock Records), recorded with Lau’s sound engineer, Tim Matthew. ■ Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, Fri 17 Jun.