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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 funky hip hop five-piece The Ordinary Allstars. Sunday 4
Edinburgh FREE Hot Tin Roof The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Jazz/blues duo. FREE Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. Euan Burton/Mike Fletcher Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Uplifting Scottish jazz from bassist/composer Burton and London saxophonist Fletcher. 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 with modern jazz from Irish singer Claire Daly. The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Motown style funk/soul from this six-piece fronted by Fiona Lynch and Joe Early.
Monday 5
Edinburgh FREE Ron Carruthers Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. Popular pianist. FREE The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. Big band jazz classics from this 17- piece ensemble of pros from all over Scotland; expect trickier and more rousing charts than usual. The Babes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £3 (£2). Mix of rock, jazz, blues and funk from this six- piece playing arrangements of Prince, Herbie Hancock, Zappa and improv renditions of classics.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow Strathclyde University BA Applied Music Jazz Majors 2 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5.30pm. £4. The ensemble focuses on 50s and 60s Blue Note-style bop and hard bop classics by the likes of Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley and Mingus: funky. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £19.50. Nine-piece Brooklyn collective specialising in funk, soul and gospel. Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock After Work Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Live acoustic blues from John Hunt, his remarkable homemade guitars, and friends. FREE Steve Tyler Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. Classical jazz guitar. Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week. 101st Airbourne The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Jazz and funk with a Hendrix twist from guitarist Aki Remally and his four- piece band.
Wednesday 7 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. Open rehearsal. FREE Fraser Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. Relaxing piano. Breach Organ Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4).
Hammond Organ sounds from Paul Harrison with Graeme Stephen (guitar) and Chris Wallace (drums). Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 3. St Andrews The Ingham Johnstone Project Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 7.30pm. £9. Richard Ingham and Brian Johnstone have been mixing up their jazz/poetry concoction since 2007 under various guises including Trio Verso. Tonight they present an evening of noise and verse with performances from the pair, a set from Trio Verso and solos from Colin Steele on trumpet and John Kenny on trombone.
Thursday 8 Edinburgh FREE Desafinado Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. Brazilian jazz from this duo. Meridian Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Michael Magg and Nicky Psaila play the music of Wayne Shorter. Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 1.
Friday 9
Edinburgh FREE Graham High Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. The guitarist is joined by guests playing Hot Club-style jazz. Soulacoaster The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £6. Twelve-piece soul band playing hits made famous by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and The Commitments. The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Hard bop and lesser-known standards from the accomplished five-piece. Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Latin/soul/jazz five-piece The Foo Birds.
Saturday 10 Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 3. World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 3. 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 The Soul Foundation.
Sunday 11
Glasgow Hugh Masekela The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16. South African trumpeting legend still going strong in his 70s. Nigel Clark Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Acclaimed Scottish jazz guitarist. Edinburgh FREE Hot Tin Roof The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sun 4. FREE Paul Montague Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Live jazz. Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express 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
saxophonist Nick Gould (11 Mar). The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 4.
Monday 12 Edinburgh FREE Ron Carruthers Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Mon 5. FREE The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. See Mon 5. The Babes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £3 (£2). See Mon 5.
Tuesday 13
Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock After Work Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Tue 6. FREE Steve Tyler Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Tue 6. Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 6. 101st Airbourne The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Tue 6.
Wednesday 14 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Wed 7. FREE Interplay Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. Featuring guitarist Lachlan MacColl and guests. Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 3.
St Andrews Kind of Larkin: Dave Batchelor Quintet, Don Paterson & David Hayman Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £8 (£6). This event brings together readings of Philip Larkin’s prose writings and some of his jazz-inspired poems with jazz accompaniments from The Dave Batchelor Quintet, including leading Scottish poet Don Paterson on guitar and David Hayman as reader. Part of StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival.
Thursday 15
Glasgow Ryan Quigley Big Band The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7.30pm. £12. Scottish big band fronted by fearless trumpeter Quigley pay tribute to trumpet master Maynard Ferguson. Edinburgh FREE Ged Brockie & Doug Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Thu 1. Click Clack Club The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 8pm. £3. Funky experimental music club. Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 1.
Friday 16
Edinburgh FREE Lachlan’s Sounds of Jazz Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Fri 2. Jazz Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Live jazz. Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring funksters James Brown is Annie.
Saturday 17 Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 3.
JAZZ Music
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GOTYE
Meet 31-year-old Wouter ‘Wally’ De Backer, aka Gotye, a Belgium-born, Melbourne- raised singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose inescapable international super-hit ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra) possesses an almost supernatural appeal that’s sweeping all before it after topping the singles charts in ten different countries and counting. Don’t tell me, he’s another YouTube sensation? Yes, but he’s eclipsed the last one – Lana Del Rey – by quite a margin: ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ has a stunning 90 million views at time of writing, to a paltry 31 million for Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’.
Hmm, he sounds a bit like Sting. De Wacker’s voice is a dead ringer for the lute-abusing one’s when he shifts into a high range. But that’s fortunately where the comparison ends among a diverse oeuvre full of quirky and inventive experimentation with vintage instruments, electronics and found sound. Is the rest of his stuff any good? Current album Making Mirrors is a mixed bag – try the icy electro-pop of ‘Eyes Wide Open’, avoid the likes of Stax/Motown soul facsimile ‘I Feel Better’. A veteran on the Australian scene, he’s got two prior long-players to his name, and he also plays with long-serving Melbourne indie band The Basics, so there’s lots to explore.
We hear he’s big in Poland? The Poles have fallen under the spell of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ so much that it’s become their longest-running ever number one, a feat Gotye’s also achieved in his home country Australia. What, he’s been on the top spot there longer than even Savage Garden? Remarkable, but true. (Malcolm Jack) ■ O2ABC, Glasgow, Mon 4 Mar.
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