Music JAZZ
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. Featuring funk/soul from Mike Kearney’s Ka-Tet.
Sunday 18
Glasgow Caro Emerald O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £25. Over-14s show. Dutch singer putting a modern pop spin on post-war jazz styles. Edinburgh NYJOS The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 2pm. £3 (£2). Intimate show from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland. FREE Hot Tin Roof The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sun 4. FREE Lorna Reid & Graeme Stephen Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Cool and classy vocalist Reid, with guitarist Stephen. Stormy Sunday Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Blues night organised by vocalist James Carr, featuring a showcase of blues singers and soloists. 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 vocalist Mike Rogers. The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 4.
Monday 19 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.
A Hawk and A Hacksaw
Tuesday 20
Glasgow Strathclyde University BA Applied Music Jazz Majors 1 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5.30pm. £4. Bop and hard bop from the 50s and 60s from student jazz musicians. 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 21
Glasgow Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra celebrate their tenth year with this improvised chamber performance. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Wed 7. FREE Fraser Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Wed 7. Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-piece band playing cool arrangements of jazz and funk tunes. Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 3.
Thursday 22 Edinburgh FREE Desafinado Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Thu 8. Salsa Celtica Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15.25 (£13.25). A heady mix of
jazz, African, Latin and Celtic rhythms from this lively group. Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 1. Paisley FREE Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra and Renfrewshire Schools Jazz Orchestra Paisley Grammar School, Glasgow Road, 889 3484. 7.30pm. Traditional and contemporary jazz from two young orchestras.
Friday 23
Edinburgh FREE Graham High Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Fri 9. Electric Jazz Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz/funk fusion from Marco Cafolla. 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 the Stuart Goodall Band. Dunfermline YolanDa Brown Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. MOBO award-winning YolanDa Brown has worked with the Temptations and Jools Holland in the past and now brings her smooth saxophone sounds to Scotland.
Saturday 24 Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 3. Tord Gustavsen Ensemble The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £16.50 (£14). Mesmeric Norwegian pianist with an atmospheric, slow-burning fusion of Scandinavian folk music, gospel, Caribbean and jazz. 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–4am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Afrobeat from Diwan.
The wonky folk duo from New Mexico (Jeremy used to play drums in Neutral Milk Hotel, fact fans, and both contributed to Beirut’s first album) will be performing their newly composed live soundtrack to a Ukrainian magico–folk-realist film. Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a 1960s film steeped in Ukrainian folklore, traditional costumes and folk song. ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 4 Mar. 102 THE LIST 1–29 Mar 2012
Sunday 25
Edinburgh FREE Hot Tin Roof Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. See Sun 4. FREE Hot Tin Roof The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sun 4. 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. A special third anniversary jamboree featuring the Sound of Seventeen Big Band playing the music of James Last and other 70s grooves. William Young The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). US soul/jazz/blues vocalist. The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 4.
Monday 26
Edinburgh FREE Ron Carruthers Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Mon 5. Curtis Stigers The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £25. A versatile jazz-infused set from the always-debonair Stigers. 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 27
Glasgow Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5.30pm. £4. Student jazz players in full flight. 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 28 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. See Wed 14. Janek Gwizdala Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £15 (£12). Originally from the UK, New York-based electric bassist Gwizdala has played with Pat Methany, Murcus Miller and Steve Winwood. Joined by Bob Reynolds, Gary Husband, and Louie Palmer. Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sat 3.
Thursday 29 Glasgow Kim Edgar Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Acoustic pop, jazz and original compositions on piano, guitar and voice.
Edinburgh FREE Ged Brockie & Doug Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Thu 1.