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every week and a stellar trio. Joined by Colin Steele (trumpet) and Iain Ewing (vocals). ■ 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.
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Edinburgh FREE Stretch Dawrson’s Swing Laboratory The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Western swing guitarist. FREE Ron Carruthers Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Popular pianist. ■ Henrik Freischlader Band The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £11. German- born blues artist who has supported some music legends in his time, including BB King and Peter Green. ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). 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 crowd- pleasing arrangements of numbers made famous by the likes of Prince, Herbie Hancock and Zappa, as well as improv renditions of classics.
Tuesday 26
Glasgow ■ City of Strangers Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £10 (£7). Linden Tree presents the songs of Stephen Sondheim, including ‘Broadway Baby’, ‘I Remember’ and ‘Saturday Night’. 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. 6.45pm. 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 27
Glasgow ■ Brass Jaw City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6–9pm. £10. Brass quartet with no rhythm section but plenty of improvisational muscle. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Tea Dance House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. 6–9pm. £15. Tea, scones, sandwiches and Scottish jazz. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Brian Kellock Solo Piano Balbir’s Saffron Lounge, 61 Kilmarnock Road, 632 8564. 7.30pm. Award- winning pianist plays a solo set. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Pharoah Sanders The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £22. Pharoah Sanders is a giant of modern jazz; he began as a disciple of John Coltrane but soon his scratchy, questing sound was itself influencing the master, and as a leader he gave important exposure to great musicians such as Sonny Sharrock, Lonnie Liston Smith and Henry Grimes. He is still going 104 THE LIST 21 Jun–19 Jul 2012
strong. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Live Jazz Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. A mixture of standards and originals played on guitar, drums and saxophone. ■ City of Strangers Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £10 (£7). See Tue 26. ■ Joe Stilgoe City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £12. Singer/ songwriter/pianist entertains. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Soweto Kinch King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12. The self-taught (but Courtney-Pine-mentored) jazz/ hip hop star brings his trio to Glasgow in support of his new blues-inspired album, The New Emanicapation. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Late Night Jazz Club Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street. 11pm–2am. Late night informal jam sessions. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Edinburgh FREE Fraser Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Relaxing piano. ■ New Tango Orquesta: Future My Love The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7.30pm–1am. £10 (£5 with ticket stub from EIFF screening of Future My Love; delegates free). Launch party following the EIFF premiere of Maja Borg’s new film, Future My Love, featuring a live set from Swedish ‘nuevo tango’ band New Tango Orquesta and an after party ‘til late. ■ Mike Janisch Cloudmakers Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £8 (£6). Energetic UK/US jazz trio headed by bassist Mike Janisch. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Talented piano player/ vocalist Mike Kearney leads this funk/ blues five-piece.
Thursday 28 Glasgow ■ Robert Cray Band O2 ABC, 330
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Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £27.50. The award-winning US blues guitar maestro returns. ■ Das Kapital plays Hanns Eisler City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Sax/guitar/drums trio play the fierce and rousing music of East Germany’s foremost composer. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Euan Stevenson Trio Balbir’s Saffron Lounge, 61 Kilmarnock Road, 632 8564. 7.30pm. Piano trio capturing the energy and spirit of piano trios of the 1950s and 60s. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Robert Cray Band O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 8pm. £27.50. Grammy-winning blues guitarist with his veteran band. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ City of Strangers Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £10 (£7). See Tue 26. ■ Robert Glasper Experiment The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £16. Genre-crossing pianist brings his blend of jazz, hip hop, R&B and rock. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. See Thu 21. ■ YolanDa Brown King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 9pm. £12. Young MOBO-award- winning sax player Brown has been likened to Sonny Rollins, which is great, and met Kenny G and failed to hit him with her saxophone, which is not so great but at least understandable. Jools Holland loves her playing and she’s toured with the Temptations. Hear her blend of jazz, soul and funk. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Leo Condie Sings Jacques Brel City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £10. Songs of the Belgian master, as sung by Low Miffs frontman Condie. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Late Night Jazz Club Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street. 11pm–2am. See Wed 27. Edinburgh FREE Ged Brockie & Doug Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian
Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Jazz guitar duo. ■ Dago Red Band and Alison Affleck Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Five-piece Italian blues band. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. See Thu 21. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 21.
Friday 29 Glasgow ■ James Taylor Quartet, Craig Charles DJ & Federation of the Disco Pimp The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10.30am. £15. The Hammond-driven grooves of the JTQ are supported by Federation of the Disco Pimp, and Craig Charles mans the turntables for a late funk & soul set afterwards. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Colin Tully and Sensorium Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7.30pm. £5–£7. Most of the time Colin Tully teaches Alexander Technique for a living, but back in the day he was asked by Bill Forsyth to compose the score for Forsyth’s classic movie Gregory’s Girl; here, Tully and his band play the score along with a host of originals. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE David Austin Grey Balbir’s Saffron Lounge, 61 Kilmarnock Road, 632 8564. 7.30pm. Birmingham-based pianist, composer and educator. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Neil Cowley Trio The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. Pianist and composer Cowley leads his innovative trio. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ City of Strangers Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £10 (£7). See Tue 26. FREE Citizen Jazz citizenM, 60 Renfrew Street, jazzfest.co.uk 9–11pm. Trumpeter Lorne Cowieson and special guests. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Mario Caribe Quartet City Halls,
Relive your days as a toking teenager during the 90s, spent listening to these hip hop heroes. Wu Tang Clan stalwarts Method Man, Ghostface Killah, GZA and Raekwon (pictured, above) team up to tour. ■ O2 ABC, Glasgow, Thu 12 Jul.