Music JAZZ
■ The Babes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £3 (£2). See Mon 25.
Tuesday 10
Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock After Work Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Tue 26. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 26. ■ 101st Airbourne The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Tue 26.
Wednesday 11 Edinburgh ■ Corrie Dick Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Young London-based drummer with his band, performing a mixture of original material and standards. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Wed 27.
Thursday 12 Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Thu 21. 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 13
Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 29. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. See Thu 21.
Saturday 14 Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 23. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 23. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. See Thu 21.
Sunday 15
Edinburgh FREE The Wolf Sessions The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 629 0275. 3pm. See Sun 24. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 7.30pm. See Thu 21. FREE Lorna Reid & Graeme Stephen Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7.30pm. 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. Vocalist Victoria Bennett hosts tonight’s session. ■ The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 24.
Monday 16
Edinburgh FREE Stretch Dawrson’s Swing Laboratory The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers 106 THE LIST 21 Jun–19 Jul 2012
Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Mon 25. ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 25. ■ The Babes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £3 (£2). See Mon 25.
Tuesday 17
Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock After Work Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Tue 26. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 26. ■ 101st Airbourne The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Tue 26.
Wednesday 18 Edinburgh ■ Paul Kirby Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Quartet led by pianist Kirby. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Wed 27.
Thursday 19 Edinburgh ■ Scottish Jazz Awards The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Jazz International and Scottish Jazz Federation present the Scottish Jazz Awards with performances by specially invited bands and special guests. ■ Brodie Jarvie’s Notts Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Explosive, creative jazz influenced by the likes of The Bad Plus, Duke Ellington and Bon Iver, from fast rising Glasgow bassist Brodie Jarvie. ■ Click Clack Club The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 8pm. £3. See Thu 21. 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.
Leith Late
FOLK Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 21
Glasgow FREE DRAM! Famous Folk Session DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 6pm & 8pm. Traditional folk jam sessions. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Kieran Goss Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Irish singer/songwriter Kieran Goss plays material from his 20-year career. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Taigh Ceilidh Ghlaschu Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, 337 3313. 7.30pm. £2 (£1; students £1). An informal Gaelic night of songs, stories, music, comedy, poetry and craic. Please note: ‘The ‘Taigh Ceilidh’ seeks to offer a traditional Scottish Gaelic environment in Glasgow and therefore the language is used throughout this event.’ FREE Tango Libre La Bodega Tapas Bar, Dance with Attitude Studios, 1120 South Street, 581 3401. 7.30pm. A weekly ‘Tango Salon’, with live music to dance to and of course tapas to fuel those moves. ■ Vin Garbutt St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £10. Witty and honest songwriting. FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. Blues and folk residency. FREE Folk Session Jinty McGuintys, 21–29 Ashton Lane, 339 0747. 9pm. Folk music though June featuring the likes of Jamie Mixup, Stuart McFarlane, Charlie Gorman and Starsky. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh FREE Chris Beckett & Southern Tenant Folk Union Pulp Fiction, 43 Bread Street, 229 4444. 7pm. Award-
winning sci-fi author Chris Beckett celebrates the recent release of his novel Dark Eden with a reading from the book, a Q&A session and an acoustic set from Edinburgh-based folk/bluegrass band Southern Tenant Folk Union (who released a song last year inspired by his novel The Holy Machine). See list.co.uk for a review of the excellent Dark Eden. ■ David Paton, Safehouse, Kenny Herbert & Rab Howat and Soulussion & The Soul Power Horns The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 7pm. £15–£20. Craig Hill hosts this night of jazz, funk, indie and folk with a raffle and auction in aid of Alzheimer Scotland. FREE Uke Hoot The Cuckoo’s Nest, 69 Home Street, Tollcross, uke.hoot@ gmail.com 7.30pm. Weekly ukulele singalong and jam session (beginners welcome). ■ Whisky Kiss The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £7. A cool take on traditional Scottish dancing with the ‘ceilidh in a club’ featuring Highland Hotties, breakdancers, trad folk and DJ Grum Stone playing club classics and contemporary house (with the band giving the house hits a ‘tartan twist’). ■ The Dead Man’s Waltz Carter’s Bar, 185 Morrison Street, 228 9149. 8pm. £tbc. Skye quartet performing folk noir with a theatrical storytelling flourish.
Friday 22 Glasgow FREE DRAM! Famous Folk Session DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. 6pm. See Thu 21. ■ Cal O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £12. Local singer/songwriter with a mix of original songs and powerful vocals. ■ Skerryvore O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Expect blazing bagpipes, accordion and fiddle mixed with standard rock instruments as the ‘boy band of Scottish traditional music’ play live. Launching new album World of Chances. ■ Amelia Curran The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm.
Remember Remember (pictured), Paul Vickers & the Leg and new-on-the-scene Mars 2030 make up some of the music line-up of this multi-arts evening taking place all around Leith. ■ Various venues, Edinburgh, Thu 28 Jun.