Music EDINBURGH JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
■ Napier Jazz Summer School The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 2–4pm. £5. Haftor Medboe leads the students this concert from this year’s Jazz Summer School. ■ Havana Swing The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 5.30–7.30pm. £10. Gypsy jazz ensemble from Dundee pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries. ■ Corrie Dick Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6–7.30pm. £6. Young London-based drummer with his band, performing a mixture of original material and standards. ■ Laura MacDonald & Joakim Milder Group The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 6–7.30pm. £10. A combination of alto and tenor sax talent from Scotland and Sweden. ■ Maciej Obara Quartet The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 7.30–9pm. £10. Modern jazz form this talented Polish player who honed his skills in New York. ■ Maine Street Jazzmen Heriot’s Rugby Club, Inverleith Row, 473 2000. 8–11pm. £12. Classic Dixieland jazz. ■ Ruaridh Pattison Norwegian Sextet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.30–10.30pm. £10. More accurately three Scots and three Norwegians led by the 21-year-old saxophonist. ■ Curtis Stigers Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900. 9pm. £30 (£25). See Mon 23. ■ Red Stripe Band The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 9–11pm. £12.50. Infected with the spirit of Jools Holland, Red Stripe play everything from blues to jump-jive, with a dash of rock and roll for good measure. ■ Todd Sharpville’s Blues Revue The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 9.15–11.15pm. £15. The British blues guitarist is joined by US stars Debbie Davis and Nick Moss. ■ Four Corners with Sweet Vandals The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 11pm-3am. £5.50 before midnight; £7.50 after. Deep funk, good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks, afro beats and soul jazz club night courtesy of residents Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback, Astroboy and Wee-G. Joined by Spanish funk outfit The Sweet Vandals (live).
Saturday 28 Edinburgh ■ Edith Budge Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. 1.30–3.30pm. £10. Feel-good jazz with a blues slant from the vocalist Edith Budge. ■ Brian Molley & Mario Caribe The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 5.30–7.30pm. £12. Brazilian flavoured jazz, samba, son and bossa nova. ■ Sean Gibbs Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6–7.30pm. £6. Young trumpeter. ■ Marcin Masecki Profesjonalizm The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 7.30–9pm. £10. Energetic, intelligent jazz from pianist Masecki. ■ World Jazz Orchestra, directed by Joe Temperley, plays Duke Ellington Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 8–10pm. £15. A unique big band played Duke Ellington classics with singer Cecile Salvant. ■ Rumba Caliente International Big Band The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8.30–10.30pm. £12.50. Salsa Celtica’s Toby Shippey and band fuse salsa, jazz, raga, soul and rumba – a combination sure to get feet tapping. ■ Colin Steele Melting Pot The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 9.30–11pm. £12. Live music party with the trumpeter and his crack
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funk and soul-jazz unit featuring Subie Coleman’s soulful vocals against some solid grooves and exuberant horns. ■ Mitch & Mitch The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 10pm–midnight. £10. Self proclaimed ‘22nd Century sound pioneers’ this eight-piece (all called Mitch) play party up R&B, blues, rockabilly and funk.
Sunday 29 Edinburgh ■ Blues Afternoon The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 1–4pm. £10. Jensen Interceptos, Main Street Blues and Mike Whellans provide the live blues. ■ Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 3–4pm. £5. Young jazz stars in the making playing big band jazz, led by Dan Hallam. ■ Mike Hart All Star Band The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 5.30–7.30pm. £10. Founding director of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Hart invites a few of his friends to play some classic hot jazz. ■ Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £33.50–£38.50. Jools and his band play classic boogie woogie and rock’n’roll tunes for your merriment. ■ Blurt and Orange Claw Hammer The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8–10pm. £15. Veteran jazz punk outfit squawk up a storm. ■ Colin Steele, Enzo Favata and Dave Milligan Group The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 8.30–10.30pm. £12. A mix of Scottish and Mediterranean influences. ■ Nova Scotia Jazz Band The Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens, 473 2000. 8.30–10.30pm. £10. Quartet featuring reeds, bass, banjo and cornet with smashing Dixieland blues.
JAZZ 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 19
Glasgow FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. Blues and folk residency. Edinburgh FREE Desafinado Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Brazilian jazz from this duo. ■ 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. £4. Funky Beefheart-influenced experimental music club. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. A selection of cool local jazz acts. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally.
Friday 20 Edinburgh ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 12.30–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Rocky/funky beats form The Number Nine featuring Nikki Kent on vocals. FREE JM Bellish Henderson’s @ St John’s, St John’s Terrace, 3 Lothian Road, 229 0212. noon. Pianist channels the spirit of one of the most renowned virtuosi in jazz, Art Tatum. FREE Lachlan’s Sounds of Jazz Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Accomplished jazz. ■ Bobby Wishart Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7pm. £4 (£3). Modern jazz from Scottish saxophonist Wishart. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. See Thu 19.
Stirling ■ National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland: Summer Tour Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £9–£12. Scotland’s young jazz musicians are joined by trombonist Rick Taylor for their 20th anniversary summer tour.
Saturday 21
Edinburgh ■ Places & Spaces Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. 1–1.30pm. Free with entry ticket to the exhibition, £10 (£7). Guitarist Haftor Medbøe and singer Anneke Kampman play a musical response to the Scottish National Gallery’s Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe exhibition. Abstract sounds from the natural world and daily human life form a backdrop to the performance of special musical composition, ahead of the release of an album. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 12.30–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 20. FREE The Mellotones Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 9.30pm. See Thu 19. Arbroath ■ Jazz at Hospitalfield Hospitalfield House, Hospitalfield, 01241 872333. Times tbc. £tbc. Regular jazz nights at this well-regarded venue featuring the cream of musical talent from around Scotland. See website for details of who is performing.
Crail ■ Flossie Malavialle & Simon Keegan-Phipps Crail Community Hall, St Andrews Road, 01333 451 206. 8pm. £12. Jazz and easy listening standards from French folk singer joined by pianist Simon Keegan-Phipps as well as music from her new album Enchanté. BYOB. Part of the Crail Festival.
Sunday 22
Glasgow ■ Big Band Brunch & Roast The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 12.30pm. £5. With live music from The Bobby Deans Big Band featuring vocalist Kenny Paterson. Edinburgh FREE Jazz on the Mound Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. 7.30pm. See Thu 19. ■ Singers’ Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3).
Opportunity to hear some of the latest emerging singers perform in an intimate setting with the cream of Scotland’s jazz musicians. Joined by William Young. 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. Joined by Paul Kirby’s International Quartet. ■ 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. Crail ■ Havana Swing Crail Folk Club, Golf Hotel High Street, 01333 340494. 1pm. £20 (inc buffet lunch). Gypsy jazz ensemble from Dundee pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries.
Monday 23
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. ■ 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 arrangements of Prince, Herbie Hancock, Zappa and improv renditions of classics.
Tuesday 24
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. ■ 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 25 Edinburgh FREE Fraser Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Relaxing piano. ■ 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 26
Glasgow FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. See Thu 19. ■ Gitane Ecosse Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Quartet headed by Polish gypsy jazz guitarists Ricardo Wiszniewski and Darius Szoma. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Edinburgh FREE Ged Brockie & Doug Urquhart Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Jazz guitar duo. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Wed 25. ■ Temperance Seven Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £16 (£14). Popular, fun ensemble,