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Blues Incentive Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Glasgow blues guitarist with his band, interpreting blues classics. Edinburgh ■ Ben MacDonald Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Vibrant young jazz rock band headed by guitarist MacDonald.
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Glasgow ■ Ben MacDonald Quintet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 19. Edinburgh ■ Coco Rouzier The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). American jazz and soul vocalist with her quartet.
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Edinburgh ■ Fiona Reid Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4 (£3). Jazz-pop singer and guests. ■ Keith Edwards Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Saxophonist Keith Edwards and his band with a mixture of uplifting classics and lesser-known tunes. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm– 3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring funk from The Number Nine.
Saturday 22
Glasgow ■ Playing & Arranging Big Band Music City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 11am. Free but ticketed via City Halls. Saxophonist and composer Julian Arguelles gives a talk on the art of arranging music for large jazz ensembles. Part of Alive With Music!. ■ A History of Jazz in Under an Hour City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6pm. Free but ticketed via City Halls. A whirlwind trip through the story of jazz, blues and swing from Richard Michael on piano, Colin Steele on trumpet and Gordon McNeil on sax performing live exerts to bring the history alive. To be broadcast on BBC’s Radio Scotland’s The Jazz House. Part of Alive With Music!. ■ BBC Big Band City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. Free but ticketed via City Halls. Julian Arguelles conducts the BBC Big Band through a selection of jazz from Abdullah Ibrahim and Chris McGregor plus alternate takes on Oasis, Goldfrapp and more. To be broadcast on Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up on Sun 30 Jun. Part of Alive With Music!. FREE Fraser John Lindsay’s Blues Incentive St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 9pm. See Wed 19. Edinburgh ■ Hugh Laurie The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. The celebrated film and TV actor takes his blues band out on tour and showcases his piano-playing skills with cohorts the Copper Bottom Band. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm– 3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Lou Hickey and her six- piece band guest.
Sunday 23 Glasgow ■ An Evening With Nigel Clark Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6 for concert only, £20 for dinner and concert. One of Scotland’s top jazz guitarists plays solo. This session consists of hot Latin tunes. Dinner from 6pm, concert from 9pm.
FREE Stretch Dawrson Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9–11pm. Western Swing. Edinburgh ■ 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. Featuring Steve Hay’s Shades of Blues and Johnson Bros Duo.
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Glasgow ■ George Thorogood & the Destroyers Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £28.50. Legendary blues singer/ guitarist and his band celebrate their 40th anniversary. Wednesday 26
Glasgow ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6. Listen to a classic jazz album on a top- range sound system. This session focuses on Sonny Rollins’ quirky 1957 classic Way Out West, in which Rollins for the first time recorded with just bass and drums. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Carol Kidd & Friends The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. Carol Kidd takes the stage with friends, for an evening of world- class jazz singing. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Live Jazz Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. See Wed 19. ■ Leo Blanco City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £13. Venezuelan pianist, arranger and composer Leo Blanco draws on jazz, classical, African and pop traditions in his music, and has played with musicians as diverse as Dave Liebman and Lionel Louke. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Ben MacDonald Blues Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Weekly Slouch Blues night. Edinburgh ■ David Carnegie Barbados Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Jazz, soul, electronica and free improv with a Caribbean twist from drummer Carnegie.
Thursday 27 Glasgow ■ Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 6pm. £8 (£6). Young jazz players in full flight. Tickets available on door. ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6. Listen to a classic jazz album on a top-range sound system. This session is about Ella Fitzgerald’s memorable 1965 encounter with Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Paul van Kemenade and Stevko Busch Duo City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12. Dutch alto saxist van Kemenade and pianist Busch play improvisations on chants from Russia and South Africa. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ The Blind Boys of Alabama The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £20. The Blind Boys of Alabama have endured since 1939. They’ve continued to take gospel into the new millennium with stunning releases such as Spirit of the Century and Down in New Orleans – truly proof that it’s sometimes possible to get what you wanted without losing what you had. Part of Glasgow Jazz Festival. ■ Brian Molley Quartet The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, brianmolley. co.uk 8pm. £8. Tenor sax player leads
his quartet, featuring Tom Gibbs (piano), Mario Caribé (bass) and Stu Brown (drums), in a concert of his own compositions and new interpretations of standards. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ The Jazzateers Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £12.50. Long lost post-punk, pre-Bourgie Bourgie ensemble reform for one night only to celebrate the forthcoming re-release of their debut album Rough 46 on Glasgow’s Creeping Bent label. The legendary Vic Godard performs a set of jazz standards, accompanied by members of The Independent Group aka James Kirk, Campbell Owens, Mick Slaven and Andy Alston. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Laura MacDonald Quartet City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £10. Acclaimed tenor sax player and SNJO member MacDonald leads her quartet. This gig contains material from her new album, to be released in 2014. FREE Late Night Jazz Club Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, jazzfest.co.uk 11pm–1am. Late night informal jam sessions. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Cool swinging jazz from the house trio on piano, bass and drums.
Glasgow ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6. A listening session with Dave Brubeck’s irresistible 1959 Time Out, the first jazz album ever to go platinum. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Kevin Brady is an Irish drummer who’s played with Ronnie Cuber, Ian Shaw and Van Morrison. His trio features bassist Dave Redmond and maverick US pianist Bill Carrothers. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Snarky Puppy The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. An evening of primo grooves and jazz-inflected funk courtesy of Texas-born, Brooklyn-based Snarky Puppy, led by bassist/composer Michael League. They’re ably supported here by Grooveyard, guitarist Malcolm McFarlane’s tribute to soul jazz. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Son al Son The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place. 8pm. £8. The seven- piece Scottish Cuban salsa band with a mission to get feet tapping. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Peter Johnstone Trio City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £10. Young pianist and his trio – Brodie Jarvie on bass and John Lowrie on drums – in concert. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Chris Dave & The Drumhedz The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 11pm. £16. Drummer Chris Dave and friends aim to restore the excitement of live music to an audience saturated with recorded music; Modern Drummer magazine has called him a ‘game changer’ for his mastery of different styles of drumming. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Late Night Jazz Club Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, jazzfest.co.uk 11pm–1am. See Thu 27. Edinburgh ■ Leo Blanco The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £13. See Wed 26. ■ Public Information The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A swinging programme from the jazzy and backbeat four-piece. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm– 3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk
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acts and DJs. Dynamic doo-wop from guests The Hook & Slingers. Saturday 29
Glasgow FREE Byres Road Big Band City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. SNJO alumnus Paul Towndrow (saxophone) leads the big band. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Live Jazz The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 3–6pm. See Thu 13. ■ National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £10. Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain direct the popular young musicians in a programme featuring jazz classics as well as new compositions and arrangements. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6pm. £6. This session is devoted to John Coltrane’s magnificent 1964 A Love Supreme, and is sure to be a popular one. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £6. system in company, and hear insights into its musical context and how it came to be made. Explore Lambert, Hendricks & Ross’ scintillating 1957 album Sing a Song of Basie. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ The Ames Room City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £10. Raging free jazz from restless the Franco-Australian trio, who’ve been compared to Roscoe Mitchell and Last Exit. Part of Glasgow Jazz Festival. ■ Georgie Fame The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20. Legendary jazz, soul and R&B keyboardist who’s worked with Muddy Waters, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison, to name a few. This gig sees him playing in a trio setting with sons Tristram and James Powell (guitar and drums respectively). Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Lorne Cowieson Quintet citizenM, 60 Renfrew Street. 9pm. Lorne Cowieson (trumpet) and his quintet in concert. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Sarah Jane Morris & Tony Remy City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9pm. £12. Flame-haired, throaty-voiced singer-songwriter and former Communard is accompanied by acclaimed North London guitarist. FREE Late Night Jazz Club Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, jazzfest.co.uk 11pm–1am. See Thu 27.
Edinburgh ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm– 3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Eight-piece pop/soul/funk act The Foo Birds guest. Dunfermline ■ David MacGregor Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £10. Acoustic, electro and jazz guitar from Macgregor. Jazz guitar duets – David MacGregor and Stuart O’Brien – David MacGregor returns to his home town for a one off performance with the man who taught him guitar.
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Glasgow FREE Zig Zag Big Band City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 1.30pm. Eighteen-piece big band playing contemporary Scottish composers with a mix of new fresh arrangements of jazz classics. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Brodie Jarvie Septet The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place. 2pm. £5. Explosive, creative jazz influenced by the 13 Jun–11 Jul 2013 THE LIST 93