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Rafferty with a an impressive line-up including Barbara Dickson, Eddi Reader and Roddy Hart, among others, as well as Rafferty’s daughter. Part of Bring it All Home. ■ Todd Gordon Sings the Great American Songbook The Wynd Centre, 6 School Wynd, 561 1171. 7.30pm. £15. American jazz classics from Todd Gordon. Part of Bring it All Home.
Thursday 17 Glasgow ■ McBusted The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £39.50. Fans of early-00s fresh-faced pop punk – hold onto your hats. Busted and McFly are only merging together to create probably the most inoffensive supergroup ever. ■ Ben Marwood, Pip Mountjoy and Chris Devotion The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30–10.30pm. £5. Contemporary folk by the singer-songwriter who originates from Reading. ■ Gallon Drunk Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £9. See Wed 16. ■ Richard Youngs Secret Venue. 8pm. £6. See Tue 15. ■ Sixth Avenue Traffic, Kobosh and Teresa Banks The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8–11pm. £4. A line up of alt.rock, progressive funk and post grunge. FREE Analogue Anonymous Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 331 6227. 11pm–3am. See Thu 20.
Edinburgh ■ Laura Stevenson Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Folk and indie-rock by the singer- songwriter who hails from Long Island, USA. ■ Withered Hand The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £12. Edinburgh scene stalwart and master of plaintive, witty outsider folk. See Music Family Trees, page 77. ■ IPA Battle of the Bands Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. A mixed line-up of bands compete. Punk heat. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 10.
JAZZ
Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@ list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 20
Glasgow ■ Steve Hamilton Trio Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. noon. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Dynamic new trio led by the mercurial pianist with a sound inspired by the Corea, Hancock and Jarrett era. ■ Bob Martin International Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Contemporary jazz from the alto sax player who has played with Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. Edinburgh ■ 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. FREE Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allardyce The Shore Bar & Restaurant, 3 The Shore, 553 5080. 8.30–10.30pm. Jazz standards, blues songs, originals and some covers from Leonard Cohen,
Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. ■ Thunkfish The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Raw funk from saxophonist Tom Pickles and his new five-piece.
£3 (£2). Guitar led blues/rock/funk six-piece headed by Dave Wallace and Jed Potts. Wednesday 26
Friday 21 Glasgow FREE Craig Anthony Nelson’s Jazz Nino Beresford Lounge, 468 Sauchiehall Street. 7pm–midnight. Blasting sax and experimental jazz arrangements.
Edinburgh ■ Lights Out By Nine The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £10. The ever-popular stomping blues powerhouse perform. ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Hard bop and lesser-known standards from the accomplished five- piece. ■ The Union The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). James Brown-style high energy funk/soul. Dunfermline ■ Martin Taylor Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. Solo performance by the virtuoso guitar player.
Saturday 22
Glasgow ■ Big Boy Bloater Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £9. Respected blues session guitarist who has recently toured with Imelda May. Edinburgh ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Kingbee The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Funk/blues band from Newcastle.
Sunday 23
Glasgow FREE Zig Zag Big Band Beresford Lounge, 468 Sauchiehall Street, zigzagbigband.com 2–6pm. Eighteen- piece big band playing contemporary Scottish composers with a mix of new fresh arrangements of jazz classics. FREE Blue Lane The Lismore, 206 Dumbarton Road, 576 0103. 5pm. Quintet with tenor/guitar front line playing well-known tunes by the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk.
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 Main Street Blues and Funked Up. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. Featuring JazzMain. Aberdour ■ Richard Michael Woodside Hotel, 78–82 High Street, 01383 860328. 2pm. £8. Richard Michael, familiar as the director of the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra for many years, does a nice line in jazz piano interpretations of Burns songs
Tuesday 25 Edinburgh ■ Alphabet Soup The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm.
Edinburgh ■ Colin Steele/Stewart Forbes Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Trumpet and saxophone led quintet replaces the previously advertised Andy Park Nine- Piece.
Thursday 27
Glasgow ■ Colin Steele/Stewart Forbes Quintet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 26. Edinburgh ■ Thunkfish The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 20.
Friday 28
Glasgow FREE Craig Anthony Nelson’s Jazz Nino Beresford Lounge, 468 Sauchiehall Street. 7pm–midnight. See Fri 21. Edinburgh ■ The Bevvy Sisters Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm–1am. £10. The richly-seasoned harmonies of the Bevvy Sisters provide an alternative take on folk and swing songs. Plan B album launch. ■ 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. ■ Thunkfish The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). See Thu 20.
Saturday 29
Glasgow ■ The Gatsby Club Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, 339 8697. 7.30pm–3am. £14 (£5 nightclub only). 1920s-themed club night of live jazz, swing, music hall, comedy, burlesque, cocktails and retro tunes. Celebrating the Weimar cabaret scene where men dressed as women and women dressed as men featuring Le Pustra.
Edinburgh ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Courtney Pine The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £17.50. Scotland’s virtuoso big band pay tribute to the music of John Coltrane in the company of one of the UK’s leading saxophonists. Booking essential. Perth ■ Black Dyke Band Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £21 (£19). Yorkshire bred brass from the innovative band who have in the past collaborated with the likes of Paul McCartney, Tori Amos, Elton John and The Beatles.
Sunday 30
Glasgow ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Courtney Pine Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £12.50–£20. See Sat 29. Edinburgh FREE Dick Lee’s Swingtet Valvona & Crolla Vincaffè, 11 Multrees Walk, 557 0088. 6–8.30pm. Easy listening jazz. Part of Valvona & Crolla’s 80th Anniversary celebrations.
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■ Freddie King The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). The hippest singer in town bebop, ballads, blues, all spun afresh in a net of warmth and pleasure. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. Fifth anniversary party.
Tuesday 1
Glasgow ■ East Dunbartonshire Schools Jazz Orchestra Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A programme of music by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon and more. Edinburgh ■ Alphabet Soup The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Tue 25.
Wednesday 2 Edinburgh ■ Martin Kershaw Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Skilful and energetic jazz quartet led by alto saxophonist Kershaw.
Thursday 3
Glasgow ■ Martin Kershaw Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Wed 2. Edinburgh ■ Thunkfish The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 20.
Friday 4
Edinburgh ■ Electric Jazz Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Jazz/funk fusion from Marco Cafolla. ■ The Blueswater The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). The Edinburgh-based collective performs rhythm’n’blues, funk, soul and rock’n’roll.
Glenrothes ■ The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, 01592 611101. 7.30pm. £17 (£16). The Orchestra celebrates the music of the great entertainers from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Billie Holiday and Bix Beiderbecke. Paisley ■ Brass Jaw Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Fun, exhilarating saxophone quartet, playing big band, bebop and blues, sans rhythm section.
Saturday 5
Glasgow FREE Lloyd R McAllister Mulberry Street Bar Bistro, 778 Pollokshaws Road, 424 0858. 7–8.15pm. European jazz and blues. Edinburgh ■ The Dana Dixon Blues Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Dana Dixon (vocals, harmonica) leads her band in a session of urban blues.
Pitlochry FREE The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port Na Craig, 01796 484626. 7.30pm. See Fri 4.
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