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Glenrothes ■ Blues! Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, 01592 611101. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Ninety years of blues in 90 minutes with a 11-piece band.
Sunday 22
Glasgow FREE Blue Lane The Lismore, 206 Dumbarton Road, 576 0103. 5–8pm. 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 ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber: On the Shore of the Mind St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, 229 7565. 7.30pm. £5–£14. See Thu 19. ■ 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 South and Piranha Blues.
Aberdour ■ Alex Yellowlees Band Woodside Hotel, 78–82 High Street, 01383 860328. 2–5pm. £8. Violinist Alex Yellowlees serves up swing in the classic Reinhardt- Grappelli style.
Wednesday 25
Glasgow ■ New Focus Duo City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30–9pm. £10. Konrad Wisniewski (sax) and Euan Stevenson (piano) present their New Focus project in an intimate duo setting. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Final The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 01224 213800. 7.45–10pm. £8 (£6). The Scottish Jazz Federation hosts the competition to find Scotland’s best young jazz musician(s). Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Booking essential. ■ Rose Room Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge , 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 8pm. £12. Rose Room comprises virtuoso violinist and vocalist Seonaid Aitken, Jimmy Moon on double bass with guitarists Tom Watson and Tam Gallagher. The music embraces the swing jazz era with a dash of western swing. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Edinburgh ■ Ben MacDonald Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Vibrant young jazz-rock band headed by guitarist MacDonald.
Thursday 26 Glasgow ■ Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 6pm. £5. Young jazz players in full flight. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Ben MacDonald Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 25. ■ Brass Jaw Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge , 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 8pm. £12. Fun, exhilarating saxophone quartet, playing big band, bebop and blues, sans rhythm section. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. Listen to a classic jazz album on a top-range sound system in company, and hear insights into its musical context and how it came to be made. This session focuses on Miles Davis’ 1957 hard bop classic Round about Midnight, the trumpeter’s first album for Columbia. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Neil Cowley Trio The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000.
8pm. £15. Pianist and composer Cowley leads his innovative trio. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Sons Of Kemet The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 8pm. £14. Contemporary jazz combo. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Kevin Mackenzie & Steve Hamilton City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £10. Two of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians in a guitar/piano duo. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Late Night Jazz Club The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 11pm. £tbc. Late night informal jam sessions. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. Edinburgh ■ Hamish Stuart Band The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £18. As one of the members of the classic line-up of the Average White Band, Hamish Stuart helped demonstrate that a bunch of pink-faced Scottish guys could bring the funk as good as anyone – James Brown’s JB’s were so impressed that they cut a reply record. ■ Public Information The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A swinging programme from the jazzy and backbeat four-piece.
Friday 27
Glasgow ■ SYJO Singers Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 2.30pm. £5 (£4). Singers from Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra, accompanied by pianist Alan Benzie. Concession price available on the door only. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. FREE Penman’s Jazzmen Glasgow Central Station, Main Concourse, 1 Gordon Street, 08457 114141. 5pm. George Penman, veteran of Glasgow’s trad scene, may have gone to the great jam session in the sky in 2009, but his band is still keeping the faith. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Leo Condie Sings Jacques Brel The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 7.30pm. £10. Songs of the Belgian master, as sung by Low Miffs frontman Condie. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Martin Taylor The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30–9pm. £20. Solo performance by the virtuoso guitar player. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Classic Album Series City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. In this session, get to know an album that exemplifies the classic Blue Note sound of blues-inflected hard bop: Kenny Burrell’s 1963 classic Midnight Blue. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ James Tormé 29 Private Members Club, 29 Royal Exchange Square, 204 5151 . 8pm. £20. LA-based jazz vocalist, son of Mel Tormé (and grandson of Thora Hird, trivia fans). Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Pulse Present: Spoken Mirror and Herschel 36 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £8. Electronic jazz from guitar/sax duo Spoken Mirror (Allon Beauvoisin and Malcolm MacFarlane) and improvisation duo Herschel 36 (Stuart Brown, drums and Paul Harrison, keyboards). Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival. ■ Late Night Jazz Club The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 11pm. £tbc. See Thu 26. Edinburgh ■ Jazz At Lincoln Centre Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£32. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of iconic record label Blue Note. ■ Aldevis Tibaldi Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Italian sax player blasting out
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