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JAZZ FESTIVALS by arrangement with Neil O’Brien Entertainment
JACK LUKEMAN plus special guests
P H O T O :
B E A T A S Z P A R A G O W S K A
Wednesday 19th July GLASGOW Glad Café
Thursday 20th July EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms
regular & cpl by arrangement with x-ray presents TUESDAY 27 JUNE GLASGOW THE GARAGE G2
TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER EDINBURGH
QUEEN’S HALL
wearesheppard.com ‘KEEP ME CRAZY’ OUT NOW
0131 668 2019
FRI 09 JUNE QUEEN’S HALL EDINBURGH
0131 668 2019
(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) ‘Strangers’ Album Tour
performing
Blonde on Blonde Sunday 25 June O2 ABC GLASGOW
regular music & glasgow jazz festival by arrangement with itb present
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Friday 6 October
Glasgow ORAN MOR
2017 UK SLØR TOUR
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plus special guests SUNDAY 25TH JUNE
glasgow oran mor
NEW ALBUM ‘PRAYER FOR PEACE’ OUT ON 2ND JUNE. fNMALLSTARS TNMALLSTARS
+SPECIAL GUEST Konni Kass
SUNDAY 4 JUNE GLASGOW ORAN MOR
by arrangement with ITB, presents PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
Siobhan Wilson p l u s s p e c i a l g u e s t s
M A D E L E I N E P E Y R O U X P L U S (cid:2) S U P P O R T
SUNDAY 4 JUNE EDINBUR GH
VOODOO ROOMS
MONDAY 5 JUNE GL ASGOW CCA
FRI 30TH JUNE glasgow glad café
S U N 4 T H J U N E G L A S G OW C I T Y H A L L S
0 1 4 1 3 5 3 (cid:15) 0 0 0
by arrangement with WME BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CAA
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
THURSDAY 29TH JUNE
EDINBURGH QUEEN’S HALL
0131 668 2019
Monday 26 June Glasgow Oran Mor
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER ORAN MOR GLASGOW
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CODA AGENCY PRESENTS In association with CAA
E V E R Y VA L L E Y TO U R
WED 18 OCT GLASGOW
BARROWLAND
A GOLDENVOICE AND REGULAR
MUSIC PRESENTATION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ITB
TWO SETS PER NIGHT: HOLY BANDITS (FULL ALBUM) & THE BEST OF THE BEST-OF
WED 8 NOV EDINBURGH QUEEN’S HALL
0131 668 2019 WWW.OYSTERBAND40.COM
The Freedom Highway Tour
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Kaia Kater
Sunday 26 November Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 0141 353 8000
0844 844 0444 www.ticketmaster.co.uk
In person from Ticket Scotland Glasgow/Edinburgh. Venue Box Offices and all usual outlets
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1 Jun–31 Aug 2017 THE LIST 89
Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker, Joe McPhee and Linda Sharrock in recent years, there can be no doubt that Scottish audiences are ready for it. Having said that, it’s great to see Slovenian pianist and composer Kaja Draksler (pictured) on the Glasgow programme. An emerging star of the European improvisation scene, Draksler has recorded a number of solo and leader projects, as well as a i ne duo set with the brilliant young Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva. The Amsterdam-based pianist has just released Gledalec, an octet album that draws on free improvisation, jazz, and classical music, with a beautiful detour into the choral music of Slovenian Renaissance composer Jacobus Gallus Petelin.
‘I like melody as an ingredient of music, especially when it’s sung,’ she says. ‘I i nd it very easy to connect to on the emotional level.’ Her Glasgow solo performance, she explains, will be determined by the piano and acoustics of the room. ‘I don’t know exactly what I will be playing before I get to the actual space. Usually I do a mix of free improvisation with original compositions. Sometimes I play jazz tunes as well, particularly Monk or Duke.’ As for those headline acts? Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen’s tribute to hard-bop drum legend Art Blakey should be fun, while many will l ock to see Ginger Baker doing his curmudgeonly thing. But it’s with those emerging acts, in smaller venues, where jazz’s real spirit of adventure presides.
Glasgow Jazz Festival, Wed 21–Sun 25 Jun; Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Fri 14–Sun 23 Jul.