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I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm-3am. Check with venue.

Dunformlino

I Mr Wonderful: A Tribute to Sinatra Carnegie Hall. Dunfermline. 01383 314127. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Craig Mcfvlurdo trips across the Forth to present his own tribute to the music of Francis Albert. witli the aid of his usual That Swing Thang crew.

SATURDAY 16 i

reminiscent of the Lester Young-derived

Edinburgh

I Lizzard Lounge Cafe Graffiti. East London Street (Mansfield Church). 557 8003. Cltib starts 9.30pm. band ori- stage 11.30pm. £6 (£5). Basic Collective. plus a fashion show from Yo Yo.

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10ptn—3am. Check with venue.

Glasgow

I Michiel Borstlap Trio Tron Theatre. Parnie Street. 552 4267. 8pm. £7 (£5). See Thtr 14.

Edinburgh

I None Of The Above Bongo Club. I.) New Street. 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). Monthly unorthodox music event. featuring Glasgow-based saxophone quartet The Hung Drawn Quartet and the iconoclastic Mr McFall's Chamber.

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288. 10pm-3ani. Check with venue.

MONDAY 18

Edinburgh

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288. l0pm—3am. Check with venue.

TUESDAY 19

Glasgow ; I Spike RobinsonBasement Jazz. Tron

Theatre Bar Restaurant. Parnie Street. 552 4267. Dinner from 7.30pm; band

from 9 m. Dinner £15 (limited numbers); P

band only tickets from 9pm. £5 (£3.50).

subject to availability. The veteran

American tenor saxophonist Robinson arrived in the L'K on a CS Nayy posting and pretty much took root. Initially a bebop-influenced alto player. he switched to tenor and an approach more

ster of Stan Getz or Zoot Sims. btit with his own distinctive stamp. He lines tip with the excellent Brian Kellock Trio in

what should he a highly enjoyable occasion.

Edinburgh

I Kqu'S Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. ' 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3ani.

Check with venue.

WEDNESDAY 20

Edinburgh

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar.

_ 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288, 10pm-3ain. Check with venue.

Glasgow

; I Eberhard Weber CCA. 350

3 Sauchiehall Street. 332 0522. 8pm. £6 (£3). The CCA programme has been

~ rather light on jazz and new music in

recent times. btrt with a new director who ' is well-disposed to the music. things may be set to change. One of the great names

ofcontemporary European jazz. bassist

Eberhard Weber. launches a short season

of concerts with a solo recital. althouin that hardly seems adequate to describe

the orchestral range of sounds which he produces frotn his upright electric bass

and digital delay. The season also

features saxophonist Evan Parker and pianist John Tilbury later in the month. and represents a very welcome development indeed.

Edinburgh

I Spike Robinson Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 093 l. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). See Tue 1‘).

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288. 10pm-.‘~.im. Check with venue.

Glasgow

I Rob Hall Band Basement Jazz. Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. £5. Saxophonist Rob Hall launches a tour of the Highlands and Islands with this solitary central belt gig. and will feature music frotii his debut album. Open Up (FMR). as well as Highland- inspired material from his forthcoming follow -up. Hem/me Nun/i. Hall specialises in clarinet and soprano. and is joined on this tour by his regular band. featuring Day e Frankel (piano). Ales Keen (bass) and Paul Cay acluti (drums).

Edinburgh

I Midnight Blue Cafe Graffiti. Iiast London Street (Mansfield Church). 557 8003. l0pm—2airi. band on-stage around 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Solid 60s soul-jazz grooves from singer Soubie Coleman and trumpeter Colirt Steele. plus I)Js.

I Kulu's Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar liar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288. 10ptii—3am. Check w ith venue.

Stirling I Kenny Wheeler and the SNJO

MacRobert Centre. L7niversitv of Stirling.

01786 461081. spin. The ss'io w ill achieye another significant step with this specially-comiiiissioned suite from

trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler.

The band worked with \Vlieeler in memorable fashion at the Glasgow

jazz MUSIC

International Jazz Festiyal in 1997. and w ill build on that relationship with this new piece.

SATURDAY 23

Glasgow I John Tilbury C(‘A. 350 Sauetiiehall

Street. 332 0522. 8pm. £4 (£2). Informal

performances at noon and 2pm. free. Not a jazz gig. but anyone interested in new music w ill known pianist John Tilbury's work w ith the experimental end of both contemporary music and free improvisation (lie was a member of AMM for a time). This three-day presentation takes in the rntrsic of the English avant- gardists Cornelius Cardew (in the free daytime sessions) and Howard Skernpton

(Sun. 8pm). and American composer

Morton Feltlinan (tonight and Mon. 8pm),

Edinburgh

I Lizzard Lounge Care Grar‘t‘iti. East London Street (Mansfield Church). 557 8003. Cltib starts 9.30mi). band on-stage 11.30pm. £6 (£5). Cuban grooves from the fifteen-piece band Manilito.

I Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar liar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £5

7 (£4). Home Cooking presents a soulful

garage/house night with I)Js Mikey Stirton and Paul Seiji beingjoined by four musicians on trumpet. keys. bass and guitar. Real fusion!

Edinburgh

I Timeline Kulu's Jazz Joint. Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. l0pm—3am. £5/4. From London's latest undergrotrnd jazz scene. Timeline play Afro New York Street style jazz. with influences from Steve Coleman. The five piece include Barak SchriiooI—Sax. Nick Ranmn—l’iano. Tom Herbert—Bass. I.eo Talor--I)rtims and David ()ktimu—Guitar.

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