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The Jazz From Sweden festival is well underway now, and this fortnight has thrown up an intriguing collaboration between our own Laura MacDonald on alto saxophone, and Swedish drummer and bandleader Martina Almgren. With pianist Paul Harrison and bassist Aidan O’Donnell onboard, it should be a fascinating combination. (Kenny Mathieson)
The Lot, Edinburgh, Thu 75 Feb; City Hal/s, Glasgow, Fri 76 Feb.
£17.50—£27. lmpresario Raymond Gubbay
stages orchestral performances of Cole Porter classics.
Edinburgh
I LSB Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarket. 467 5200. 8pm. £8. Nordic jazz masters Fredrik Ljungqvist (sax/clarinet). Johan Berthling (bass) and Raymond Strid (drums) provide a night of contemporary jazz and improv. Part of Jazz from Sweden.
I La Rumba Caliente Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarket. 221 8806.
1 1pm. £8. Live performance fusing the sounds of South and Central America with unique. funky and highly danceable sounds.
I Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. midnight—3am. £5. Night of top funk from DJ Wilkzbooth and live guests. including hip hop. funk and rap from Mosa Funk Club ( 17 Feb) and acid jazz. funk and reggae from Gecko 3 (24 Feb).
Arbroath
I Jan Allan-Brian Kellock Quartet l-lospitalfield House. Hospitalfield. ()1241 872333. 8pm. £10. See Thu 22.
Glenrothes
I Joe Longthorne Rothes Halls. Kingdom Centre. 01592 61 1 101. 7.30pm. £16.50 (£15). The singer hails from the days of Live at the Palladium. now performing with his orchestra.
Saturday 24
Glasgow
I The George Penman Jazzmen Downtown. 6/8 Waterloo Street. 221 0500. 2.30pm. Free. See Sat 17.
I Jan Allan-Brian Kellock Quartet City Halls: Recital Rooms. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £10. See Thu 22.
Edinburgh
I The Mellotones Eighty Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5097. 2—5pm. Free. See Sat 17.
I Trio Jazz The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 3.30pm. Free. See Sat 17.
I Dias Quartet and The Dreamliners Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8-16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 7.45pm. £5. Brazilian funk and anarchic jive and swing from this jazzed tip double bill. I Rosey Blue Trio Eighty Queen Street Bar and Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5097. 9pm. Free. Upbeat three-piece jazz outfit.
I The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 17.
I Fish Fry The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 1 1.30pm—3am. £5. See Sat 17.
Galashiels
I Preston Reed String Jam Club. Salmon lnn. Bank Street. 01750 20538. 8pm. £7. Fusing blues. folk. funk and jazz to create aural pictures of Americana. Reed is widely recognised as
one of the world's most gifted acoustic guitarists.
Paisley
I Live and Swingin’ Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 01505 816983. 7.30pm. £10. ‘A tribute to the Jazz and Swing Legends'. Brass Impact perform the music of Sinatra. Sammy Davis Jr. Count Basie. Peggy Lee and more.
Glasgow
I Bobby Wishart Jazz Session Downtown. 6/8 Waterloo Street. 221 0500. 3pm. Free. Leading jazz saxophonist.
Edinburgh
I Lorna Reid and Ant Law C afe Grande. 184 Bruntsfield Place. 228 1 188. 7pm. Free. Providing the live jazz sounds to dine to this week is cool and classy vocalist Reid.
I Adrian Byron Burns Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. Classic American blues musician and member of Bill
I Wyman‘s Rhythm Kings.
I Singers’ Night The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 8.30pm. £3. An opportunity to hear some of the latest
: emerging singers perform in an intimate : setting.
Hamilton
I Hamilton Jazz Club The George Bar. 18 Campbell Street. 01698 424225. 7.30pm. Free. See Sun 18.
Monday 26
Edinburgh
I The Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 9pm. Free. See Mon 19.
Edinburgh
I Kent DuChaine Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £8. Steeped in the legacy of Robert Johnson. Willie Dixon and John Lee Hooker. DuChaine is one of the world‘s most revered blues artists.
I The SHJQ Quartet The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 10.30pm. Free. See Tue 20.
2 Wednesday 28
j Glasgow I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. 169 Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See
Wed 21.
Edinburgh
I Jeanette Lindstrom Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarkct. 467 5200.
' 8.30pm. £8. Self-composed music and
lyrics from one of Sweden's most prized : jazz singers and her band. Parr of.lu::
: from Sweden.
. I Eujo The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers
Street. 220 4290. 9pm. Free. l8-piece jazz orchestra.
I Jazz Jam and Open Mic Session Eighty Queen Street Bar and
Restaurant. 80 Queen Street. 226 5097. 3 9pm. Free. See Wed 21.
5 Thursday 1
5 Glasgow
I James Chadwick St Andrew‘s in
g the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 559 ' 5902. 8pm. £6 (£4). Finalist in the Radio
2 Young Folk Awards. singer/songwriter James Chadwick embraces rock. folk. roots. blues. jazz and indie.
Edinburgh
I Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz
Orchestra Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarket. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £7. Eight-piece outfit taking a fresh look at classic jazz and putting a new spin on original compositions.
FolkMusic
Folk
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers.
Glasgow
I Rallion St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Stevie Lawrence leads the four fine folk from Edinburgh and Glasgow on vocals. bodhran. djembe. guitar. bouzouki. fiddle. cittern. whistles and recorder.
I The Impossible Flowers, Pollen and The Great Flow Tchai ()vna. Otago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Electric and acoustic nu folk.
Cumbernauld
I Heather MacLeod Cumbernauld Theatre. Kildrum. 01236 732887.
7.45pm. £6—£9. Eclectic electric/acoustic folk/blues from the singer from the Isle of Heather. Lewis.
Falkirk
I The Urban Tonkerers Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8pm. £5. Local band play old and new.
Edinburgh I Teannaich Pollock Halls. Holyrood Park Road. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Ceilidh.
Stirling
I Shooglenifty Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). Groove- heavy fiddle. mandolin and banjax power the originators of acid croft as they mellow out with their fine new album Troots.
Edinburgh
I Mbira Night Old St Paul's Church. Jeffrey Street. 556 3332. 7pm. £8—£9 (£4—£5). A unique night of live music and dance celebrating the marvellous thumb piano. in all its varieties. From Zimbabwe. the Chipindura Mbira Trio guest with Afro/Scottish crossover band. Shakanaka. and Edimbira.
I Eddi Reader Usher llall. Lothian Road. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18.50. ()ne of British music's most popular singers leading a top-flight band in her speciality MGR pop/folk.
I Southern Tenant Folk Union The Mercat. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 8pm. £4. ()ld-time. bluegrass and Scots/Irish. with harmony vocals. from an entertaining new London band.
I SavageCass and Gordon Hermiston The West End Hotel. Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 8.45pm. Free. Deliciously colourful folk frolics.
Cairndow
I Jenna Reid Lochgoilhcad Village Hall. Hall Road. Lochgoilhead. 01301 703559. 8pm. £8 (£4). Young award- winning singer/fiddler with guitarist Kevin McKenzie.
Sunday 18
Glasgow
I Athena The Garage. Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 7.30. £12.50. Arrestineg beautiful vocals from the London-based Greek songstress.
I Southern Tenant Folk Union Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 6pm. Free. See Sat 17. Bright new bluegrass and old timey. See Edinburgh. Sat 17.
I Deseo Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £5 (£3). Glasgow‘s top Latin/flamenco outfit.
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