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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 Kenny Mathieson. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 1
Glasgow ■ East Dunbartonshire Schools Jazz Orchestra RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). A programme of music by Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Jobim, Benny Goodman and John Coltrane. Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Drummer Bill Kyle leads this jazz four-piece. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Friday 2
Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. Jazzy Brazilian rhythms, bossa nova, samba and salsa. ■ Lucy Kerr Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Sax-led modern quartet. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including Leeds-based vocalist Terri Shaltiel and her band (2 Apr) followed by hip hop funkers The Ordinary Allstars (9 Apr).
Saturday 3 Glasgow FREE Liquid Jazz Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Cool jazz outfit
playing standards and classic jazz.
Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ Acoustic Ladyland and White Heath Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7.50. Genre- defying jazz line-up, featuring award- winning saxophonist Pete Wareham, shock-haired drumming powerhouse Seb Rochford and creative keyboardist Tom Cawley, drawing inspiration from the likes of Hendrix, Gang of Four, Coltrane and Monk. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy, with funk and soul from The Freaky Family (3 Apr) and folk/funk/reggae from Bob Hillary’s Massive Mellow (10 Apr). Dundee FREE Marco Cafolla Jazz Quartet Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 9pm. Modern jazz and funk.
Sunday 4 Edinburgh FREE Louise Mochan and Tom Gibbs Brass Monkey, 14 Drummond Street, 556 1961. 2.30pm. Chilled out jazz from this vocal and piano duo to help you ‘recover from eating all those chocolate eggs’. FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. Jazz trio (pianist Paul Harrison, trombonist Phil O’Malley and bassist Ed Kelly) play acoustic swing and bop tunes from Count Basie through to Herbie Hancock. FREE Ken Scott and Dougie Urquhart Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Lively jazz. FREE Metropolitain Jazz Sundays
Metropolitain Hotel, 4–6 Picardy Place, 556 6629. 7pm. Laidback jazz duo Jess Abrams and David Patrick (4 Apr) followed by Lorna Reid and Campbell Normand (11 Apr). ■ Sunday Singers Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Loise Dodds (4 Apr) and Marty Waugh (11 Apr) backed by a fine jazz trio. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. This fortnight features vocalist Debbie Davis (4 Apr) and Glasgow-based tenor saxophonist, Brian Molley (11 Apr). ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences.
Monday 5 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-piece ensemble. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hurt and friends (chess sets available). ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk
S W E H T T A M N A L Y D
After playing a storming set at Homegame recently, the Edinburgh-based band are having a launch party for their new album, All Creatures Will Make Merry. (Full release on 24 May on Meursault Song, By Toad.) Fronted by Neil Pennycook, Meursault are known for their flexibility – working equally well as a full, noisy electronic band or stripped down to a plaintive acoustic set. ■ Sat 10 Apr, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh.
Jazz Music
guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 7
Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. Open rehearsal. Dunfermline ■ Al Hughes Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 9pm. £tbc. Live blues from Lights Out By Nine man Hughes.
Thursday 8
Edinburgh ■ Danny Noel Group The Lot, 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £12. Cuban bass virtuoso and singer Danny Noel, alongside Zhenya Strigalev on saxophone, Italian guitar virtuoso Dario Chiazzolino and Cuban drummer Michel Castellanos. ■ Tim Richards/Rob Hall Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). London pianist Richards (Spirit Level) joins forces with Glasgow-based saxophonist Hall. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 1. St Andrews ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £18 (£16). East meets west in ‘The World of Gods’, a powerful collaboration between the respected jazz orchestra and Europe’s foremost Taiko drum group. See preview, page 63.
Friday 9
Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. See Fri 2. FREE Frank Holden’s Cool Lounge Music Art Bar, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 1810. 8pm. Swing and laid-back jazz from this cool trio featuring Sinatra- style vocalist Holden. FREE Cosmopolitan Big Band Cafe Source, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 548 6020. 9pm. Jazz standards, funk and soul from this 18-piece big band featuring vocals from Rachel Lightbody. Edinburgh ■ Quattro Formaggi The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Prague jazz fusion four-piece led by bassist Michael Krasny. ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8.30pm. £16–£18 (£12). See Thu 8. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 2.
Saturday 10
Glasgow FREE Martyaz Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Jazz act featuring young talent from Scotland and the Czech Republic. ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £18. See Thu 8. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 3. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 3. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 3.
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