Music JAZZ
JAZZ Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 31
Glasgow ■ NeWT Trio with Silke Eberhard The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £6 (£5). Funky sounds with inventive tunesmithery from the trio with Berlin-based Silke Eberhard rocking out on sax. Edinburgh FREE The Jazz Pygmies The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8pm. Up-beat and off-beat Afro-jazz, ska and blues from this six-piece band. ■ Kerrie Stirling The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Kerrie’s band Soul Simplicity play at the launch of her new CD. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Friday 1
Glasgow ■ High Times & Corruption Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street, 240 3700. 7pm. £15. 1920s speakeasy night of ‘gin in teacups and the Charleston’ plus old school jazz. Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Hard bop and lesser-known standards from the accomplished five- piece. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Washington Street.
Saturday 2
Glasgow FREE Gus Stirrat Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Jazz sounds with bassist Gus Stirrat and his new band. 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. ■ 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. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Joined by Glamour & The Baybees.
Sunday 3
Glasgow FREE David Farrel & Steven Duguid St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, 339 1742. 5pm. Jazz keys and vocals. Edinburgh FREE Lorna Reid & Graeme Stephen Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Cool and classy vocalist Reid, with guitarist Stephen. ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby Mottershead and friends. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, Charlotte Square, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome
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at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. Featuring cool and classy vocalist Moray Innes. ■ The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Motown style funk/soul fronted by Fiona Lynch and Joe Early.
Monday 4 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. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of rock, jazz, blues and funk from this four-piece.
Tuesday 5
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hunt and friends. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Monthly jazz residency with the house quartet. Edinburgh ■ Jim Mullen Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £6 (£5). London-based (ex-Glasgow) guitarist Mullen is joined by Steve Hamilton, Mario Caribe and Alyn Cosker. ■ Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Talented piano player/vocalist Mike Kearney leads this funk/blues five-piece.
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Thursday 7
Glasgow ■ Jim Mullen Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £6 (£5). See Wed 6. Edinburgh ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 31.
Friday 8
Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Fri 1. ■ Soulacoaster The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £tbc. Twelve-piece soul band playing hits made famous by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and The Commitments. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Diwan.
Saturday 9
Glasgow FREE Rachel Lightbody Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. New jazz vocalist. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 2. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 2. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Joined by Freaky Family.
■ Nigel Clark & Friends Café Cossachok, 10 King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Acclaimed Scottish jazz guitarist. Edinburgh FREE Becc Sanderson & Graeme Stephen Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Classic rhythm and blues from vocalist Sanderson. FREE David Donnelly Joseph Pearce’s, 23 Elm Row, 556 4140. 7pm. Jazz and country. ■ Tom Adamson Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz and funk from this drummer. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, Charlotte Square, 225 8674. 8pm. Jazz jam featuring Scottish scat king Freddie King. ■ The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 3.
Monday 11 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 4. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 4.
Tuesday 12 Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 5. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 5. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 5.
Sunday 10 Wednesday 13
Glasgow FREE Frances Thorburn & David Farrell St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, 339 1742. 5pm. Jazz/blues. Edinburgh ■ Alex Garnett Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £6 (£5). Powerful hard bebop from saxophonist Garnett.
The pun-loving Glasgow electro-indie quartet embark upon a mini-tour of the UK in celebration of their new single, ‘Magna Encarta’. This is their first release of new material since 2010’s Come Down With Me, which merited the subsequent Celebrity version with its contents being remixed by such giants as Moon Unit, Gold Panda, and Errors’ benevolent sugar-daddies Mogwai. Sometimes endearingly twitchy, sometimes eccentrically graceful, always able to surprise you by seamlessly tearing off down a path you never knew was there. Be ready to feel quenched by their structured electronic meanderings. ■ Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Sat 2 Apr.