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Edinburgh ■ The Story of Jazz in Edinburgh The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7pm. £5 (£4). Graham Blamire talks through the history of jazz in the capital through the 20s-70s, with the help of a six-piece band. Part of Previously . . . Scotland’s History Festival. ■ David Patrick’s Rite of Spring Octet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). See Wed 27.
Friday 29
Glasgow ■ GIOfest VI Concert II CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). A new piece composed by Graeme Wilson – a duo with master improvisers Maggie Nicols and Marilyn Crispell – and the GIO Small Groups Showcase, curated by cellist Johanna Varner. Part of GIOFest. FREE Cosmopolitan Big Band Café 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. Musselburgh ■ Fat Sam’s Band The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Toe-tapping tunes covering everything from jump-jive to swing and jazz greats from Glenn Miller to Fats Domino from this nine-piece led by Hamish McGregor.
Saturday 30
Glasgow ■ GIOfest VI Concert III CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Free improvised music from Corey Mwamba’s quartet, followed by a new commission exclusively for GIO by BBC Radio 3, composed by GIO founding member Raymond MacDonald. Part of GIOfest. Edinburgh ■ The Banjo Lounge Four The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Lounge versions of pop tunes played in redneck jazz style on the five-string banjo.
Sunday 1 Glasgow ■ Big Band Dance Night GUU Debating Chamber, University of Glasgow, 32 University Avenue, 416 2026. Times tbc. £8. Jazz and swing social dancing session with music provided by Glaswegian jive bunnies ‘That Swing Sensation’. Hit the floor for a bit of a foxtrot or just sit back and enjoy big band classics from the likes of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. FREE Zig Zag Big Band Kudos Bar Restaurant, 29 Waterloo Street, 221 1066. 2–4pm. Eighteen-piece big band playing contemporary Scottish composers with a mix of new fresh arrangements of jazz classics.
Edinburgh FREE Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. (£14.95 two course set menu). Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. Tuesday 3
Edinburgh FREE Marilyn Crispell and Raymond MacDonald Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 3212. 8pm. Jazz and free improvisation from master pianist Marilyn Crispell and saxophonist Raymond MacDonald (also Ed Uni Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation). This concert sees the duo playing together and also
with Edimpro, the University’s free improvisation ensemble. Wednesday 4
Edinburgh ■ Cedric Hanriot Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Jazz from the French pianist.
Thursday 5 Glasgow ■ Cedric Hanriot Trio The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 4.
Friday 6
Edinburgh ■ Ewen MacLean’s Algorhythmical The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Jazz, funk and Latin compositions influenced by mathematics and logic from pianist MacLean. Stirling ■ Carol Kidd Sings Cole Porter Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £16.50–£18.50. Scotland’s First Lady of Jazz, accompanied by top jazz pianist Brian Kellock, celebrate the supremely gifted songwriter Cole Porter in a relaxed and intimate evening of live music.
Sunday 8
Glasgow ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends. Markinch ■ Jingle Bell Jazz with Fife Jazz Club Balbirnie House Hotel, Balbirnie Park. 2–5pm. £24.50. A Christmassy afternoon tea before dancing on the – appropriately – sparkly dancefloor, while Brass Impact provide the tunes.
Wednesday 11 Edinburgh ■ South Korean Jazz Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Bassist Martin Zenker brings some of the best jazz players from Seoul to the UK.
Thursday 12
Glasgow ■ South Korean Jazz Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 11. Edinburgh ■ Napier Music Course Singers Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A selection of vocalists from the Napier music course.
FOLK
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Thursday 14 Glasgow ■ Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18. Erstwhile Young Ones funny man leads this troupe featuring Andy (Toss the Feathers and Mike McGoldrick) and Troy Donockley (Iona, Maddy Prior and Midge Ure), mixing punk classics with traditional music.
FREE Ray Considine Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 10pm & 9pm. Celtic folk and American blues from this Irish singer-songwriter. Bo-ness ■ Tom Morton: The Malt and Barley Revue The Barony Theatre, Borrowstoun Road, 01506 824414. 7.30–9.30pm. £13–£14. Broadcaster and storyteller Morton shares everything he knows about the delicious golden liquid, from its history to secrets from its makers to songs and stories inspired by it. As it will be impossible to listen to these tales without having a few drams yourself, three single malt whiskies will be tasted.
Friday 15
Glasgow ■ Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Glasgow singer- songwriter who has already shared studio time with Ryan Adams and has an album featuring Kris Kristofferson and Eddi Reader already under his belt. ■ Glasgow Tango Studio: El Abrazo Tango Club CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £5. A chance to dance some tango at this social evening. Edinburgh ■ Green Yes Ceilidh Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 7–11pm. £3–£9 in advance; £3–£10 on the door; £3–£20 with dinner. A ceilidh organised by Green Yes featuring the Cosmic Ceilidh Band, Karine Polwart and Rachel Amey. ■ John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £21.50. Founder Barclay James Harvest members return to the concert stage with a four-piece band to perform a set drawn from the long career of BJH and such classic albums as Once Again, Everyone in Everybody Else and Time Honoured Ghosts. ■ Colin McEwan: A Scrapbook of Songs & Stories Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Folk imbibed with wit and good humour. ■ The World’s Room The Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, 556 4481. 7.30pm. £3 suggested donation. Gaelic and tad folk night and open mic session. FREE Ray Considine Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 10pm & 9pm. See Thu 14.
Stirling ■ Breabach Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £13 (£11). Blending double bagpipes, whistle, fiddle, song and Scottish stepdance with Celtic flair and frenzy.
Saturday 16
Glasgow ■ The Ceilidh St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 7pm–midnight. £10. Charity fundraiser featuring reigning Trad Band of the Year Deoch n Dorus. All proceeds go to Action for Children. ■ Laura Veirs O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. A haunting, sparse mix of deadpan folk and blues from US singer-songwriter Laura Veirs. With support from Led to Sea. Edinburgh ■ Reforesting Scotland Ceilidh Edinburgh Steiner School, 60 Spylaw Road, 337 3410. 7pm–midnight. £9–£10 (£5.50–£6.50; under 12s £3). Hud Yer Wheesht and Freilach & Tsores provide the ceilidh dancing, plus a belly dance performance. FREE Ray Considine Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 10pm & 9pm. See Thu 14.
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Sunday 17
Glasgow ■ The Hotclub Of Cowtown Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £17. Reformed Western swing trio. ‘Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival’. Edinburgh ■ Blue Rose Code The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Times tbc. £10. Celtic ballads. ■ Gren Bartley Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. Guitarist and singer drawing on old folk and blues traditions. FREE Ray Considine Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 10pm & 9pm. See Thu 14.
Monday 18 Glasgow FREE Split Second Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm– midnight. Duo playing Eastern European and klezmer music.
Edinburgh ■ Dan Walsh & Suhail Yusuf Khan Douglas House, 42 Royal Park Terrance, info@douglasinscotland. co.uk. 8pm. £10. The crossover pairing performs a fusion of Western and Asian music. Stirling FREE Traditional Music Workshops Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. Times tbc. Monday night traditional music workshop for children and young people from Stirling and Clackmannanshire Council Schools. Ages 10–18. ■ Allan Taylor Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 7.30pm. £9. Gentle, thoughtful and mature songs from a major contributor to the folk scene for the last 40 years.
Tuesday 19
Glasgow ■ Clive Gregson The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £9. Folky veteran who is a member of Nanci Griffith’s band, and has four decades of solo songwriting and collaboration behind him. Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Lomond Ceilidh Band supply the live music. ■ Ceilidh Mhor Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 9.30pm. Lively ceilidh with a caller and live music from Awry.
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