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JAZZ FESTIVALS by arrangement with Neil O’Brien Entertainment

JACK LUKEMAN plus special guests

P H O T O :

B E A T A S Z P A R A G O W S K A

Wednesday 19th July GLASGOW Glad Café

Thursday 20th July EDINBURGH Voodoo Rooms

regular & cpl by arrangement with x-ray presents TUESDAY 27 JUNE GLASGOW THE GARAGE G2

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER EDINBURGH

QUEEN’S HALL

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FRI 09 JUNE QUEEN’S HALL EDINBURGH

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performing

Blonde on Blonde Sunday 25 June O2 ABC GLASGOW

regular music & glasgow jazz festival by arrangement with itb present

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Friday 6 October

Glasgow ORAN MOR

2017 UK SLØR TOUR

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plus special guests SUNDAY 25TH JUNE

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+SPECIAL GUEST Konni Kass

SUNDAY 4 JUNE GLASGOW ORAN MOR

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Siobhan Wilson p l u s s p e c i a l g u e s t s

M A D E L E I N E P E Y R O U X P L U S (cid:2) S U P P O R T

SUNDAY 4 JUNE EDINBUR GH

VOODOO ROOMS

MONDAY 5 JUNE GL ASGOW CCA

FRI 30TH JUNE glasgow glad café

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PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

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THURSDAY 29TH JUNE

EDINBURGH QUEEN’S HALL

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Monday 26 June Glasgow Oran Mor

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER ORAN MOR GLASGOW

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CODA AGENCY PRESENTS In association with CAA

E V E R Y VA L L E Y TO U R

WED 18 OCT GLASGOW

BARROWLAND

A GOLDENVOICE AND REGULAR

MUSIC PRESENTATION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ITB

TWO SETS PER NIGHT: HOLY BANDITS (FULL ALBUM) & THE BEST OF THE BEST-OF

WED 8 NOV EDINBURGH QUEEN’S HALL

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The Freedom Highway Tour

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS Kaia Kater

Sunday 26 November Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 0141 353 8000

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In person from Ticket Scotland Glasgow/Edinburgh. Venue Box Offices and all usual outlets

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1 Jun–31 Aug 2017 THE LIST 89

Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker, Joe McPhee and Linda Sharrock in recent years, there can be no doubt that Scottish audiences are ready for it. Having said that, it’s great to see Slovenian pianist and composer Kaja Draksler (pictured) on the Glasgow programme. An emerging star of the European improvisation scene, Draksler has recorded a number of solo and leader projects, as well as a i ne duo set with the brilliant young Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva. The Amsterdam-based pianist has just released Gledalec, an octet album that draws on free improvisation, jazz, and classical music, with a beautiful detour into the choral music of Slovenian Renaissance composer Jacobus Gallus Petelin.

‘I like melody as an ingredient of music, especially when it’s sung,’ she says. ‘I i nd it very easy to connect to on the emotional level.’ Her Glasgow solo performance, she explains, will be determined by the piano and acoustics of the room. ‘I don’t know exactly what I will be playing before I get to the actual space. Usually I do a mix of free improvisation with original compositions. Sometimes I play jazz tunes as well, particularly Monk or Duke.’ As for those headline acts? Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen’s tribute to hard-bop drum legend Art Blakey should be fun, while many will l ock to see Ginger Baker doing his curmudgeonly thing. But it’s with those emerging acts, in smaller venues, where jazz’s real spirit of adventure presides.

Glasgow Jazz Festival, Wed 21–Sun 25 Jun; Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Fri 14–Sun 23 Jul.