Friday 23 1.30pm (90mins); £6/£5 Ages PG NOSFERATU – FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC SOUNDTRACK Award-winning Scottish guitarist Graeme Stephen performs his new score to a screening of the classic silent film Nosferatu. Written for guitar and cello, the score also features Mercury Prize Nominee, London-based cellist Ben Davis. Graeme won the 2013 Scottish Jazz Awards ‘Innovation’ category the for his score to the FW Murnau film ‘Sunrise’. ‘Stephen’s Music speaks loudly of ambition, imagination, nous and harmonic adventure, yet teems with tuneful realisation that swells the heart’ (Jazzwise). 4pm (60mins); £9/£7 Ages PG JOHN HUNT’S AFTERNOON BLUES & SWING After two amazing years of full-house runs, he’s back! The ‘master of slide-guitar’ and his fantastic hand-built guitars (one including a solar powered PA!) is ‘like Seasick Steve in a science lab – brilliant!’ (Ian Rankin), ‘Fantastic’ (Jools Holland), and ‘Insane but ingenious’ **** (ThreeWeeks). This is ‘A fantastic gig; understated and cool’ **** (BroadwayBaby). 5.30pm (60mins); £6/£5 Ages PG THE WEEGIES HAVE STOLEN THE ONE O’CLOCK GUN! (Comedy) Acclaimed Performance Poet and Comedian Robin Cairns returns with his popular character ‘Morningside Malcolm’, and a riotous comedy of Glasgow/Edinburgh rivalry. Malcolm lives in Morningside, Edinburgh’s smart, upmarket suburb. Imagine his shock and horror when he learns that Edinburgh Castle’s famous One O’Clock Gun has been stolen by ... Glaswegians! What do the Weegies want the gun for? And what relation is Malcolm to the mob who stole it? ‘An absolute wee gem of a show ... superb one-liners’ (FringeReview 2012). 7pm (60mins); £8/£6 Ages 16+ BEWITCHED BOTHERED & BEWILDERED Swinging-bluesy vocalist Lorna Reid and her trio performs spellbinding songs from Rogers & Hart, The Gershwins, Cole Porter to Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell, as well as some of Reid’s acclaimed originals. Crossing over jazz, blues, Latin and pop, Reid’s band features some of the UK’s finest musicians including award-winning guitarist Graeme Stephen. ‘Tasteful, elegant, soulful’ (Scotsman). ‘Left us wanting more’ (Wigtown Festival). 8.30pm (60mins); £7 Ages 16+ FASCINATING RHYTHM: JAMES LAMBETH SINGS GERSHWIN! A sell-out in 2012, US-born vocalist James Lambeth returns with a sumptuous selection from American Songbook greats George and Ira Gershwin. Already established in the southwest of England as one of the best male jazz vocalists around, his influences range from Jack Teagarden and Frank Sinatra to Corey Glover and Morrissey. He’s backed by top Edinburgh musicians Steve Hamilton (piano) and Mario Caribé (bass). ‘Gorgeous voice!’ (BroadwayBaby). **** (ThreeWeeks). 10pm (90mins); £8/£6 Ages 18+ VALERY PONOMAREV QUINTET In from New York via Moscow, sparkling ‘hard bop’ Clifford Brown trumpet from the famous NYC frontman and his outstanding, hard-driving five-piece of top players. After dramatically escaping from bleak, jazz-suppressed 70s Cold War Russia, Valery made it to New York, and was immediately picked up by drumming legend Art Blakey. He then toured the world with Blakey’s historic ‘Jazz Messengers’ for four years. Zero to Hero! 12am (90mins); £7/£5 Ages 18+ DAS CONTRAS - ROCK FUNK JAZZ PUNKS This Fife-based 7-piece delivers a unique brand of folk-funk-jazz-punk, with funky Latino rhythms, groovy Reggae beats, soaring 3-horn brass section, face-melting guitar and raucous vocals. With new album Highest Low ‘An absolute joy!’ (Daily Record), they are ‘In a league of their own for energy and pure musical talent’ (Music News). Their mesmerising live show is a high-octane mix of Latin, funk and soul. 2-5am £5/£4 Ages 18+ SHIVERIN’ SHEIKS High-energy 4-piece with pumping 50s/60s Rock’n’Roll, Rn’B, Gospel, and Doo Wop. Plus DJ
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