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The Paul Towndrow Quartet Paul Towndrow is one of the UK’s most exciting young saxophonists. With a style that honours the great jazz masters of the past and present while creating an individual voice of his own, he has won lavish praise from the critics as well as earning enthusiastic responses from audiences at home and abroad. The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm Ticket price £10 (£8 conc.). Paul Towndrow merchandise.
The Graeme Stephen Quartet
One of the most accomplished and inventive guitarists on the European jazz scene, Graeme Stephen began playing rock music during his teens in Aberdeen before discovering jazz through Pat Metheny and Jim Hall. These influences, along with a thrilling sense of adventure, still inform his music, which has recently found enormous favour at London Jazz Festival and on tour with his multicultural sextet. The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm Ticket price £10 (£8 conc.)
34th Scottish Transport Extravaganza
Glamis Castle. Vintage and classic car extravaganza.
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The Avishai Cohen Trio
Double bassist Avishai Cohen brings a world class trio to the Blue Lamp, playing music that sings with emotion and packs an irresistible rhythmical punch. Since coming to international attention with keyboard legend Chick Corea in the 1990s, Israeli-born Cohen has gone on to record nine acclaimed albums, blending jazz tradition with Israeli folk music and popular influences from The Beatles to Dr Dre. The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm
Ticket price £15, no concessions available. Avishai Cohen merchandise.
Tam White and the Sermon Organ Quartet Scotland’s very own Howlin’ Wolf, Tam White has been a major presence on the UK blues and jazz scene for almost fifty years. With a rasping, lived-in voice that caused British blues godfather Alexis Korner to purr in admiration and inspired the late Bad Company bassist Boz Burrell to form a band specially to feature him, White declaims blues standards and his own street-wise songs with unimpeachable authority. The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm
Ticket price £10 (£8 conc.). Tam White album.
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