www.jazzdundee.co.uk01382 434940 / 223530

DUNDEEJAZZ

FESTIVAL

DUNDEEJAZZ

FESTIVAL2017

The Reading RoomsGardyne TheatreBroughty FerryThe UnicornDundee Rep

15 - 19 NOVEMBER

WELCOMEDundee’s annual jazz celebration ranges across jazz and blues styles and related musics with a focus on what’s new and exciting in 2017. And this year the festival is the biggest ever, with concerts presented at Dundee Rep, Gardyne Theatre, the Reading Rooms, The Unicorn and in Broughty Ferry. From lively swing to cutting edge modern jazz; from jazz standards to the freshest UK hip-hop, from acoustic blues to electric blues-rock, from special concerts celebrating the centenary of jazz to the freshest music out of New York, you can find it all as we present over 25 top quality acts over five days.Don’t forget to book early to take advantage of our amazing Early Bird discounts. We look forward to seeing you.

TICKET INFORMATIONDundee City Box Office: 01382 434940 / Dundee Rep: 01382 223530 Online: via www.jazzdundee.co.uk / On the door on date of concertEARLY BIRD!Save 20% on all tickets bought by Sunday 5 November, by joining our mailing list.Existing members of the mailing list will have received a promotional code by post or e-mail. If you’re not on the list and want to take advantage of the offer and receive information from Jazz Scotland/Dundee Jazz Festival join our mailing list. You can sign up to our e-newsletter on the website, or email dundeejazz@jazzscotland.com or call Jazz Scotland HQ on 0131 467 3660, and give us your email and /or postal address.We’ll send you the promotional code you need.

STUDENTS/UNEMPLOYED – £5 ticketsStudents and registered unemployed can get £5 tickets for all the shows at the Gardyne Theatre and Rep Theatre by showing proof of status when buying tickets in person in advance (via either DCBO or Dundee Rep). NB: only one offer applicable per person

BOOKING FEESDUNDEE CITY BOX OFFICE: £1 per transaction for phone bookings, £2 per transaction for online bookings. (No charge for in person bookings). Postage fees may apply.

TICKETS TO COLLECT will be available 30 minutes in advance at the relevant venue, or any venue for Jazz in the Ferry.

GET INVOLVEDWe need you! We’re looking for Festival volunteers – for more information please visit the Volunteer section on www.jazzdundee.co.uk or contact: agnese@jazzscotland.com / 0131 467 3660

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HAMISH STUART BAND with special guest MOLLY DUNCANGardyne Theatre, Wednesday 15 November, 7.30pm, £18The original lead singer/guitarist with The Average White Band through all the classic 70s albums, Hamish has worked with the likes of Diana Ross, George Benson, Chaka Khan and for six years, Paul McCartney. In addition to touring with Ringo Starr he leads his own “super-group”, joined tonight by Dundee horn, Molly Duncan for a special Festival concert. Expect AWB hits and loads of great funk and soul classics, by a band that generates a truly ferocious groove and never fails to blow off the roof!

JAIMEO BROWN’S TRANSCENDENCE: WORK SONGS FERGUS McCREADIE TRIODundee Rep, Thursday 16 November, 8pm, £15

Exuberantly inventive jazz - this year’s Innovation winner at the Jazz FM Awards.

The drummer Jaimeo Brown, from New York, has emerged from a career as a sideman with Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Jay-Z, Robert Glasper, and countless others to produce a completely refreshing new take on jazz (and blues), manifested in his bril-liant new album, “Work Songs”. It’s inspired by old recordings, especially those of Afro-American Alabama quilters, that Brown weaves into a new tapestry of the old hand-stitched emotional sounds, with current black American urban music. His performances are mixed media: images, films, audio recordings, and a kicking band. The Guardian was knocked out at their Ronnie Scott’s show earlier this year: “a game-changing jazz approach: a unique contemporary jazz venture fuelled by palpably passionate commit-ment to match its creators’ imagination and skill.” His New York band, Transcendence, features Jaleel Shaw ( saxophone) and Chris Sholar (guitar).

Opening the concert, the brilliant Scottish piano trio led by the sensational Fergus McCreadie, play original music - with Stephen Henderson (drums) and David Bowden (bass).

GRAINNE DUFFY BAND / GERRY JABLONSKI BANDGardyne Theatre, Thursday 16 November, 7.30pm, £15

The hottest blues-rock concert in town! Grainne Duffy blends blues, soul, rock and Celtic influences into emotionally supercharged performances; delivered with a killer combination of passionate and raw vocal strength, range and intensity and guitar virtuosity, Grainne is ‘the real deal’ (Classic Rock Magazine). Gerry Jablonski Band play high-octane blues, packed with killer riffs and striking solos. They blend blues roots with the influences of Classic Rock, delivering a powerhouse, blistering blues set from one of the tightest and hardest hitting bands on the current scene.

JERRON ‘BLIND BOY’ PAXTON / THE TROUBLEMAKERSDundee Rep, Friday 17 November, 8pm, £15Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton is singlehandedly keeping the torch for original 1920s and 1930s acoustic blues alive and has been acclaimed as the most sensational newcomer in the blues in many years. He plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, piano and a handful of other instruments and mixes it all in the true songster tradition: ragtime, old time, country, blues and lots more.

The Troublemakers close the show. Blues’n’Trouble front-men, Tim Elliott and Sandy Tweeddale, together with bassist Lawrie MacMillian play rollicking boogie and blues acoustically, just like the classic blues of the 40s and 50s.

ONE NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS with ALI AFFLECK’S COPPER CATSGardyne Theatre, Friday 17 November, 7.30pm, £12,50THIS IS A RIOT! Edinburgh-based American singer Ali Affleck and the acclaimed Copper Cats band transport you to the prohibition era. Good time, swinging vintage jazz with a mix of Tin Pan Alley, the Great American Songbook standards, and loads of traditional New Orleans Jazz and Blues as sung by Bessie Smith, Mildred Bailey, Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey from ‘stunningly expressive’ (San Diego Union Tribune) Ali Affleck and her all star band.

‘Music from another time and place, which puts smiles on the faces of the here and now’ (The Herald).

Photo credit: Simon Williams

NATHAN BELLHMS Unicorn, Saturday 18 November, 2.30pm, £12.50Tennessee-based singer and guitarist, rooted in blues and the music of the southern states, has reinvented himself as an extraordinarily hard hitting star of Americana. His recent album has won 5-star critical acclaim and he stole the show at Celtic Connections earlier this year. Gruff and tender with a poet’s voice and a sincere sense of justice, Bell counts Neil Young, LightninHopkins, and Jack London as influences, his songs are stark reflections on the times we are living in, from the personal to the political.

“Gritty and authentic” (The Telegraph)“He recalls River-era Springsteen” (R2 magazine)“Really, really special” (Ricky Ross, BBC Radio Scotland)“Tremendous” (American Roots UK)

THE MOUSE OUTFITThe Reading Rooms, Friday 17 November, 8pm, £12.50 (STANDING, 18+)Fronted by UK hip-hop legend Dr Syntax and verbal acrobat Sparkz, this 9–piece band’s horn heavy and funk driven live show combines original grooves with medleys of classic hip-hop, b-boy and funk breaks spiced with jaw-dropping lyrical acrobatics. Their music combines lost classic sounds from the golden age of hip-hop, with soul, jazz and reggae influences. “A slick combination of quality samples and fiendish beats. The smorgasbord of soul, jazz, funk and reggae influences… some of Britain’s most promising emcees” (UK Hip Hop).

BECCA STEVENS BAND / LUCA MANNING & ALAN BENZIEDundee Rep, Saturday 18 November, 8pm, £15Acclaimed by The New York Times and heralded as the successor to Joni Mitchell, the Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, band-leader and multi-instrumentalist is renowned for spellbinding performances. Combining personally-charged songwriting and impassioned vocals, she draws upon elements of pop, jazz, and traditional melodies from her native North Carolina to create vivid, adventurous music.

A mesmerising Scottish duo open the concert. With Luca Manning – a phenomenal new voice with a luminous tone and expressive phrasing – and lyrical pianist, Alan Benzie.

A NIGHT WITH ELLASeonaid Aitken celebrates the songs of Ella Fitzgerald in her centenary year with The Groove Merchant Big Band and special guest Sam WestGardyne Theatre, Saturday 18 November, 7.30pm, £18Ella Fitzgerald was the greatest vocalist the jazz world has ever heard. Her extraordinary diction, timing, sense of swing and all round joie de vivre meant that her versions of hundreds of great songs were the definitive ones. The songbooks of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Rogers and Hart, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin had no finer interpreter. In today’s cluttered world, the beauty of hearing these great songs sung with the same clarity and freshness is an unalloyed pleasure, and so it is with Seonaid Aitken, the leading singer of her day, and the perfect one to celebrate Ella and the songs she made famous. Seonaid fronts the superstar young Big Band that’s turning all the critics heads, and introduces special guest, Sam West, to join her in celebrating Ella’s very special duets with Louis Armstrong. A stunning night of great tunes, great music, and inspiring performances!

Dundee Rep TheatreTay Square, DD1 1PB. 01382 223530. An exciting and diverse hub of creativity based in the heart of Dundee’s cultural quarter with an award-winning bar and brasserie. Fully accessible. Wheelchair users: please phone the venue when booking your tickets.

Gardyne TheatreGardyne Road, DD5 1NY - 01382 448877. The theatre is located on Dundee and Angus College Campus in Broughty Ferry. With comfortable seating, great sight lines and ample free parking. Fully accessible. Wheelchair users: please contact Dundee City Box Office when booking your tickets.

The Reading Rooms57 Blackscroft, DD4 6AT. 18+Housed inside a former public library, with an exposed brick, warehouse-style interior and furnished with original retro decor, it is home to a tight collective of some of themost exciting, eclectic and diverse range of music. No wheelchair access.

HMS UnicornSouth Victoria Dock Rd, DD1 3BP.This historic ship is one of the six oldest ships in the world and is the most completely original ship to have survived from the golden age of sail. A quirky venue that creates the perfect atmosphere. No wheelchair access.

Broughty FerryThis lovely suburb located four miles East of Dundee hosts one of the most exciting musical adventures: Jazz in the Ferry. WIth loads of great restaurants, pubs and shops, this area is the perfect location to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Venues: Bruach Bar, 326 Brook Street, DD5 2ANPapa Jacques, 314 Brook Street, DD5 2ANPost Office Bar, 218 Queen St, DD5 2HG -Rose Function Suite (Gulistan House - upstairs), Queen Street, DD5 2HNSol y Sombra, 27 Gray Street, DD5 2BH (5+ only)

JAZZ IN THEFERRY

ARTISTSHAVANA SWINGMIKE WHELLANS

GORDON McNEIL QUINTETLUCA MANNING & ALAN BENZIE

THE VINTAGE GIRLSTHE EASTCOAST JAZZMEN

and more!

SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 2-5pmRover Ticket: £12.50Three hours of top class jazz and blues in five intimate venues all within walking distance in Broughty Ferry. With a ROVER TICKET you can roam between venues and disscover different musics and atmospheres: there’s something for all tastes! Full line-up announced on 19 October on www.jazzdundee.co.uk

VENUESBRUACH BAR

PAPA JACQUES

ROSE FUNCTION SUITE (Gulistan House)

POST OFFICE BAR

SOL Y SOMBRA