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Wednesday
27
June
Brass Jaw
6:00pm - 7:00pm
City Halls Recital Room
£10
City Halls Recital Room
£10
The iconoclastic Glasgow based four-piece open up this year's Festival.
Pharoah Sanders
7:30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
£22
The Old Fruitmarket
£22
One of the world’s top saxophonists, Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz.
Joe Stilgoe
8:30pm
City Halls Recital Room
Tickets £12
City Halls Recital Room
Tickets £12
...a truly remarkable singer songwriter, not to mention outstanding piano player
Soweto Kinch Trio
Support Ru Pattison
8:30pm
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
£12
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
£12
Saxophonist Soweto Kinch has gathered multiple awards and 5* live reviews.
Late Night Jazz Club
11:00pm - 02:00AM
Thistle Hotel Glasgow
Free
Thistle Hotel Glasgow
Free
You never know who’ll get up and play...
Thursday
28
June
Helle Lund and Raymond MacDonald
7:30pm
City Halls Recital Room
£10
City Halls Recital Room
£10
Award winning Danish pianist Helle Lund with internationally acclaimed saxophonist Raymond MacDonald.
Robert Glasper Experiment
8:30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
£16
The Old Fruitmarket
£16
Robert Glasper boldly stakes out new musical territory, drawing from jazz, hip hop, R&B, and rock.
YolanDa Brown
9:00pm
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
£12
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
£12
Double MOBO award winner YolanDa Brown mixes jazz with a twist of R&B, soul and funk.
Leo Condie sings Jacques Brel
9:30pm
City Halls Recital Room
£10
City Halls Recital Room
£10
Songs of revelry and balladry by Belgian master Jacques Brel, covering love, death and all that is in between.
Friday
29
June
Das Kapital plays Hanns Eisler
In association with Goethe Institut Glasgow
7:30pm
City Halls Recital Room
£10
City Halls Recital Room
£10
An inspiring set of idealist music...
Colin Tully
7:30pm
Platform
£7.50 (£5 local links)
Platform
£7.50 (£5 local links)
Gregory's Girl composer Colin Tully plays the film soundtrack.
Neil Cowley Trio
7:30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
Tickets £13
The Old Fruitmarket
Tickets £13
The Neil Cowley Trio is not your typical jazz trio ... sheer emotion and energy touch lovers of all music.
Mario Caribe Quartet
9:30pm
City Halls Recital Room
£10
City Halls Recital Room
£10
Brazilian born bassist Mario Caribe performs with his regular group original tunes and Brazilian classics.
Saturday
30
June
Ian Shaw
6:00pm
City Halls Recital Room
£12
City Halls Recital Room
£12
Original, emotional, funny and poignant, Ian Shaw is one of the UK’s finest jazz singers.
Ryan Quigley Big Band
Tribute to The Beatles
7:30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
Tickets £16
The Old Fruitmarket
Tickets £16
All-star big band line up led by one of the UK's top trumpet players and featuring some very special guest singers....
Sunday
01
July
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/TSYJO
2:00pm
The Old Fruitmarket
£12
The Old Fruitmarket
£12
Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra and Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in special double bill.
Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion
8:30pm
The Old Fruitmarket
£16
The Old Fruitmarket
£16
Legendary jazz rock drummer brings his Jazz Confusion to Glasgow.
Monday
02
July
George Benson
7:30pm
The Clyde Auditorium
£45 (Seats), £50 (Seats), £150 (VIP Package)
The Clyde Auditorium
£45 (Seats), £50 (Seats), £150 (VIP Package)
Heralded as a jazz guitarist of unparalleled chops, a vocalist with great emotional range and sophistication,
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