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12-22 MARCH aberdeenjazzfestival.com
Welcome! Ticket Information
Aberdeen’s Jazz Festival Online: www.aberdeenjazzfestival.com
is the city’s opportunity Ticket hotline: 01224 641122
to celebrate all that’s In Person: The Music Hall,
great in Jazz in 2020. The Lemon Tree, His Majesty’s Theatre
Please note all ticket prices stated include booking fees
From classic to cool to Collections: Your tickets can be collected 30
contemporary. Over eleven days, minutes before the performance at the relevant
the Festival presents over 50 bands venue, otherwise postage costs may be charged (15
and we travel far and wide across minutes for late night concerts at The Blue Lamp).
the styles – all around jazz – trad
to swing to bop to cutting edge,
and into related musics like blues,
Contact Us
hip hop, afrobeat, soul, and funk. Phone: 0131 467 3660
Music for head, heart, and soul. Email fiona@jazzscotland.com
Our aim is to present the highest
quality music we can, in the best
Festival atmosphere. Every year,
Workshops
the Jazz Festival vibe in the city In association with Aberdeen University,
gets better. We hope 2020 will the Festival presents
be the best yet, and we’re super- Friday 20th March
excited about the programme. So A workshop with Fergus McCreadie
many exciting concerts in store. For further details please contact:
Thanks to Aberdeen City paulineblack@abdn.ac.uk
Council, Aberdeen Inspired
and Creative Scotland for
backing our vision again. Volunteers
We look forward to welcoming We need you! We are looking for Festival and
back our many old friends, Jazz On the Green volunteers please contact
and many new ones too. juali@adjazz.co.uk or look online.
Presented by Sponsored by
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Photography: Colin Black, Earthly Light, Brian Vass
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THUR
12
MAR
Colin Steele/ Carmelite Library, 8pm, £15
Martin Kershaw/ Trumpet, saxophone, and guitar – and no
rhythm section – playing jazz standards,
Graeme Stephen beautiful ballads, Scottish melodies, original
tunes, all with a spontaneous edge – it’s a
magical formula for three Festival favourites
in the intimate surrounds of Carmelite Library.
The Gil Scott-Heron
Songbook
The Blue Lamp, 8pm, £15 + concessions
Extraordinary guitarist and vocalist Aki
Remally and outstanding young pianist Fraser
Urquhart join forces to pay homage to Gil
Scott-Heron. Their band delves deep into the
work of the revolutionary poet, jazz musician
and rap pioneer whose lyrics expressed
views on politics, culture and social injustice -
expect a whole lotta funk, jazz and soul tunes
from Gil Scott-Heron’s repertoire.
Presented by Jazz At The Blue Lamp
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FRI
13
MAR
Aberdeen Jazz
Orchestra with special
guests Georgia Cecile
and Luca Manning
Queen’s Cross Church, 8pm, £12.50
Aberdeen’s finest are joined by two rising originals and modern pop tunes. Luca Manning
Scottish vocal stars. Georgia Cecile has arrived is shaping up to be Scotland’s best ever male
as the major singer of the new Scottish jazz jazz singer. Light and airy, and full of passion,
scene. She is a super-classy singer who hits
he makes an extraordinary impact.
the spot when it comes to Broadway songs,
beautiful ballads, swinging jazz, and a host of A must for lovers of great songs and singers.
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The Blue Lamp, 12.30pm, FREE
FREE
EVENT Aberdeen Youth
Jazz Showcase Featuring The International School Aberdeen.
Colin Steele and
Martin Kershaw Quinet
play Bird and Diz
The Blue Lamp, 7.30pm, £12.50
A rare chance to hear the music of two
of jazz’s great innovators. So exciting for
listeners, but challenging for musicians,
bebop fizzed with lightning fast rhythms
and super musical technique. They set the
musicianship bar as high as they possibly
could, and hardly anyone has touched it
since. Constant rhythmic and harmonic
excitement, from fiery be-bop to Latin grooves
with passionate soloing. Kershaw and Steele
take the title roles alongside a crack rhythm
section of Pete Johnstone (piano), Brian
Shiels (bass) and Max Popp (drums).
Funk Connection
The Blue Lamp, 11pm, £12.50, Standing, 18+
Get ready to party with this ten-piece classic
funk and R&B outfit. Covering music from
the Jackson Five and James Brown to the
Temptations, Sister Sledge and Chic.
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SAT
14
MAR
Hamlet
The Blue Lamp, 7.30pm, £10
Petru Popa Trio
They’re back. Hamlet are a young,
high-energy, jazz fusion collective who
mix classic modern jazz, from Herbie
feat. Nils Olav Johansen Hancock to Miles Davis with influences
from Afro-beat, traditional Scottish
Plus Alan Benzie solo music, rock and hip-hop into an exciting
pulsing sound. Featuring Matthew Kilner
(saxophones), Gavin Hunter (trumpet),
The Blue Lamp, 2.30pm, £10 Neil Kendal (guitar), Finley Campbell
(bass) and Richard Glassby (drums).
Norway has been creating international jazz
stars since the 1960s, and this afternoon’s
gig features four leading musicians making
their UK debut. Super versatile jazz pianist
Petru Popa fronts a contemporary jazz group
which features the extraordinary guitarist
and vocalist, Nils Olav Johansen (renowned
for his work with Farmers Market, Food etc.),
and the powerhouse drummer, Stein Inge
Braekhus. Opening the show, Benzie’s solo
piano is luminously toned, atmospheric and
often impressionistic. His music is rooted in
European and American jazz, but is influenced
by impressionist piano music and film music,
and his love of Japanese animation
Orion All Stars
The Blue Lamp, 11pm, £12.50, Standing, 18+
An Afrobeat-ElectroJazz -Funk-Fusion-HipHop
collective inspired by Sun Ra, Flying Lotus, Jaga
Jazzist and Outkast. Saxophonist, Harry Weir’s
band combine turbo charged jazz excitement,
with every contemporary black American
influence they can find – and dancefloor beats!
They’re at the cutting edge of the brilliant club
jazz scene coming out of Glasgow.
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Enrico Tomasso & Colin Black Trio Carmelite, Balmoral, 9pm, £12.50 Swinging powerhouse, trumpeter Enrico Tomasso was first spotted as a rare talent by none other than Louis Armstrong in the late 60s. Now he drops in to AJF20 to join Colin Black Trio for a night paying homage to the great trumpeters. Tomasso has had a highly varied career, which includes 12 years with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and stints with many high profile bands from Ray Gelato to Acker Bilk. Colin Steele Quartet play Joni Mitchell Queen’s Cross Church, 7.30pm, £15 The acclaimed trumpeter has been inspired by the quirky, romantic, disillusioned and joyful tunes written by one of the greatest songwriters of the past 50 years, Joni Mitchell. Steele’s approach is to savour the simplicity; not stray too far from the melody; look for beauty; and create tunes that glow and sparkle with warmth and affection. It’s a beautiful concept that not many musicians could pull off, but with David Milligan (piano), David Bowden (bass) and Alyn Cosker (drums) he does it! ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122
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Leppard & the Big Cats
Full Fat
Oceans 3
Dopesick Fly
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Outdoor Stage On The
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The Tunnels
6 Stages 11 bands 4 hours
JazzSoulRnBFunkBigBandBluesVocalsDrummers
Presented by Aberdeen Jazz Festival
Thanks to: Aberdeen Inspired, Carmelite Hotel, Cafe 52, Merchant Quarter
www.merchantquarter-aberdeen.com
MERCHANTQUARTER
DINNER JAZZ
Marisha Addison
Sings Peggy Lee
Carmelite Balmoral, 7pm, £22.50
Dubbed the Queen of Cool, Peggy Lee’s
bewitching vocal power, sultry swing, alluring
tone and distinctive delivery, made her one of
the most captivating artists of the vocal era.
To mark the centenary of her birth, Marisha
Addison fronts a crack band singing all
Lee’s hits including “Why Don’t You Do Right,
“Lover” and “Fever”.
The ticket includes a two course dinner from
the award winning Carmelite chefs.
Jazz at the Blue Lamp
Community Jazz Big Band
and Youth Jazz Combo
The Blue Lamp, 8pm, £10
Enjoy two exciting community projects,
bringing together people from all
backgrounds in their love of performing
jazz. The JATBL Community Jazz Big Band
will join forces with the JATBL Youth Jazz
Combo to showcase a range of standards
and improvisational talent.
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SUN 15 MAR Melvin Taylor Blues Band, Stevie Nimmo Trio Lemon Tree, 7.30-9.30pm, £15, Standing A sensational blues double bill. One of the greatest guitarists and vocalists in Chicago blues history, “Melvin Taylor’s arsenal consists of blinding speed, a feverish wah-wah pedal, a range of tones that leaps from groans to squeals, and notes bent so dramatically that his guitar sounds like it’s retching. Taylor succeeds because he’s a virtuoso who pushes the limits of his own skills.” (Living Blues Magazine). Opening the show, Stevie Nimmo combines Glaswegian grit with Louisiana Swamp, Memphis Soul and Tex Mex Grooves, as happy tearing things up on electric lead guitar as he is on down-home acoustic roots. “Stevie’s voice is at times gritty, other times emotional but all times perfection!” (Maverick Magazine). ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122
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I Called Him Morgan 16
Belmont Cinema, 8.20pm, £10.50/9 MAR
On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated
jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by
his wife, sending shockwaves through the jazz
community. This documentary by Swedish
filmmaker Kasper Collin (My Name Is Albert
Ayler) is a love letter to two unique personalities
and the music that brought them together.
Kasper Collin/Sweden/2017/89 mins
Presented by Belmont Cinema
TUE Tickets ONLY available
WED
17 from Carmelite 18
MAR 01224 589101 MAR
Dinner Jazz Safari
Carmelite, Molly’s Bistro, Bistro Verdi, 7pm, £30
Journey to three acclaimed restaurants
with one course in each and a different
jazz session in each venue, with music
from singers Melodie Fraser, Mary May Fergus McCreadie
and guitarist Colin Black.
The dinner venues are: plays Bill Evans
Carmelite: a creative menu prepared
by award winning chefs
Carmelite, Library, 8pm, £15. Limited Capacity
Molly’s Bistro: features the best locally
sourced ingredients Tonight sees the start of the acclaimed
pianist, Fergus McCreadie in residence until
Bistro Verdi: serves fresh contemporary
the end of the Festival. Tonight, he pays
dishes with a scottish twist
homage to the one of the giants of jazz:
After making your booking you will be American pianist Bill Evans. Fergus is joined by
sent a schedule for the evening. Brodie Jarvie (bass) and Doug Hough (drums).
ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122THUR 19 MAR A Night in New Orleans Music Hall, 7.30pm, £16.50 This is a Riot. The irrepressible singer, Ali Affleck and the acclaimed Copper Cats transport you to the prohibition era, delivering good time, swinging vintage jazz, with Alison’s deep love and knowledge of early jazz vocals to the fore in New Orleans classics and songs by Bessie Smith, Mildred Bailey, Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey. For one night only, the Copper Cats band feature New Orleans pianist, Joplin Parnell, and multi-instumentalist, Ewan Bleach plus the all-girl band that’s taking the Scottish early jazz scene by storm, The Red Hot Rhythm Makers. “Music from another time and place, which puts smiles on the faces of the here and now” (The Herald). ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122
Agbeko Lemon Tree, 8pm, £12.50 (£10 student concs). Standing A fierce, energetic and irresistibly danceable live show from afrobeat-inspired rock-funk-psych juggernaut. With an onslaught of horns, guitars, percussion and gutsy vocals, the eleven-strong outfit deliver powerful defiant songs packed with riffs, groove and lyrical prowess to move gig-goers, festival throngs and afro-funk afficionados alike. Their anthemic live shows have graced Festivals like Boomtown, Green Man, Soundwave, Wilderness, or Meadows in the Mountains. Fans of Fela Kuti, Ibibio Sound Machine and The Souljazz Orchestra, take note! ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122
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19
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Fergus McCreadie
and Matt Carmichael
Carmelite, Library, 8pm, £15. Limited Capacity
Fresh from Celtic Connections comes a
stellar duo featuring two of the most exiting
young musicians in Scotland. Still in their
early 20’s, their music reflects a shared love
for both folk and jazz music, full of beautiful
melodies and atmospheric landscapes
combined with virtuosic improvisation.
Tina May & Brian Kellock - Oscar & Ella
The Blue Lamp, 8pm, £15 + concessions
Consummate singing, supreme musicianship her world class accompanist, Scotland’s own
and two natural onstage personalities combine pianist Brian Kellock revisit the classic meeting
in an evening of musical magic celebrating the between Ella and piano giant Oscar Peterson.
greatest jazz singer of all time: Ella Fitzgerald.
The UK’s leading jazz vocalist Tina May and Presented by Jazz At The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp, 12.30pm, FREE
FREE
EVENT Aberdeen Youth
Jazz Showcase Featuring Aberdeen University Jazz Band.
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Steve Hamilton Quartet
The Blue Lamp, 7.30pm, £12.50
The pianist is a star around the globe,
renowned for his long term associations with
such as Bill Bruford and Billy Cobham. He’s an
astonishing technician, a beautiful melodist,
and an exciting improviser. Here’s a very
rare outing for his all star Scottish band with
an extraordinary line up: Don Paterson and
Graeme Stephen (guitar), and Paul Towndrow
(saxophone). A really special event.
The Katet vs John Williams
The Blue Lamp, 11pm, £12.50, 18+
Williams is the icon of film music scores and thick funky horn riffs, taking inspiration
today; well known for his signature tunes to from the crowd pleasing scores of “Jurassic
many blockbusters. Katet are an 8-piece soul/ Park”, “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” funked-
jazz/funk band who deliver pounding grooves up by Kearney’s magical touch.
The Blue Lamp, 12.30pm, FREE
FREE
EVENT Aberdeen Youth
Jazz Showcase Featuring ACMS Jazz Ensemble and South
Aberdeenshire Music Centre Big Band.
ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122SAT Tom Bancroft curates:
21 Two shows put together by drummer/producer, Tom Bancroft,
offer stylistically different music for head, heart, and feet.
MAR
African Groove Machine
Jon Green Sextet The Blue Lamp, 11pm, £12.50, Standing, 18+
The Blue Lamp, 7.30pm, £12
West African music with jazz crossover.
Come to check out down downtown Accra,
American trumpeter, Jon Green’s music Lagos, and Kinshasa on a Saturday night, with
is a beguiling new sound on the Scottish Tom Bancroft and Thomas Annang’s 8 piece
scene, distinctively personal compositions, band and dancer, Adie Baako Elias. Music
beautifully melodic, witty and often sublime, for drums, gutar and horns featuring Thomas
it’s very much of the moment – played by Annang ( kpanlogo and djembe), Tom Bacroft’s
an all star group based around the award Ghanaian Rhythms plus Claude Deppa,
winning Playtime Collective : Martin Kershaw Martin Kershaw, Phil O’Malley - a mighty
(saxes), Graeme Stephen (guitar), Brodie force which embraces Fela Kuti’s concepts,
Jarvie (bass) and Tom Bancroft (drums). afrobeat grooves, and more traditional African
Join us for a journey into the extraordinary! drumming into the jazz world.
Fergus McCreadie Trio
Queen’s Cross Church, 8pm, £12.50
The most exciting young Scottish jazz packed with emotional charge, effervescent,
musician to emerge for decades, pianist Fergus and often spiritually uplifting, with the leader’s
McCreadie has established an enormous fan compositions combining jazz sensibility with
base in a very short timespan: the sensational tunes rooted in traditional Scottish mode.
pianist gets standing ovations and five star David Bowden (bass) and Stephen Henderson
reviews everywhere he goes including last (drums) match McCreadie’s verve, skill and
year’s amazing show at The Blue Lamp. Here sensitivity with precision and unerring empathy.
he is for the first time in a concert setting in “Prodigious cascading technique, communicating
Aberdeen, a perfect place for McCreadie’s warmth and personality” (The Herald), “Simply
beautifully crafted music. The trio’s sets are outstanding” (Jazzwise).
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2.30-5.30pm, £12.50 - Rover Ticket
Top class blues, with a twist of jazz and soul will be all over The West End on
the afternoon of Sunday 22 March. With a rover ticket you can roam from venue
to venue checking out the music and the atmosphere. Three hours of great
blues with a host of great names playing informal sets in four intimate venues
for £12.50. Featuring driving electric blues from Gerry Jablonski and classic 50s
and 60s American blues from Jed Potts and Hillman Hunters, plus much more.
Full line-up to be announced on www.aberdeenjazzfestival.com
Sponsored by Aberdeen InspiredSUN 22 MAR Intoxicating High Tea with The Vintage Girls Carmelite, Balmoral, 2pm, £20, Seated, 18+ Enjoy an indulgent high tea with retro harmony singers, this music-filled afternoon class. Listen to classics songs from the tea serves up treats including finger 40s/50s/60sright up the present with a sandwiches, dainty desserts and a fine vintage twist. Delivered by a trio of close selection of teas or cocktails. Aberdeen University Jazz Orchestra with special guests Fergus McCreadie and Martin Kershaw The Blue Lamp, 8pm, £10 A rousing grand finale to Fergus McCreadie’s Aberdeen residency, as he joins the University Jazz Orchestra as featured soloist in a concert that shows off the best young talent in Aberdeen at the moment. Saxophonist Martin Kershaw also joins the orchestra as a special guest. ABERDEEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 12-22 MARCH 2020 WWW.ABERDEENJAZZFESTIVAL.COM BOX OFFICE 01224 641122
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Hamish Stuart Band
The Lemon Tree, 7.30pm, £20
The original lead singer/guitarist with The
Average White Band through all the classic
70s albums, Hamish has since worked with
the likes of Diana Ross, George Benson,
Chaka Khan, for six years, Paul McCartney.
In addition to touring with Ringo Starr he leads
his own “super-group”. Expect AWB hits and
loads of great funk and soul classics
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March Start Performance Name Event Venue
8.00pm The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook The Blue Lamp
12th
8.00pm Steele / Kershaw / Stephen Carmelite Library
12.30pm Youth Jazz Showcase The Blue Lamp
7.30pm Steele / Kershaw Quintet The Blue Lamp
13th
8.00pm AJO with Georgia Cecilie / Luca Manning Queen’s Cross Church
11.00pm Funk Connection The Blue Lamp
2.30pm Petru Popa Trio The Blue Lamp
7.30pm Hamlet The Blue Lamp
14th 7.30pm Colin Steele Joni Mitchell Queen’s Cross Church
9.00pm Enrico Tomasso & Colin Black Trio Carmelite, Balmoral
11.00pm Orion All-Stars The Blue Lamp
1.00pm Jazz On The Green City Centre
7.00pm Dinner Jazz Carmelite
15th
7.30pm Melvin Taylor & Stevie Nimmo The Lemon Tree
8.00pm JatBL Community Big Bands The Blue Lamp
16th 8.20pm I Called Him Morgan Belmont Filmhouse
17th 7.00pm Jazz Dinner Safari Carmelite, Molly's, Bistro Verdi
18th 8.00pm Fergus McCreadie: Bill Evans Trio Carmelite
12.30pm Youth Jazz Showcase The Blue Lamp
7.30pm Alison Affleck Night in New Orleans The Music Hall
19th 8.00pm Tina May and Brian Kellock The Blue Lamp
8.00pm Agbeko The Lemon Tree
8.00pm Fergus McCreadie / Matt Carmichael Carmelite
12.30pm Youth Jazz Showcase The Blue Lamp
20th 7.30pm Steve Hamilton Quartet The Blue Lamp
11.00pm The Katet The Blue Lamp
7.30pm Jon Green Quintet The Blue Lamp
21st 8.00pm Fergus McCreadie Trio Queen’s Cross Church
11.00pm Africa Groove Machine The Blue Lamp
2.00pm Afternoon Tea: Vintage Girls Carmelite
2.30pm West End Blues Trail various venues
22nd
7.30pm Hamish Stuart Band The Lemon Tree
8 .00pm Aberdeen University Jazz Orchestra The Blue Lamp
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