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PLATFORM JAZZ GIGS IN DUNDEE
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Platform, the Scottish based jazz organisation, first started up in 1973. This was initially to promote live gigs in Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Other towns in Scotland then caught the Platform bug and started their own individual branches over the following years, Dundee activating theirs in 1979.
Dundee Platform lasted until 1987, when Platform then decided to become a national society.
Platform promoted gigs here will be from 1978 to 1989.
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20 Nov 1978 .... RONNIE SCOTT .... (with Louis Stewart) - Sands
07 Oct 1979 .... MORRISSEY - MULLEN - Royal Hotel
10 Dec 1979 .... SOFT HEAP - Royal Hotel
18 Mar 1980 .... GEORGE COLEMAN QUARTET - Angus Hotel
12 Jun 1980 .... RONNIE SCOTT QUARTET - Sands
16 Jun 1980 .... HOLDSWORTH & CO - Angus Hotel
11 Jul 1980 .... JAN HAMMER - Bonar Hall
01 Sep 1980 .... JIM MULLEN .... (with Bill Kyle Quintet) - Angus Hotel
24 Nov 1980 .... BARBARA THOMPSON'S PARAPHERNALIA - Bonar Hall
12 Dec 1980 .... ALEXIS KORNER - Bonar Hall
30 Jan 1981 .... JOHNNY GRIFFIN QUARTET - Bonar Hall
23 Feb 1981 .... JOHNNY DYANI'S WITCHDOCTORS SON - Bonar Hall
09 Mar 1981 .... MIKE WESTBROOK'S BRASS BAND - Bonar Hall
15 Mar 1981 .... BILLY COBHAM'S GLASS MENAGERIE - Bonar Hall
29 April 1981 .... DEWEY REDMAN'S NEW YORK QUARTET - Bonar Hall
19 Aug 1981 .... SONNY STITT - Bonar Hall
03 Oct 1981 .... RED NORVO & TAL FARLOW - Bonar Hall
19 Nov 1981 .... GORDON BECK / ALLAN HOLDSWORTH QUARTET .... (with The Tomasz Stanko Quartet) - Bonar Hall
02 Feb 1982 .... MORRISEY MULLEN BAND - Bonar Hall
03 Feb 1982 .... OM - Bonar Hall
15 Nov 1982 .... THE STEVE FRANKLIN GROUP - Bonar Hall
09 May 1983 .... HANNIBAL PETERSON - Bonar Hall
14 May 1983 .... JACK BRUCE - Bonar Hall
02 Jun 1983 .... EDDIE VINSON QUARTET .... (with Bill Kyle Quintet) - Rep Theatre
03 Jun 1983 .... JAZZ AFRIKA .... (with Zero DB) - Rep Theatre
04 Jun 1983 .... ALPHONSE MOUZON .... (with Highland Express) - Rep Theatre
24 Oct 1983 .... LEE KONITZ QUARTET - Bonar Hall
16 Jan 1984 .... WARREN VACHE - Bonar Hall
27 Feb 1984 .... DOLLAR BRAND - Bonar Hall
13 Oct 1984 .... KEITH SMITH BAND - Bonar Hall
20 Oct 1984 .... OM 2 - Bonar Hall
08 Dec 1984 .... PETER KING QUINTET - Bonar Hall
15 Apr 1985 .... TAL FARLOW TRIO - Scotsman Lounge
05 Jun 1985 .... MARTIN TAYLOR QUARTET .... (with Carol Kidd / Sandy Taylor) - Rep Theatre
07 Jun 1985 .... DON LANPHERE QUINTET .... (with Guy Barker & Don Friedman) - Rep Theatre
08 Jun 1985 .... GIL SCOTT-HERON BAND - Rep Theatre
12 Nov 1985 .... RALPH TOWNER & JOHN ABERCROMBIE - Bonar Hall
27 Nov 1985 .... JIMMY DEUCHAR / BOBBY WISHART SEXTET - Bonar Hall
10 Dec 1985 .... TOMMY SMITH - Tay Hotel
17 Dec 1985 .... THE PIZZA EXPRESS ALL STARS - Bonar Hall
22 Jan 1986 .... MARTIN TAYLOR - Tay Hotel
29 Jan 1986 .... SHEILA JORDAN .... (with Harvie Swartz Duo) - Tay Hotel
05 Feb 1986 .... HUMAN CHAIN .... (with Clark Tracey 3+2) - Tay Hotel
19 Feb 1986 .... MELANIE O'REILLY .... (with Francis Cowan Trio) - Tay Hotel
26 Feb 1986 .... EL SONIDO DE LONDRES - Tay Hotel
05 Mar 1986 .... JIM GALLOWAY - Tay Hotel
12 Mar 1986 .... JIMMY DEUCHAR & KEVIN MURRAY - Tay Hotel
19 Mar 1986 .... HIGHLAND EXPRESS - Tay Hotel
19 Feb 1987 .... THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND - Bonar Hall
03 Jun 1987 .... COURTNEY PINE QUARTET .... (with Tommy Smith Quartet) - Rep Theatre
04 Jun 1987 .... CAROL KIDD .... (with R. Williams & J. Barnes) - Rep Theatre
05 Jun 1987 .... TED HAWKINS .... (with Tam White / Jim Condie) - Rep Theatre
06 Jun 1987 .... STAN TRACEY ORCHESTRA - Rep Theatre
11 Oct 1987 .... BOBBY WATSON QUARTET - Rep Theatre
22 Oct 1987 .... DON CHERRY'S NU - Whitehall Theatre
15 Nov 1987 .... CAROL KIDD .... (with Sandy Taylor Trio) - Tay Hotel
22 Nov 1987 .... JOHN SCOFIELD GROUP - Whitehall Theatre
05 Dec 1987 .... LONNIE BROOKS BLUES BAND - Bonar Hall
06 Mar 1988 .... BILLY BANG QUARTET .... (with Ken Hyder's Talisker) - Tay Hotel
30 Apr 1988 .... TOMMY SMITH QUARTET - Bonar Hall
04 May 1988 .... STEPHANE GRAPPELLI - Whitehall Theatre
05 Jun 1988 .... ANDY SHEPPARD QUINTET .... (with John Rae Collective) - Rep Theatre
01 Jul 1988 .... CHRIS BARBER JAZZ & BLUES BAND - Rep Theatre
06 Jul 1988 .... REMMY ONGALA .... (with 29th Street Sax Quartet) - Rep Theatre
07 Jul 1988 .... DONALD BYRD QUINTET - Rep Theatre
08 Jul 1988 .... MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS - Rep Theatre
09 Jul 1988 .... HUMPHREY LYTTELTON & HIS BAND - Rep Theatre
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Below are some random items of ephemera pertaining to Platform jazz in Dundee - original ads, tickets, press articles etc...
This is the shop where Rob Adams worked during the mid 70's mid 80's period.
Rob was one of the guys who helped run Dundee's Platform jazz events and was a jazz musician himself.
BG Forbes was a music shop selling records, instruments and of course, Platform jazz gig tickets.
Rob is now a professional jazz journalist.
Rob was one of the guys who helped run Dundee's Platform jazz events and was a jazz musician himself.
BG Forbes was a music shop selling records, instruments and of course, Platform jazz gig tickets.
Rob is now a professional jazz journalist.
This cassette was purchased at the Don Cherry gig in October 1987.
The man himself autographed it in gold ink!
The man himself autographed it in gold ink!
June 1983
This was the first of the Dundee Jazz Festivals.
This was the first of the Dundee Jazz Festivals.
11 Jul 1980 - Bonar Hall
This Dundee gig was a Jan Hammer one-off.
This Dundee gig was a Jan Hammer one-off.