Thu Oct 23, 8pm, Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, £10 (£8), 01224 619769; Fri Oct 24, 8pm, Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, £12 (£10), 01786 274000; Sun Oct 26, 8pm, West Brewery, Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, £12 (£10), 08444 771000.

Released earlier this year, Kevin Mackenzie's latest album, Chiasmus, confirms his international class guitar-playing as well as his talent for jazz compositions that not only carry the heat, groove and wit of the American model but also embrace the more expansive European style.