Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, tonight, 8pm, £10, 01224 619769; Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, tomorrow and Saturday, 9pm, £6 (£5), 0131 220 4298

The heat and intensity of New York jazz meet the lyrical flair of its European cousin in a quintet powered by American bassist Michael Janisch and featuring English trumpeter Neil Yates and New York alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius. With backgrounds including jazz gigs with Joe Lovano and Roy Hargrove and work in Irish and Bulgarian traditional music, this a richly experienced and superbly accomplished group.