Edinburgh-based musician Bob Murray attempts to move the debate about a national anthem for Scotland in a new direction in a presentation at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Saturday.

Murray will be discussing and showcasing candidates and asking if we should choose an existing song that's well-known and traditional or a new, modern composition. The idea, he says, is to set people thinking and to offer some suggestions rather than tell people what to think.

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Pianist Brian Kellock (pictured), maverick improvisers Trio AAB, blues band Jensen Interceptors, trad jazz specialists the Gus Ferguson Jazzmen, and singers Freddie King, Becc Sanderson, Sophie Bancroft, Ali Affleck and Lorna Reid are among the attractions announced so far for Leith Jazz & Blues Festival, which goes ahead from Friday June 5 to Sunday June 7. Forty sessions, all of which are free entry, will take place in twenty of the port's hostelries and include a selection of duo gigs featuring trombone-guitar team Chris Greive & Graeme Stephen, trumpeter Lorne Cowieson and pianist Steve Hamilton, and world music explorers, saxophonist-clarinettist Dick Lee and accordionist David Vernon.

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Students from St Mary's Music School, Scotland's specialist music school in Edinburgh, present an eclectic programme of concerts in the capital during June. Cool Sounds for Summer, directed by saxophonist and composer Richard Ingham and featuring music by Pat Metheny, Abdullah Ibrahim, Thelonious Monk and Ingham himself, takes place at the Jam House in Queen Street on Tuesday, June 9. The following Tuesday, June 16, the annual Directors' Recital Prize Competition goes ahead at St Mary's Cathedral in Palmerston Place. And on Monday, June 22, Ancient Airs and Dances features a varied programme by St Mary's Music School Orchestra, Strings, Brass, Traditional and Jazz Ensembles and Voices, including the Choristers of St Mary's Cathedral, at the Queen's Hall.

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Tuesday's Herald Arts feature on Birds of Paradise's forthcoming production of Crazy Jane, incorrectly named the show's choreographer as Janet Smith. It is in fact Janice Parker who is choreographing on the show. Our apologies. Crazy Jane opens this weekend at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow.

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