PLATFORM were a promotional organisation who, in the 70's & 80's, put Jazz concerts on in Dundee.
Tickets were usually purchased from Forbes music shop on the corner of Commercial St & Dock St.
Some of the acts I can recall going to see were Morrisey/Mullen, Billy Cobham (with Mike Stern), Allan Holdsworth, Stan Tracey, Soft Heap, Gary Boyle and, as my 1984 ticket on top shows, Dollar Brand, featuring a pretty intense Abdullah Ibrahim performance.
Gig venues included the Bonar Hall, Angus Hotel, The Rep, Royal Hotel, Whitehall Theatre and Tay Hotel.
The 3 items under the ticket are all from old Wire magazines I have and are good reminders of the scene at the time.
The Dundee Jazz Festival article dates from June 1985 and featured Gil Scott-Heron as one of the main acts that year.
That's followed by a small announcement about the launch of a new Jazz Club at the Tay Hotel - and this is dated November 1985.
The final item is an ad from October 1987 and has a couple of gigs in Dundee in amongst the Scottish shows - Bobby Watson Quartet at the Rep and Don Cherry's Nu playing at the Whitehall Theatre.
