edinburgh jazz & blues festival
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The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival takes place on the 20 - 29 July. This presentation gives a taster of what to expect from some of the home-grown Scottish performers.TRANSCRIPT
EDINBURGH JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
A Selection of Scottish Artists
MAGGIE BELL AND BLUES N’ TROUBLE
Glasgow’s answer to Janis
Joplin, Maggie Bell is
performing with Blues n‘
Trouble, one of Edinburgh’s
leading blues bands at the
Festival Theatre.
NIKI KING & THE ELEMENTS
Perrier Jazz Award winner
and her band get down and
funky, performing self-
penned tunes of 21st century
love, life and loss.
FAT SAM’S BAND
Fat Sam’s Band was formed
by Hamish McGregor in
1984 and travels the world.
They proudly
return to Edinburgh to
delight audiences with their
upbeat jazz.
STEVEY HAY'SSHADES OF BLUE &
SPECIAL GUESTS
Good time blues expertly delivered
with soulful vocals, a swinging
rhythm section and a fistful of
emotion drenched guitar
pyrotechnics.
They are joined at the festival by
piano maestro Brian
Kellock and harp guru Spider
McKenzie. A good time guaranteed!
AVERAGE WHITE BAND
Making their festival debut
this year, Average White
Band have been distilling R
n’ B, jazz, soul and Motown
into a potent funky mix for
over thirty years and are
widely regarded as one of
the best soul and funk bands
in the world.
KEN MATHIESONCLASSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Ken Mathieson, Scotland’s
eminent jazz arranger,
together with the CJO will
be performing pieces by jazz
hero Bix Biederbecke, then
contrasts it with music by
Sidney Bechet, Jelly
Roll Morton and Duke
Ellington.
PAUL KIRBY
This Edinburgh pianist is
making a huge reputation
for himself in the Far East
and Germany. He is
performing at the festival
with a
fantastic international band,
including
the sizzling female alto
saxist, Jin
Pureum, plus Martin Zenker
on bass
and Kim Minchan (drums).
EDINBURGH JAZZ FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA
This fine big band may only
exist during the jazz festival,
but it has quickly become
established as a major
feature of the programme.
In 2012, they will perform a
tribute “The Individualism of
Gil Evans” for his centenary
year, directed by Tim
Hagans.
BATCHELORS OF JAZZ
Led by trombonist Dave
Batchelor, expect pure jazz
entertainment from this all
star cast - Forrie Cairns
(clarinet), Alistair
MacDonald (banjo, vocals),
Lennie Herd (trumpet) and
Fraser Spiers (harmonica).