JAZZ AT THE FESTIVAL
Jazz at the Edinburgh Festival starts with the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival right at the start of the proceedings, and then continues with a random assortment of jazz based stuff in the Fringe. We'll cover it all here. And even let you preview some of it with our annual Best Of The Jazz & Blues Festival download album.
JAZZ - LATEST FEATURES
iDaily Extra: Sparks fly at the Voodoo Rooms
/ Amy Powell Yates talks to Ibrahim...
jazz music : Fresh from what can only be described as a storming performance at the Voodoo Rooms on the...2009-08-05»
Home-Grown Guitar Player
/ Daniel Bjelis talks to Kevin Mackenzie...
jazz music : Born in Edinburgh, guitarist Kevin Mackenzie is frequently cited as one of the top...2009-08-05»
A star from the orient swings into Edinburgh
/ Jeremy Monteiro takes time out to talk...
jazz music : Singapore-based Jeremy Monteiro is at the forefront of the jazz scene in his native land,...2009-08-03»
Synthesised Voodoo
/ Elephant 9’s Ståle Storløkken tells Tom...
jazz music : Norwegian trio Elephant 9 got together in 2005 when an experimental university project...2009-08-03»
At 'Home' with multimedia
/ Daniel Bjelis talks to saxophonist Phil...
jazz music : I met Scottish saxophonist Phil Bancroft on a bright Sunday afternoon outside the Bosco...2009-08-01»
Galactic drumming at the Jazz Festival
/ Alistair Baguley talks to jazz drummer...
jazz music : A proponent of New Orleans style drumming, Moore has numerous jazz-funk and hiphop...2009-07-31»
3 to see: Balloon lungs
/ ThreeWeek recommends three top brass...
jazz music : #1 TOMMY SMITH: Smith continues to take part in some of the most varied collaborations...2009-07-23»
3 to see: Hipsters
/ ThreeWeeks recommends three up-and-comer...
jazz music : #1 SINNE EGG: You'll get lustrous tones from this fast rising Danish sensation. Her voice...2009-07-22»
JAZZ - LATEST REVIEWS
- Graeme Stephen Sextet
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
This sextet focuses on the slow and reticent building of mood performed by rote, and this combination was always going...2009-08-19» - Patrick Kunka Band
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
It is unusual for a drummer to take a place at the front of the stage, but tonight Patrick Kunka did, and deserved to be...2009-08-17» - Colin Steele Stramash
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
This furious fusion of folk, jazz and everything in between was utterly delectable. Steele's compositions are mellifluou...2009-08-16» - Kevin Mackenzie Quartet
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
New York saxophonist Loren Stillman came together with Scottish guitarist Kevin Mackenzie at this very well attended...2009-08-16» - Konrad Wiszniewski Quartet
/Edinburgh Jazz And Blues Festival
The instantly likeable Scottish saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski shunned his billing, and led out a Quintet for this gig,...2009-08-16» - Stu Brown's Raymond Scott Project
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Stu Brown's six-piece band swung brilliantly through the music of Raymond Scott. They were tightly arranged and...2009-08-16» - Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra Sylvander & Clarinda: A Song Cycle for Scots Song & Jazz Orchestra
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
This was a challenging project for David Milligan to take on. Not only was he responsible for much of the score, he also...2009-08-15» - Ibrahim Electric
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
This Danish band made their Scottish debut with their minds focused on the live performance rather than self-promotion,...2009-08-15» - Brass Jaw
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Acclaimed quartet Brass Jaw's blazing brass a capella arrangements of both standards and home-grown compositions...2009-08-13» - Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra Plays Duke Ellington
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Joe Temperley drew an impressive crowd for this inaugural EJFO concert and it was no surprise given the all-star...2009-08-13» - Elephant 9
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
The first words I heard were those of softly spoken front man and keyboardist, Ståle Storløkken, greeting the audience. ...2009-08-13» - Haftor Medboe Group
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
The group consisted of a pulsing electric bassist, a beat-boxing trombonist, a knee-flexing saxophonist, a percussionist...2009-08-13» - Jeremy Monteiro: Singapore Swing
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
I must admit that I would not have picked up on Singaporean influences in pianist, Jeremy Monteiro's work had he not...2009-08-13» - Paris Washboard and Mike Hart's Society Syncopators
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Witnessing Mike Hart on stage tonight was a privilege, but it comes from his achievements for the Edinburgh jazz...2009-08-13» - Sophia Domancich/Raymond MacDonald
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Sophia Domancich is a slight French pianist who takes a delicate approach to her playing, while British saxophonist,...2009-08-13» - Tommy Smith and Jacob Karlzon
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Midway through this gig, a meditative musical conversation, two distinctly bored children pester their parents to leave;...2009-08-13» - Sophia Domanich Trio
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Listening to this trio live was frustrating and, in the end, an unpleasant experience. Their style was to lock together...2009-08-12» - Les Doigts De L'Homme
/Edinburgh Jazz And Blues Festival
We got an entertaining show from these four string-strumming Frenchmen. Although they sounded a little fractured at...2009-08-03»
From ThreeWeeks - the complete guide to the Edinburgh Festival
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