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»

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