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
13 To See: Jazz
/ 2008 Festival Preview
jazz music : You have to arrive early at the Edinburgh Festival if you're a jazz fan because the...2008-07-31»
Phil Bancroft
/ Tom Bragg meets Scottish saxophonist...
jazz music : Phil Bancroft has been a mainstay of the Scottish scene since the late 1980's. Originally...2008-08-03»
Passing the good times: Jon Cleary
/ Chatting to him about his new album, his...
jazz music : Pianist Jon Cleary (pictured here with the Absolute Monster Gentlemen) was born and raised...2008-08-06»
JAZZ - LATEST REVIEWS
- Soweto Gospel Choir in Concert
/Soweto Gospel Choir
The choir enters in a riot of colour and swiftly plunges into an hour and ten minute of equally vibrant, joyful sound....2008-08-10» - Vincaffe Swing Jazz Dinners
On a Wednesday night, the Vincaffe restaurant welcomes the four piece jazz band Swing 2008. The quartet comprises two...2008-08-12» - Tony Monaco Trio
/Jazz Bar
This was hardcore Hammond organ from Tony 'mad keys' Monaco. He came on stage completely charged and ready to race, and...2008-08-12» - The Two Tall Girls
/Sophie Bancroft and Christine Hanson
Soulful, intimate love songs were played from the two tall girls Sophie Bancroft and Christine Hanson, Bancroft on...2008-08-14» - The Rat Pack – Live
/Hartshorn-Hook Productions
Sharp suits, bow ties, whiskey and swing greet you on a night peppered with classics from Sammy, Dean, and old Blue Eyes...2008-07-30» - The Joy Of Sax: Third Time Lucky
/Sax Collective
A brilliant performance from four saxophonists who know each other inside out. There's Rob (baritone), Zoe (alto), Ryan...2008-08-14» - Swing in the City
/Hull University Big Band
This Big Band give the impression they take a more relaxed approach to standards and for one or two tunes, notably the...2008-08-08» - Rumba Magica
/KeNoDeKe
The band produced sincere and romantic Latin music and two female dancers took turns performing at the front of the...2008-08-12» - Lisa Scott
A lively rhythm played the show in but, unfortunately, that was the highlight, and the rest of the set, although quite...2008-08-13» - Just Like A Woman - Barb Jungr Sings Nina Simone
/Barb Jungr
Although Jungr claims that 'If it's good enough for Nina, it's good enough for me', this is far from your usual tribute...2008-08-10» - Jive Aces
/The Jive Aces
What a night from the Jive Aces! With bright yellow suits, fifties hairstyles and buckets of pizzazz they sure know how...2008-08-14» - Jazz At Lunchtime
/Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer
I'm sat in the candlelit cellar bar at the Radisson Hotel, having some lunch in front of two jazz musicians playing...2008-08-07» - In The Smoke
This group of vocalists consisted of five girls and eight guys who sang a cappella pop and soul songs, and in the tight...2008-08-08» - Alex Yellowlees Jazz Quartet
/Alex Yellowlees
They band came out and deftly played from Grappelli's songbook, but also shifted the hot club style onto other songs,...2008-08-13» - A Jazz Education
/Cambridge University Big Band
This was a very good big band performance with effusive, punctuated tunes played at a lively pace. The band leader was...2008-08-10» - Nimmo Brothers and Otis Grand And The Big Blues Band
Belting out loud, straight up blues-rock, the Nimmo Brothers opened with a rough roadhouse feel, gritty chops flying in...2008-08-03» - Trianglehead And Chris Grieve Sextet
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Conceptual free-jazz-rock three piece Trianglehead walk a fine line between brilliant flurries and abrasive wallows....2008-08-02» - Tommy Sampson Big Band
/Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Tommy Sampson is 90 years old and recently had a heart attack, so he's a bit frail. He had a lot of help getting through...2008-08-02»
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