Five reasons to check out the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival online

FROM Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival will be presenting an online Festival consisting of historic video gems and brand new content created especially for the occasion all celebrating the rich mix of musics that make up the Festival. Here are five reasons to check it out...
By Liam Rudden
Published 21st Jul 2020, 16:20 BST
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Discover the hottest emerging talents in jazz

Dutch band Tin Men and the Telephone deliver a fun, interactive show, which the audience controls linked into a special app - the future of jazz revealed. Young Scottish musicians show just why Glasgow is regarded as such a hot bed of jazz excitement: Fergus McCreadie, Liam Shortall, Harry Weir all deliver new projects. Enjoy a late night hang with two DJs Samedia Shebeen and Rebecca Vasmant. Gil Scott-Heron paved the way for a generation of rap revolutionaries and the Jazz Bar’s Aki Remally pays tribute to his musical genius.

Discover jazz’s rich heritage

Join Festival contributor Norrie Thomson as he charts the evolution of jazz in Edinburgh through his extensive set of concert recordings. With the Scottish Jazz Archive and Scottish musicians, delve into the past, present and future of trad jazz with video interviews and a round table discussion. Rose Room celebration their 10th anniversary with a special video they pay homage to the music of The Hot Club. The singer Katie Whitaker has blazed a trail and she delivers her concert inspired by Etta James. Alison Affleck’s band celebrates traditional jazz as New Orleans pianist Joplin Parnell joins her Gin Mill Genie Band - as they say in New Orleans, "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

Enjoy some great blues

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All the way from Nashville, singer/guitarist Stacy Mitchhart plays a special concert just for EJBF Online, whilst singer Nicole Smit takes time out of her birthday celebrations to play a brand new duo set with Charlie Wild. Edinburgh blues stars Tim Elliott, Sandy Tweeddale, Jed Potts are also featured.

Check out Scotland’s top jazz singers

George Cecile has been making wave with her blend of standards and new material. Luca Manning recently won the best newcomer award at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Edinburgh favourite Lorna Reid delivers her hit show Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.

Plus lots more... There’s a jazz quiz, a five-star rated concert by saxophonist Martin Kershaw, a documentary by up and coming Glasgow trombonist Liam Shortall, two different jazz for toddlers sets and a whole lotta funk as The Katet take on the music of John Williams - Star Wars given the jazz treatment

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Online runs from 23-26 July via Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/EdinburghJazzandBluesFestival or on the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival website, visit https://edinburghjazzfestival.com

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