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The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues FestivalHome > Festivals > The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
For ten days every summer, the sounds of the Jazz & Blues Festival resonate through the parks, churches, clubs, bars, concert halls and streets of Edinburgh. The best international musicians rub shoulders with top Scottish talent to present unique collaborations, world premieres, Scottish debuts and outstanding musicianship - all of which contribute to the exciting Festival atmosphere. Major concert halls host the best players in the world: Roy Hargrove, Joe Temperley, Chick Corea, David Murray, Wynton Marsalis have all performed. The Festival has a strong track record with mainstream jazz: Dick Hyman, Jeremy Monteiro, Scott Hamliton, Ken Peplowski, John Allred are all festival favourites. Scottish jazz musicians celebrate the best of Scottish jazz during the Festival and feature in orchestras, leading their own bands, in international collaborations, often presenting new projects. The Blues is a key component and the Festival has presented some of the biggest names in the business from BB King and Buddy Guy to Scottish musicians like Maggie Bell and Tam White.
Jazz on A Summer's Day the biggest jazz event in Britain offers four and a half hours of outdoor fun, it sets its stall out in Princes Street Gardens under the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and showcases top Festival performers - all for Free. "The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival is out to prove that, alongside all the other new-fangled genres, pure unadulterated jazz is alive and kicking" - The List |
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