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19 - 28 July

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 Jazz and Blues of all styles, for all ages, and
appealing to everyone, will take over the centre of
Edinburgh for 10 days from July 19-28, as the 35th
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival comes back to
town for another celebration of good time, old time,
funky, swinging, cutting edge, dance, intense art, total
relaxation...
There’ll be great nights out at Festival Theatre, party atmospheres at the
Spiegeltent, top performers playing at the Queen’s Hall, a cool new modern
jazz club at 3 Bristo Place, a traditional haven at the Royal Overseas League,
an all day Festival club at the Tron Kirk, and a new programme strand –
Cross the Tracks – where the Festival checks in to musics on, or just over the
stylistic border.
This brochure gives you the full programme and there are more details at
www.edinburghjazzfestival.com. Among many highlights are the Edinburgh
Jazz Festival Orchestra presenting the inspirational concert of Sacred Music
by Duke Ellington; the great American pianist and singer Champian Fulton
making her festival debut, one of a host of young players of classic jazz styles;
Muddy Waters’ Centenary with his son Mud Morganfield, and we welcome,
amazingly for the first time The 3 Bs with Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and, taking
the place of his father, Kenny Ball, sadly departed: Keith Ball.
The Festival gets the summer Festival season started with a bang, by bringing
colour, music and entertainment to the streets and parks of Edinburgh,
presenting The Mardi Gras and The Edinburgh Festival Carnival.

We look forward to welcoming old and new friends.

We have a great line up this year with something
for everyone. Looking forward to seeing you all
over the ten days of the Festival
Brian Fallon
Chair, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

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Ticket Offers
We want to encourage you to come a few times to the Festival so we’ve kept prices
low and added in some ticket offers.

EARLY BIRD! TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM

www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
If you buy tickets for 5 or more The Hub: 0131 473 2000 / in person from Castlehill,
different concerts we will give you Edinburgh, EH1 2NE
a discount of 10% During the Festival on-the-day tickets are sold until
4pm, then are available 30 minutes prior to the start
This offer is only available for bookings made time at the relevant venue.
though HUB TICKETS www.hubtickets.co.uk Booking Fees – we charge a standard 50p per ticket booking fee,
0131 473 2000 and closes on Friday 28th but this is not applicable if you pay in person in cash. The booking fee
for Jools Holland is £2.
June.
The Queen’s Hall (0131 668 2019) and Festival
The offer applies to any concert priced £10 or more,
Theatre (0131 529 6000) also sell tickets for their
but not to the Jools Holland concert.
own concerts.
Please note: to get the discount, all tickets need to be booked
at the same time.
The one hour daytime tickets for the Tron Kirk are
ONLY available on the day of the concert and only from
the Tron Kirk.
KIDS GO FREE
Under 16s go free to any concert at Queen’s Hall SIGNUP
and Palazzo Spiegeltent, if accompanied by an adult. For our email bulletins or join facebook / twitter to get
(These must be booked in advance and are subject news and special offers
to availability - from The Hub box-office only)

DISABLED CUSTOMERS
Can get a free carer ticket for The Queen’s Hall,
Palazzo Spiegeltent or Festival Theatre concerts.

STUDENT STANDBY CONCESSIONS

£5 tickets for selected concerts will be available
on the door – we will announce the concerts on
Monday 1st July on the website.

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 TRON KIRK
Friday 19th July Sunday 21st July
10.30am–4pm £10
10.30am–4pm £10
New for 2013, the 10.30-11.30am SANDY TWEEDDALE SOLO 10.30-11.30am SLEEPY EYES NELSON
Tron Kirk will open its Top blues guitarist/vocalist. SOLO
(£2) Delta blues guitar and vocals.
doors at 10am on Friday Noon -1pm SUE MCHUGH & (£2)
19th July and host over 60 CAMPBELL NORMAND Noon-1pm STEPHANIE TRICK
Sultry vocal jazz. (£4) Amazing American piano star
music sessions before closing 1.30-2.30pm SZK: SIZHUKONG – stride to ragtime. (£4)
on Sunday 28th July. The Beautiful fusion of jazz, with 1.30-2.30pm MIKE ROGERS
Chinese instruments. (£4) Great vocals – hits from the
programme will feature an 3-4pm THE CALIFORNIA great American songbook.
eclectic mix of swing, R’n’B, HONEYDROPS (£4)
Infectious feel-good gumbo 3-4pm STEPHANIE TRICK
modern jazz, dixie, blues, of soul, blues, gospel and Solo boogie woogie, ragtime,
ragtime, soul, Balkan, Chinese, jazz. (£4) honky tonk magic from USA
pianist. (£4)
rat pack, singer songwriter, 5.30-6.30pm £5 SHREVEPORT RHYTHM
Hamburg’s best hot jazz and 5.30-6.30pm £5 BANDAKADABRA
and New Orleans. swing quartet play 1920s, 30s Continuing the carnival spirit
and 40s classics. – these twelve Italian brass,
Located in the heart of the Old Town, it reeds and drums players
will be the perfect place to relax, read 8-9.30pm £10 JENSEN INTERCEPTORS deliver party music from wild
The electric blues Balkan dances to traditional
the paper, have lunch, rest from powerhouse band is fronted
sightseeing, soak-up the sun in the Mediterranean marches and
by the charismatic harmonica Latino jazz. Uplifting.
exclusive beer garden, or simply listen and vocals of Gary Martin
to some great music. The Tron Kirk is with the great Alan Brown 8-9.30pm £10 GERRY JABLONSKI AND
on guitar. THE ELECTRIC BAND
one of Edinburgh’s key landmarks, and
Guitar hero and his great
after a long time being closed to the band play high-octane blues-
public, is now open for special events Saturday 20th July rock. Always a storming live
like the Jazz and Blues Festival performance.
10.30am–4pm £10
The Club will offer a selection of 10.30-11.30am SANDY TWEEDDALE SOLO
Blues guitar and vocals –
pastries, filled baguettes, and freshly classic blues tunes. (£2)
Monday 22nd July
cooked pizzas with a bar serving soft Noon -1pm RICHARD MICHAEL 10.30am–4pm £10
drinks, alcohol, coffee, and tea HISTORY OF JAZZ PIANO 10.30-11.30am SLEEPY EYES NELSON
Award-winning romp through SOLO
the musical DNA of the great Country blues from guitarist
pianists. (£4) and singer. (£2)
1.30-2.30pm SUBIE COLEMAN & Noon-1pm GEORGE KING & WALTER
KEVIN MACKENZIE SMITH
Tickets are available in Rich, smoky, soulful vocals Piano and clarinet duo paying
and seductive guitar. (£4) homage to Fats Waller. (£4)
advance from the Hub. 3-4pm STEPHEN DUFFY & 1.30-2.30pm SUE MCHUGH &
RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELL NORMAND
Subject to availability, individual Smart, stylish singer covering Vocal classics delivered with
the classics. (£4) panache. (£4)
daytime slot tickets will be on sale on
3-4pm STEPHANIE TRICK SOLO
the door Prices are listed in brackets 5.30-6.30pm £5 VIEUX CARRE JAZZMEN Pianist recreating the magic
Classic sounds of the jazz age of Fats Waller and Jelly Roll
Please note that toilets are located from Newcastle six piece Morton. (£4)
in Hunter Square, and there is limited band. Swing, ragtime, New
disabled access. Orleans style from the 20s 5.30-6.30pm £5 JED POTTS AND THE
and 30s – perfect for a post HILLMAN HUNTERS
Doors open 30 minutes before Mardi Gras pint. Driving blues inspired by 50s
concert times and 60s American classics.
8-9.30pm £10 SHREVEPORT RHYTHM
Hot swing and jive, from 8-9.30pm £10 EDITH BUDGE
brilliant German group. The singer with the big
bright sound and warm
heart invests real
charm in the great
American songbook.

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Tuesday 23rd July Thursday 25th July Saturday 27th July
10.30am–4pm £10 10.30am–4pm £10 10.30am–4pm £10
10.30-11.30am AL HUGHES SOLO 10.30-11.30am SLEEPY EYES NELSON 10.30-11.30am ROSIE NIMMO & STUART
Gritty Delta blues and eerily SOLO ALLERDYCE
atmospheric acoustic slide Guitarist serving up some Rosie’s smouldering jazz, blues
guitar. (£2) great delta blues. (£2) vocals and Stuart’s singing
Noon-1pm SZK: SIZHUKONG Noon-1pm DR. LEE'S PRESCRIPTION guitar. (£2)
Beautiful fusion of jazz and Infectious fun from five of Noon-1pm THE GRAMOPHONE JASS
Chinese music.(£4) Scotland’s leading swing / BAND
1.30-2.30pm PAOLO ALDERIGHI SOLO bop players. (£4) Oldtime swinging traditional
Ebullient swinging stride 1.30-2.30pm SUBIE COLEMAN & KEVIN jazz from a young Edinburgh
piano from Italian Maestro. MACKENZIE band. (£4)
(£4) Beguilingly rich and soulful 1.30-2.30pm SEAN GIBBS QUINTET
3-4pm ENRICO TOMMASO DUO vocals and guitar. (£4) Contemporary jazz from young
Louis Armstrong style from 3-4pm DR. LEE'S PRESCRIPTION lion of the Scottish scene. (£4)
top jazz trumpeter. (£4) Taken daily this musical tonic 3-4pm THE GRAMOPHONE JASS
delights the soul and makes BAND
5.30-6.30pm £5 FIONNA DUNCAN the toes tap. (£4) High energy New Orleans jazz.
Big hearted and always (£4)
inspiring jazz vocalist– from 5.30-6.30pm £5 ROSIE NIMMO BAND
the 60’s to today - a Jazzy, rootsy blues singer 5.30-6.30pm £5 ALEX SILVER QUINTET
national treasure. from lazy and mellow to All female young Australian
infectious rock and boogie. quintet play straight ahead
8-9.30pm £10 MAIN STREET swinging modern jazz.
BLUES 8-9.30pm £10 IAIN HUNTER
Electric blues Swinging Rat 8-9.30pm £10 LORNA REID JAZZ CAFE
band with a pack inspired Cool, classy and seductive
wide range of tunes with a vocals delivered with laid back
R’n’B and funk top class charm shades of Ella
influences. vocalist and his Fitzgerald, Diana Krall and
trio. Tom Waits.
Wednesday 24th July
10.30am–4pm £10 Friday 26th July
10.30-11.30am BURY YOUTH BAND Sunday 28th July
10.30am–4pm £10
Experience the joy of a young 10.30-11.30am AL HUGHES SOLO 10.30am–4pm £10
big band in full flight. (£2) Smoky-voiced blues singer 10.30-11.30am SANDY TWEEDALE SOLO
Noon-1pm CINDY DOUGLAS & ALAN playing acoustic guitar. (£2) Solo blues guitarist paying a
BENZIE Noon-1pm SOPHIE BANCROFT & mix of blues, country and rag.
Smart, sparkling singer with TOM LYNE (£2)
classic tunes. (£4) “Hip, cool and simply Noon-1pm ALISON AFFLECK & VIEUX
1.30-2.30pm STEPHANIE TRICK SOLO beautiful” (The List) from CARRE
Force to be reckoned with voice/guitar and bass combo. Inspired by 1930s-50s swing -
from ragtime to stride piano. (£4) Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee
(£4) 1.30-2.30pm DOM PIPKIN SOLO tunes from the great American
3-4pm SOPHIE BANCROFT & TOM New Orleans jazz and blues songbook. (£4)
LYNE favourites spiced up with 1.30-2.30pm TOM FINLAY & DEBBIE
Beautiful lyrical music mixing R’n’B and funk piano. (£4) DAVIS
singer songwriting and jazz. 3-4pm STEVE COOMBE'S HOT Sassy, soul inflected jazz vocals
(£4) FOUR PLUS FRIENDS and virtuoso piano. (£4)
5.30-6.30pm £5 STEPHANIE TRICK SOLO London based hip vintage 3-4pm ALISON AFFLECK &
Rag time aficionado and group play Harlem Swing and VIEUX CARRE
virtuosic piano playing. Hot Jazz. (£4) Energetic hot jazz playing
vintage tunes. (£4)
8-9.30pm £10 CATHIE RAE CAT’S CLUB 5.30 6.30pm £5 BILL KEMP
CD launch by charismatic Rare Edinburgh show by the 5.30-6.30pm £5 ANGELA KING
singer with firepower quartet great jazz drummer and his A consummate jazz singer,
- Graeme Stephen (g), Paul classic swinging trio. swing, charm, crystal clear
Harrison (keys), Mario Caribe diction and effervescent good
8-9.30pm £10 FREDDIE KING humour.
(b) and Stu Ritchie (d). The hippest singer in town
bebop, ballads, blues, all 8-9.30pm £10 LYNDON ANDERSON
spun afresh in a net of BAND
warmth and pleasure. One of the UK’s finest
harmonica players
and singers delivers a
red-hot blues finale.

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THE
TRACKS
19-28 July 2013
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival

Hot 8 Brass Band

19.7.13

Hidden Orchestra
20.7.13

Joe & Sekou

21.7.13

Snarky Puppy
22.7.13

Submotion Orchestra
26.7.13

Four Corners
featuring The Haggis Horns
26.7.13

Ghostpoet
27.7.13

tickets also on sale

from ripping records

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 ON
TOUR

Stirling: Brian Kellock Dunfermline: Duke Ellington’s

Copenhagen Trio Sacred Concert
Piano maestro delivers his trademark Edinburgh Jazz Festival
powerful swinging jazz, jam packing Orchestra
every tune with inspiration and
With Stan Tracey and the Edinburgh Napier University
virtuosity – with his fantastic Danish
Trio. Scottish Chamber Orchestra Jazz Summer School
Tollbooth, Stirling, Thursday 18th July
Choir
8pm, Tickets: £12/10 from 01786 27 A very rare performance of Ellington's
4000 / online wonderful "Sacred Music" set in the Edinburgh Napier University Jazz Summer School is a
historic surrounds of Dunfermline week-long intensive course, covering practical
See page 9 for full programme details approaches to improvisation and performance.
Abbey.
Designed to develop jazz playing skills for musicians of
Dunfermline Abbey, Tuesday 23rd July,
all ages and abilities, the course includes instrumental
Peebles: Sue McKenzie Dark 8pm, Tickets: £17.50 from
and ensemble coaching from acclaimed professional jazz
Grooves and Brian Kellock 01592 611101
musicians/ educators under the directorship of the
Copenhagen Trio See page 20 for full programme details university’s Jazz Musician in Residence Haftor Medbøe.
A fantastic double bill. Atmosphere
and groove from saxophonist, Sue Haddington: Malcolm This year’s course takes place in the newly built Music
McKenzie and swinging modern jazz School at Edinburgh Napier University’s centrally located
from dazzling pianist Brian Kellock and
MacFarlane Grooveyard
Merchiston Campus, and offers opportunities to hear
his Danish Trio. with Jacqui Hicks complimentary concerts at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues
Peebles, Eastgate Theatre, Saturday Hot, blues-drenched funky struttin’ Festival in the evenings. The week culminates in a public
20th July, 7.30pm, Tickets: £12 from band led by guitarist MacFarlane concert by the students performing in ensemble groups.
01721 725 777 and featuring singer Jacqui Hicks
(ex-Shakatak).
See page 9 and 15 for full programme Past tutors have included: Laura MacDonald; Konrad
details Haddington, Railway Hotel, Wiszniewski; Martin Kershaw; Chris Greive; Steve
Wednesday 24 July, 8pm, Tickets: £10 Hamilton; Dave Patrick; Tom Gibbs; Mario Caribe;
from 0131 473 2000 Kevin Glasgow; Tom Lyne; Stuart Brown; Chris Wallace;
Linlithgow: Roy Percy Sextet See page 18 for full programme details Bobby Watson; Ingrid Jensen; Greg Hutchinson; David
Classic swinging arrangements, and Berkman; Wayne Krantz; Warren Vaché … and many,
loads of hot jazz from an all-star many more.
international band featuring Evan
Christopher (clarinet), Enrico Tommaso These performances are part of the
(trumpet) and Paolo Alderighi (piano) Scottish Jazz Expo which is supported Comments from previous students
and led by the bass master. through the Scottish Government’s "A fantastic course that I’d really recommend."
Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund and by
Linlithgow, St Michael's RC Church Creative Scotland. "Thoroughly enjoyable and would like to participate
(Hall), Monday 22nd July, 7.30pm, again."
Tickets: £12 from 0131 473 2000 SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO
See page 21 for full programme details DATES: Mon 22 – Fri 26 July 2013
PRICES: £320 / £250 concessions
For further information and an application form please
Get Involved call: 0131 455 6038, or email Haftor Medbøe on:
h.medboe@napier.ac.uk

Jam Sessions
SAXOPHONE COMPETITION
Friday 19th, Saturday 20th, Thursday 25, Friday 26th, Saturday 27th July
WIN A FREE PLACE ON THE COURSE COURTESY
The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+ OF JULIUS KEILWERTH SAXOPHONE
After hours blow in the classic basement jazz club – you might see the
To enter please tell us in no more than 20 words, who
stars of the Festival or a cutting context between the names of the
your favourite saxophone player is and why?
future. Bill Kyle takes the drum chair and hosts the sessions.
Entries should be mailed to: h.medboe@napier.ac.uk no
later then 1st July 2013 – please include a mobile
Volunteer number with your entry.

If you are interested in joining the Festival or the Carnival volunteer

teams please check the “volunteer” section on the website or call
0131 467 5200 or email chris@adjazz.co.uk

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Friday 19th July

Tia Fuller
Queen’s Hall, 8.30pm, £20, £15
Festival debut for super-charged
American saxophone star with her big
swinging, bop–based, all female band.
A young lion on the New York jazz
scene, a long time member of Beyoncé’s
band, and now musical director with
Esperanza Spalding. Fuller’s band play
some of the most exciting music on the
current U.S. scene, packed with grooves
and dazzling solos.

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 Tim Kliphuis
Tribute to
Stephane Grappelli
Palazzo Spiegelent, 6.30-8pm, £12.50
The Dutch violinist is one of Europe’s
foremost gypsy swing jazz fiddlers, and
here he is, with his classic Trio – Nigel
Hot 8 Brass Band Clark (guitar), Roy Percy (bass) – turning
the spotlight on the man who brought
Palazzo Spiegelent, 9.30pm, £15 Standing the charm and wizardry to the Parisian
“New Orleans’ finest” (The Guardian). Hip hop, jazz and funk out of the classic Hot Club jazz scene, and went on to
marching band tradition with a totally contemporary vibe (they’re from the Tru delight audiences all over the world.
Thoughts stable). This funky brass band made their name on the streets and in the Grappelli’s seemingly carefree style and
clubs of New Orleans. Now they play Festivals from N’Orleans to Glastonbury, and bountiful technique changed the way
get hired by everyone from Mary J Blige to Spike Lee. Party time. people thought about jazz violin, and
Kliphuis is brilliant at recreating the
CROSS THE TRACKS
wonderful sound and easygoing fun that
the maestro brought to jazz.

The Rae Brothers New

Orleans Jazz Band
Heriot’s Rugby Club, 8-11pm, £12 18+
George Lewis and Bunk Johnson are the
The California Honeydrops Brian Kellock inspirations for one of England’s finest
3 Bristo Place, 10pm, £10 Copenhagen Trio exponents of classic jazz.

Free-spirited San Francisco group 3 Bristo Place, 7pm, £15

playing a musical gumbo of soul, blues, The piano maestro has been back and
gospel, second line New Orleans Jazz, forth to Copenhagen regularly in recent
and early R&B and always creating an years, building a reputation for himself Tron Kirk
infectious feel-good mood. When you in one of Europe’s great jazz cities. Now
make your living busking in the street he’s formed a band which features two Daily Programme: See page 5
you know how to make an impact great local residents – Daniel Franck
instantly, and this fun-loving band know (bass) and Niclas Camapgnol (drums). Jam Session
how to do that. They dig into Chuck New musicians, but they play the The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+:
Berry and Fats Domino grooves, they powerful, swinging jazz that Brian loves See page 7
put spirit into early jazz, they know Al his audiences to enjoy. Classic Brian
Green and 60s jive – they’re the ultimate Kellock with a new twist.
quality party band.
SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO

Also in Stirling and Peebles - see page 7

for information.

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 The Grassmarket The historic heart of Edinburgh becomes a mini New Orleans
for the afternoon.
Saturday 20th July
In the Grassmarket a host of bands, stages, brollie dollies and a mix of
1pm-4pm, Free visiting and local musicians create non stop entertainment and a party
STANDING atmosphere. This year’s musical line up includes: Shreveport Rhythm,
Horndog Brass Band, The Rae Brothers, The California Honeydrops, SZK:
Presented in association with the
Sizhukong, Vieux Carre Jazzmen, Lights Out By Nine, Al Hughes. And of
Greater Grassmarket Business
Improvement District course the Mardi stalwarts, the Criterion Parade Band.
Please email mardigras@adjazz.co.uk to get a full PDF of the programme
Saturday 20th July

Fat Sam’s Band

Queen’s Hall, 8.30pm, £22.50, £15
For one night only, Festival favourites, Fat Sam’s Band, offer foot-tapping,
infectiously upbeat jazz and swing from the jive-talking, hip-swinging era.
Fronted by the dangerously charismatic Hamish McGregor, the band pay
homage to Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, Louis Prima and Count Basie, and
apply their jump-jive and “swing, swing, swinging” approach to a host of
classic tunes (and a few new ones too!).

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 The California
Honeydrops
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 9.30pm, £12
Hidden Orchestra (AV Performance) Hip swinging, finger-snapping party
music for packing dance floors - a good
Liquid Room, 7-10pm, £10 18+ standing Plus Support
time New Orleans funky joint, a
Mesmerising beats, a heavy blend of hip-hop, jazz, and sweeping electronica forms a crossroad country blues place, an old
deeply original sound – packed with energy, emotion and atmosphere. Every bit as style woodshed honky tonk.
jawdropping as DJ Shadow's Entroducing – their star has been ascending since
See page 9 for more details.
signing for Tru Thoughts and performing at clubs and major festivals throughout
Europe and beyond.
Tonight, the music is complemented by immersive projection mapped visuals of the
acclaimed visual artist Lumen (Bristol) – using several projectors and a series of
scenes and effects, Lumen transports each track to a new place, sometimes futuristic,
sometimes nostalgic. The result is all-encompassing, a true audio visual journey.
Intoxicating.
CROSS THE TRACKS

Martin Kershaw Quartet

3 Bristo Place, 7-8.30pm, £10
Kershaw’s trademark lyrical alto
saxophone is steeled by a musical
intelligence that makes for music that
satisfies head and heart. And with Paul
Harrison (piano), Euan Burton (bass) and
Alyn Cosker (drums) in the band, there’s
constant rhythmic and harmonic
excitement too. One of the major
groups on the current scene.

Fapy Lafertin Trio Tony King’s 'Get On-Up'

Palazzo Spiegeltent, 7-8.30pm, £15 3 Bristo Place, 9.30pm, £12.50 Standing
Tron Kirk
Probably the greatest of all the The music of James Brown just like it
celebrated gypsy guitarists of today. was in the hot sweaty clubs in the 60s. Daily Programme: see page 5
Fapy is the nearest thing to Django you Tony King fits into The Godfather of
can hear. His dazzling and beautiful Soul’s shoes and tight shiny suit and Around Scotland
playing, draws equally on European gives it up with all the James Brown
Sue McKenzie's Dark Grooves with
folk, Spanish Flamenco and American classics –“Sex Machine”, “I Feel Good”,
Brian Kellock Copenhagen Trio at
jazz to create a distinctive, exciting “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”, “It’s A The Eastgate Theatre in Peebles:
sound. His band features the crème de Man’s World” – legendary songs and See page 7
la crème of gypsy swing rhythm teams: hot, sweaty, funky beats. Colin Steele
Dave Kelbie (guitar) and Sebastien has assembled a band of funkmeisters Jam Session
Girardot (bass). who groove and swing, and implore you
The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+
to get on the dance floor.
See page 7

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 Edinburgh Festival
Carnival Produced by Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival

Princes Street, Princes Street Gardens: Sunday 21st July, 2-4pm, FREE

Music, Dance, Costumes, and Street Entertainment in all shapes, sizes, and sounds on
Princes Street and in Princes Street Gardens. Performers converge on Edinburgh from
Trinidad, China, Martinique, Holland, France, Cuba as well as from Edinburgh.

It's Vibrant, It's Fun and It's Free – Thanks to City of Edinburgh Council!

Participating bands include

The Country Boys (Trinidad) ★ Soul City (Reunion) ★ Kalendura (Holland)

Edinburgh Samba School ★ Golden Sail Dance Troupe (China) ★ Eclodir Azul (Portugal)
Gwanaval (Martinique) ★ Theatre Pineska (Poland) ★ Chinese Dragon
Capoeira Senzala (France) ★ Got Skills (Society) (Holland) ★ Hungarian Jugglers
Paris Opera Childrens Choir (France) ★ Funky Style Brass (France)
Comparsa Bataola (France/Cuba) ★ Pulse of the Place
Puff Uproar and the Shimmering Sound Affair
Please email carnival@adjazz.co.uk – to get the full schedule – available from July 1st

Jazz Alfresco, Grassmarket, Sunday 21st July, 2-5pm, FREE

Spend a lazy afternoon visiting the designer boutiques or sampling the wares of the
superb hostelries. Live jazz from Al’s Dixie Palz and The Foo Birds provide the
soundtrack for the afternoon from a stage in the centre of the Grassmarket.

Thanks to Greater Grassmarket Business Improvement District,

Brass: Durham International Festival and Brouhaha Int. Events
Sunday 21st July

Steve Riley
and the Mamou Playboys
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 8.30pm, £15
The band that sets the standard for modern, bluesy Cajun
music. From the bayous of South Louisiana, Steve Riley and
the Mamou Playboys enjoy the revelry of a hot two-step,
then turn on a dime and deliver an acappella ballad, then
play something that sounds like Howlin’ Wolf fell in lust with
a Creole girl. This is the most Cajun music you can find in any
one spot. Fiddle and accordion, infectious grooves and a
foot-stomping five-piece band. This is the real thing!

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 Funky Style Brass
3 Bristo Place, 9.30pm, £10
The nine piece band from Toulouse are
Batchelors of Jazz self styled a little crazy, and, yes, their
wildly exuberant dress (men in fishnet
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 6-7.30pm, £10 stockings, chicken costumes, false pink
mohicans…) might suggest that fun
Trombonist and singer, Dave Batchelor, runs one of the most entertaining traditional
rather than music was their main
jazz bands in Scotland. Classic dixieland jazz played with real verve and rhythmic
motive, but their showmanship,
punch by some of Scotland's finest jazz musicians: Colin Steele (trumpet), Hamish
extravagant costume and dance doesn’t
McGregor (saxes/clarinet), Fraser Spiers (harmonica), Alastair MacDonald (banjo),
detract from their fantastic music. From
Ronnie Rae (bass) and Ken Mathieson (drums).
funk to New Orleans to rap to rock to
European fanfare – with powerful brass
riffs and percussive grooves. An
irresistible, energetic party night.

Sue McKenzie Dark Grooves Joe and Sekou SZK: Sizhukong / Graeme
+ Michel Reis Trio Voodoo Rooms, 8pm, £12 Standing 18+ Stephen & Fraser Fifield
3 Bristo Place, 6.30pm, £10 Plus Support The Jazz Bar, 8.30pm, £10 14+

Sue McKenzie’s gloriously pure, rich An extraordinary fusion of world, Taiwanese band SZK: Sizhukong blend
saxophone sound graces Salsa Celtica afrobeat, hip-hop, folk and reggae from jazz idioms with traditional Taiwanese/
and the Scottish Saxophone Ensemble. Guinea-born singer and Kora player Chinese folk music into an exotic mix
Now for the first time, she fronts her Sekou Kouyaté and folk/hip hop of striking melodies and shifting
own band which includes the Canadian guitarist and rapper, Joe Driscoll tempos. Beautiful and beguiling
star cellist, Lucio Amanti, and the great “A gloriously accessible collision of folk- Scottish folk/jazz music opens the show
bassist, Marc Demuth. Expect sensuous, soul-reggae and Guinean kora... with guitarist, Graeme Stephen, and
atmospheric music, mixing classical throbbing riffs and furious workouts piper, whistle player and saxophonist,
and jazz. from the "Hendrix of the kora"... Fraser Fifield.
Driscoll [all] cool, rhythmic vocals and
Michel Reis is “a very exceptional pianist
easy guitar work... inspired. It's an
and composer” (Joe Lovano), making
unlikely collaboration that works
big waves in New York right now.
magnificently” (The Guardian). Tron Kirk
SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO CROSS THE TRACKS Daily Programme: See page 5

Also in Peebles - see page 7 for

information.

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Monday 22nd July

Snarky Puppy
Queen’s Hall, 8pm, £15 Standing
Music for your brain and body.
Brooklyn's Snarky Puppy bring their
dazzling, genre-bending, jazz/funk/dance
fused sounds to the Festival. Not many
bands can combine raw funk with
sensitive dynamics; relentless groove
and lyrical melodicism; lush harmony
and soulful simplicity, and most
importantly, composition and
improvisation in perfect balance. They
have quickly moved from underground
secret to headlining Festivals all over
the world. Live they are exhilarating:
“...an exultant throwdown of smart
danceability” (The Village Voice).

McCrary Sisters
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 8.30pm, £15
Inspirational gospel music, blended
with R&B, blues, funk and soul from
one of the hippest acts in Nashville.
Ann, Deborah, Regina and Alfreda
have been steeped in blues and
gospel music their whole lives as
daughters of the Rev. Sam McCrary,
founding member of legendary gospel
quartet The Fairfield Four. The sisters
are the go to gospel band of the
moment and have worked alongside
Dr John, Bob Dylan and Stevie
Wonder.

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 Mats Up – “Same Pictures –
New Exhibition”
Mike Hart All Star Band Diplomats of Jazz
3 Bristo Place, 6-7.30pm, £10
Palazzo Spiegeltent 6-7.30pm, £10 Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, £10
Matthias Spillmann is a brilliant
The Festival’s Founding Director puts Step back into a time when New trumpeter and composer and leader of
together an all star band to play classic Orleans and Chicago jazz was played one of the most intriguing bands in
hot jazz from the 20’s and 30’s. The in bars and rough joints and savour Europe just now. The seven-piece Swiss
music of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Petrie’s distinctive hot cornet and group have re-arranged Mussorgsky’s
Louis Armstrong… played by a seven lived-in vocal style, with his road- “Pictures At An Exhibition” – and made
piece band featuring Hamish McGregor, tested, finely tuned four-piece band. it into music that bursts with energy,
Brian Robertson, and George Howden. vitality and currency. It sounds as
exciting as if it were written yesterday.
Spillmann’s adaptations take away the
stiff classicism and replace it with a
natural, fluid way in which the excellent
jazz musicians can respect the history,
STAN TRACEY

BOBBY WELLINS

but make it sound fresh and full of new

sparkle and spontaneity. Recommended,
check it out!

Jazz Bar Big Band

The Jazz Bar, 8pm, £8 14+
Mainstays of the Edinburgh scene, this
is the classic Monday night Big Band,
where the best players in town come
down for a blow on their night off, and
end up fashioning some great free
spirited music, because the vibe is
relaxed and the pressure is off. There’ll
be a few guests in tonight, and Erik Lars
Hansen and Keith Edwards will be
keeping everyone in line!

Stan Tracey Quartet

with Bobby Wellins
Tron Kirk
3 Bristo Place, 8.30pm, £17.50
Daily Programme:
Stan Tracey is an outstanding figure in the jazz world. His distinguished career See page 5
has spanned six decades of flourishing creativity. His capricious piano playing
combines the percussive angles of Thelonious Monk with the robust lyricism of Around Scotland
Ellington in a highly idiosyncratic style. A master of harmony, he possesses a
potent and compelling improvisers intellect. Bobby Wellins’ unique and haunting Roy Percy Sextet at St Michael’s RC
Church in Linlithgow
tone – gruff yet majestic – adds another layer of compelling musicianship.
See Page 7

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Tuesday 23rd July

Ken Mathieson
Classic Jazz Orchestra
with guest Evan Christopher
Palazzo Spiegeltent 8.30pm, £12.50
Scotland’s leading jazz repertory band
are constantly winning plaudits for their
inventive re-casting of classic jazz, really
bringing the music of classic jazz and the
swing era to life. Tonight they are joined
by the maestro New Orleans clarinettist,

Darius Brubeck Quartet Evan Christopher – “gorgeous and

downright mesmerising clarinet playing”
(The Scotsman).

Tom Davis Quartet

Queen’s Hall, 8pm, £16, £12.50
Jazz was as cool as a Dry Martini when Brubeck and Desmond came to town in the
50s. Darius Brubeck carries the Brubeck flame, playing hits like “Blue Rondo A La
Turk” and “Take Five” with the great saxophonist, Brandon Allen in the Paul
Desmond role. Brubeck’s set also features South African jazz, and his own originals.
American guitarist, Tom Davis, has a band that features Paul Desmond tunes too, the
ones he made famous with Jim Hall, with Martin Kershaw taking the alto hot seat.

Malcolm MacFarlane
Grooveyard with Jacqui Hicks
3 Bristo Place, 8.30pm, £12
MacFarlane's pedigree runs from
playing with Barbara Thompson to
Jamie Cullum. Now, the guitarist has a
new band that plays funky soul jazz –
Stephanie Trick Locus with the Blue Note vibe of Grant Green
and Stanley Turrentine. He's put
+ Paolo Alderighi The Jazz Bar, 7-8.30pm, £10,14+ together an all star version for the
Really hot new band of the “next big Festival with his ex-Shakatak colleague,
Palazzo Spiegeltent 6-7.30pm, £12.50
talents” led by two Scots, saxophonist the soulful vocalist, Jacqui Hicks and
Harlem stride, ragtime and boogie- Leah Gough Cooper, and trumpeter, John Burgess (tenor saxophone),
woogie piano is back in fashion. Why? Kim Macari. Influenced by Wayne Malcolm Edmondstone (organ) and Paul
Because two thrilling young pianists, Shorter, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade, Mills (drums). Already making
have arrived from St Louis and Milan, their compositions are deeply rooted in considerable waves “lifting even the
both playing as though James P the jazz tradition and range from bop to heaviest of spirits” with life affirming
Johnson, Fats Waller and Willie the contemporary acoustic fusion. With Riley music and “spontaneously inventive
Lion Smith were challenging them to Stone-Lonergan (tenor sax), Sam Leak soloing” (The Herald).
cutting contests. How do they do it? (piano), Tom Wheatley (bass), Jay Davis SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO
Come and find out! (drums).
Also in Haddington - see page 7 for
information.

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 Wednesday 24th July

Mopti
The Jazz Bar, 9.30-11pm, £10,18+
Saxophonist, Harald Lassen made a big
impression when he played last year with
Ruaridh Pattison. He returns with his
Norwegian band who are inspired by
60s/70s free groove music. Imagine that
music resurfacing today: insistent
patterns, hard hitting grooves, long
arching melodies, intricate interplay and
passionate soloing. Modern jazz but still
melodic, groovy and playful.

Stefan Grossman
3 Bristo Place, 6-7.30pm, £10
Grossman studied fingerstyle blues

Eric Burdon
with the originals – Mississipi Fred
McDowell and Son House, and in the 60s
he came to Britain influencing a range of
musicians from Bert Jansch and John
Renbourn to Eric Clapton. He’s a master

and the Animals

of styles: ragtime guitar, country blues
guitar, finger-picking guitar – and
possibly the most influential musician in
the field, because his book “How To Play
Blues Guitar” has been the source for
Festival Theatre, 8pm, £35, £28.50, £23.50, £20 Plus Support
aspiring acoustic guitarists all over the
world. We’re delighted to present a very One of the most powerful and distinctive voices in blues and rock
rare solo show. and roll, Burdon has been hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100
Greatest Voices of All Time and recently endorsed as a major
The Gramophone Jass Band influence by Bruce Springsteen: “that’s everything I’ve ever written,
I’m not kidding..”. His searingly powerful blues-rock voice was the
Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, 10
hallmark of sixties beat group The Animals and heard to best effect
The newest (and youngest) band on the on their hits “House of the Rising Sun”, “Don’t Let Me Be
Edinburgh traditional jazz scene deliver Misunderstood” and “We’ve Got to Get Out of this Place”. The
high energy New Orleans jazz, bringing the current band plays all the hits and features the new music that’s put
world of the 1920s speakeasy back to life. Burdon back on to the world superstar stage in the last year.

SPONSORED BY
Tron Kirk
Daily Programme: See page 5 In-depth Glenfiddich nosing and tasting sessions are
available from 6.00 to 6.45pm. See page 31 for details. 18+
Around Scotland
Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert at
Dunfermline Abbey: See Page 7
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Wednesday 24th July

Duke
Ellington’s
Sacred
Concert

Edinburgh Jazz
Festival Orchestra
With Stan Tracey
and the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra Choir
Queen’s Hall, 8pm £22.50, £17.50
A very rare performance of Ellington's wonderful
"Sacred Music". Both serious and swinging the
music is reverent and hip: encompassing jazz,
classical music, choral music, spirituals, gospel,
blues and dance. Ellington called it “the most
important thing I have ever done”.
Written for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental
soloists, choir and tap dancer, its rarity is not
surprising, but one of its greatest champions has
been long time Ellington devotee and one of
jazz’s living legends, pianist, Stan Tracey, now in his
mid-80s. The all star band is packed with UK and
international talent.
SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO

Also in Dunfermline - see page 7 for information.

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Dom James and the Roy Percy Sextet Kekko Fornarelli Trio
Dixie Ticklers Palazzo Spiegeltent, 8.30pm, £12.50 Espen Eriksen & Gunnar
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 6-7.30pm, £10 The bass maestro has been at the heart Halle
of so much great swinging jazz in
Updating jazz of the 20s and 30s, this 3 Bristo Place, 6pm, £12
Scotland for so many years, that it’s
band of hip 20-somethings are devoted
amazing to think this will be his debut as The Swedish group, EST, gave jazz a
to reviving interest in classic New
a band leader at the Festival. But what a new language, at the point where
Orleans music with respect and
way to do it – he’ll play a mix of classic melody, atmosphere and jazz and rock
impeccable musicianship and a devotion
arrangements from the likes of John coalesced. Italian pianist, Kekko
to the songs of Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet,
Kirby and Artie Shaw, and loads of hot, Fornarelli, advances this musical brew –
Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton.
burning, swinging jazz. His band features with emotions rich in colours and
Even New Orleans enthusiast Woody
three giants of the international jazz brightness, strong catchy beats and
Allen is a fan of their versions of “Salty
scene: Evan Christopher (clarinet), arching melodies. His star has been
Dog”, “I Wish I Could Shimmie Like My
Enrico Tommaso (trumpet) and Paolo burning bright all over Europe. First time
Sister Kate” and “Wild Man Blues”.
Alderighi (piano). in Edinburgh for his sensational group.
SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO The Norwegian duo of Espen Eriksen
(piano) and Gunnar Halle (trumpet) play
Also in Linlithgow - see page 7 for extraordinary atmospheric music deep
information. rooted in the land and the soul – warm
hearted inside, cool and fresh outside.

Thanks to the support of

Talk by Evan Christopher PUGLIA SOUNDS EXPORT

about New Orleans Jazz

Music Department Napier University, Joe Gordon Ragtime Banjos
11.30am-12.30pm, Free
Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, £10
Expert on the New Orleans clarinet
A Festival institution and always a sell
style, Evan Christopher has an
out. The veteran White Heather Club
unrivalled knowledge of early jazz
Konrad Wiszniewski Quartet singer and banjo player loves traditional
clarinet. He talks about the New
jazz, and plays rags, stomps, blues and
+ Euan Stevenson Vilnius Qt Orleans musical heritage and jazz
swing tunes with Mike Daly (trumpet),
clarinettists.
3 Bristo Place, 9pm, £10 Beverley Knight (banjo), Ken MacDonald
(bass) and Scott Gordon (drums).
Wiszniewski's New Focus music has
been winning acclaim in its new Quartet
version, and the leading sax player and
his pianist colleague, Euan Stevenson,
have put together a band that balances Tron Kirk
attractive compositions with passionate
playing. Stevenson is on the platform Daily Programme: See page 5
twice, as he leads a band of top Scottish
and Lithuanian musicians - a Around Scotland
collaborative project between Malcolm MacFarlane Grooveyard at
Edinburgh and Vilnius Jazz Festivals. Railway Hotel in Haddington:
See page 7
Supported by the Lithuanian Embassy.
SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO

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Thursday 25th July

The Three Bs
The Big Chris Barber Band
Mr Acker Bilk & His
Paramount Jazz Band
Keith Ball & Kenny Ball’s
Jazzmen
Festival Theatre, 8pm, £35, £27.50, £22.50, £20
From the boom of the 50s and 60s to today, the
undisputed kings of traditional jazz in Britain have been
Ball, Barber and Bilk - the "Three Bs".
Kenny Ball passed away earlier this year, but his son has
stepped in to lead the band, and enabled us to present
the classic three band concert one more time.
Each band plays one set. Chris Barber charts the music
from its roots in New Orleans to some sophisticated
Duke Ellington via rags and blues. Acker Bilk plays his
red hot clarinet and, of course, “Stranger On The
Shore”, while Keith Ball and Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen have
a huge roster of hits to choose from: “Samantha” to
“Midnight in Moscow”.

In-depth Glenfiddich nosing and tasting sessions are

available from 6.00 to 6.45pm. See page 31 for details. 18+

Stone Islands
Enzo Favata, Dave Milligan, Colin Steele
Queen's Hall, 8pm £16, £12.50
One of the big hits of last year's Festival was the collaboration
between Sardinian saxophonist, Enzo Favata, and Scottish musicians,
Colin Steele and Dave Milligan. They're back, and with a really special
twelve piece group, consisting of six Scottish and six Italian
musicians, all leading players. Their music is rooted just as much in
European folk musics – from the Mediterranean islands to the North
Atlantic islands – as it is in jazz. Their spirited playing finds constant
connections between Italian and Scottish traditions, as well as
inspiring beautiful melodies and some astonishingly moving music.
AN EDINBURGH JAZZ FESTIVAL/ MUSICA SULLE BOCCHE CO-PRODUCTION.

SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO

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 Swing Dance with Haftor Medbøe
The Shirt Tail Stompers 3 Bristo Place, 7-8.30pm, £12
3 Bristo Place, 9.30pm, £12.50 The guitarist has continuously refreshed
and updated his music, offering Scottish
Dancing to jazz is all the rage in the
audiences a constant stream of
world’s hippest cities again, and
interesting projects across the
across Europe swing dancers are
contemporary jazz spectrum. Now, for
Malene Mortensen packing clubs where The Shirt Tail
the first time, he’s put together an
Stompers are playing. These young
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 7-8.30pm, £13.50 international all star band that reflects
musicians put heart and soul into
his Scandinavian roots, and gives a new
One of the highest profile vocalists in music from the 20s and 30s and give
platform for his often beautiful and
Denmark since singing in the Eurovision it new energy and new life. So,
atmospheric music, his sometimes
Song Contest ten years ago. She came whether you want to dance or just
quirky and offbeat ideas, and his edgy
last. That might tell you something - listen, come and hear the hottest jazz
sense of the new and different. Gunnar
she’s got great taste and musicality, swing dance group from London.
Halle (trumpet), Espen Eriksen (piano),
terrific time and a stunning voice. Eva Malling (bass) and Benita Haastrup
She sings classic jazz standards and (drums) are leading players in the Oslo
arrangements of soul and pop, from and Copenhagen jazz scenes. First time
Joni Mitchell to Blur. First time in in Edinburgh!
Scotland, and she’ll have her terrific
band with her, led by guitarist, Carl SCOTTISH JAZZ EXPO
Morner Ringstrom.

Seaside Skiffle
Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, £10
Championed by Ken Colyer and Lonnie
Donegan, skiffle blended deep southern
blues and country music with British
traditional jazz passion. Here’s a fun
re-make with Eric Wales, Jerry O'Regan,
Hamish McGregor and Ken Ford.

Tron Kirk
Blues N Trouble
Daily Programme:
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 9.30pm, £12 See page 5

The top Scottish blues band is back in the Spiegeltent for a hard driving, good Jam Session
time blues and boogie night. Over the years, they have played alongside Robert
Cray, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, and The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+:
famously with Maggie Bell last year, but it’s their own Chicago blues inspired See page 7
sound that excites, along with the “take-no-prisoners attitude” from Tim Elliott’s
impassioned vocal and harmonica and Sandy Tweeddale’s traditional blues guitar
mastery – straight out of the 50s.

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Friday 26th July

Red Stripe Band

Dom and the Ikos
Queen’s Hall, 8.30pm, £17.50, £15
A great night of blues and boogie woogie.
Festival favourites, Red Stripe and his seven-
piece band, are back with another rollicking
night of blues, jump jive, swing, and rock
n’roll. Described as “the closest thing to Jools
Holland and his band” (Jazz FM).“Red Stripe’s
immediate rapport with the audience and
quirky humour makes this show unmissable"
(Stephen Fry).
Singer and pianist, Dom Pipkin, makes his
festival debut playing New Orleans favourites
and standards spiced with R’n'B with his five-
piece band, The Iko’s. “I can't hold a candle
to this guy, he's a great piano player" (Jamie
Cullum). One-time Jonathan Ross piano
teacher, he currently tours the world playing
with Paloma Faith.

Napier University
Jazz Summer School
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 2pm, £5
An opportunity to see and hear some
jazz stars in the making, as the summer
school students showcase their newly
acquired skills. Led by Haftor Medbøe.

Swing 2013
Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, £10 Champian Fulton Trio
Shirt Tail Stompers John Russell’s band have been a 3 Bristo Place, 6-7.30pm, £12
Heriots Jazz Club, 8-11pm, £12 18+ mainstay of Edinburgh Jazz for over 30
years, playing swing and gypsy music The charismatic New York singer and
A heady brew of music for listening from the Django Reinhardt/Duke pianist is the talk of Manhattan. Still in
and dancing by Fats Waller, Fletcher Ellington era. They’ve changed their her mid-20’s she’s got the lived in voice
Henderson, Wingy Manone and many personnel lately and ushered in a new that gives authority to all the classic
others, with even references to Waller, chapter in the band’s history – reviving show songs and invites comparisons
Ellington and Basie. the early enthusiasm and free spirited with everyone from Billie Holiday to
approach. Carmen McRae, and she plays great
piano. She’d have Errol Garner checking
her out. No one has created such a stir
since Diana Krall first burst on to the
scene twenty years ago.

24 Tickets: 0131 473 2000 Info: 0131 467 5200

 Submotion Orchestra
Liquid Room, 7pm, £13, 18+ standing
Plus Support
The Submotion Orchestra whip up a
heady brew of soul, jazz and electronica
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band into their instrumental treatment of
dubstep. They can produce absolutely
Palazzo Speigeltent, 9.15pm, £15 hypnotising sets where rolling bass-lines
Right out of rural Indiana comes The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. This combine with layers of rhythm and
fingerpickin', scrubboard scratchin', drum-bucket country blues trio conjure up such somehow leave room for
greats as Son House and Charley Patton. They apply top musicianship to direct and improvisational horn lines and
powerful blues with great songwriting, and a killer live show. They’ve had three top gorgeous, soaring vocals (from the
ten Billboard blues records, and toured 20+ countries, but are still rooted in the sensational Ruby Wood). Hauntingly
Southern Indiana hills. The Big Damn Band features the vocals and guitar of textured melodies - “It blew me away…
"Reverend" Josh Peyton, his wife Breezy Peyton on washboard/vocals and Aaron Somewhere between Cinematic
Persinger on drums. Orchestra and dubstep – just right!”
(Gilles Peterson).
CROSS THE TRACKS

Jerry Forde New

Phoenix Jazz Band
Palazzo Speigeltent, 6-7.30pm, £10
Forde’s new band have been a breath of
fresh air on the Edinburgh classic jazz
scene. Tonight they debut “The New
Century Jazz Rag” featuring blues,
spirituals, ballads, cakewalks, marches,
waltzes, cool, modern, bebop, poetry..
Four Corners featuring Ellington, Monk, Blakey, Morton,
The Haggis Horns Armstrong, Waller and of course rags.
With Colin Steele, Dick Lee, Martin
3 Bristo Place, 11pm-3am, £, £7.50 Foster, Phil Adams, Forde and Jack
Euan Burton Quartet with (£5.50 in advance / before midnight) 18+ Wilson.
special guest Walter Smith lll standing
3 Bristo Place, 8.30-10pm, £10 Edinburgh's regular club get-down of
The bassist's new band with Adam deep funk and future soul, party hip hop
Jackson and Tom Gibbs is causing quite and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks Tron Kirk
a stir – a Scottish band in touch with the and afro beats courtesy of resident DJ's
Daily Programme: See page 5
current New York scene. Tonight they're Astroboy, Simon Hodge, Johnny
joined by one of the toughest tenor sax Cashback and Wee G. Tonight, on tour
to 3 Bristo Place, with special guests,
Jam Session
players from that scene, and young
veteran of many recordings and leading The Haggis Horns – great musicians who The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+:
groups. Music with energy and purpose rock dancefloors with their classic See page 7
but with Burton's distinctive line on northern funk sound and breakbeats,
melody and structure. afrobeat, soul and hip-hop.
CROSS THE TRACKS
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Saturday 27th July

Mud
Morganfield
Stevie Hay’s Shades of Blue
with special guests
Brian Kellock and John Burgess
Muddy Waters’ eldest son has got a new band together
and taken the blues world by storm.
Amazingly, he sounds just like his father, and the band
play his classic hits: “Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I’m
Ready”, “Son Of A Seventh Son”… This is the classic
Chicago electric blues that Muddy is generally held to
have invented, and which in its turn spawned the rock
revolution of the 60s and 70s. Led Zeppelin, The
Rolling Stones, and Paul Rodgers are among many to
have covered Muddy’s music. The band features the
brilliant blues guitar slinger, Ronnie Boysen, and top
harmonica man, West Weston.
Fresh from their sell out success at last year’s Festival,
Steve Hay’s Shades of Blue return with the rocking,
good-time blues expertly delivered with soulful vocals,
driving rhythm section, Neil Warden’s great guitar playing,
and two very special guests.

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 Spirits of Rhythm
Royal Overseas League, 1.30pm, £10
Stalwarts of the Edinburgh New Orleans
scene and globetrotters to Festival
across Europe, Violet Milne’s band
epitomises the warmth of New Orleans
jazz and feature the best New Orleans
style drummer in the north of Britain,
Kenny Milne.

CONNIE LUSH

DANA DIXON
Fred Wesley & the New JBs

The Godfather of Funk and Soul and musical director of the James Brown Band
during its heyday, Fred Wesley is Mr Funky. Trombonist of distinction, collaborator
and sophisticated arranger; when it comes to partying, no-one does it better. He
SHARBABY

always delivers a funky good time. Especially when he’s fronting his all star band,
The JBs. A steamy mix of jazz, R&B and hard driving funk grooves, or as Fred says,
"100% funky stuff for party people".

Saturday Blues Afternoon

Ladies of Blues: Connie Lush Band,
MARIO CARIBE

GAIO DE LIMA

Dana Dixon Band, SharBaby

Rocking and soulful rootsy sounds from

the unforgettable voice of one of
Britain's foremost blues divas, Connie
Lush. Singer, harmonica player Dana
Dixon delivers an intoxicating mix of
Choro Escoces authentic Texas, Chicago and west coast
3 Bristo Place, 7-8.30pm, £12 jump blues plus rockabilly and 50s R&B.

A new super-group project for Mario Caribe – singing and playing double bass and Hailing from South Bend, Alabama,
guitar in a new Brazilian partnership with multi-instrumentalist Gaio de Lima. blues singer and guitar player
Together with Stuart Brown (drums and percussion) and David Milligan (piano) they SharBaby’s good-time soulful voice and
play Brazilian and Scottish folk tunes. Light, quick lines and great grooves merge into her great band always get the house
beautiful languid ballads as they change instruments from mandolin to cavaquinho, rocking.
from drums to percussion, from double bass to guitar and piano telling different
musical stories. Charming, thrilling, intoxicating music.

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Saturday 27th July

Bill Salmond’s Louisiana

Ragtime Band

Step back to the early 1920s, to the

birth place of jazz, to the music of the
bars and dance halls of New Orleans:
Louis, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver.
Swinging sounds delivered with real
Ghostpoet conviction, spirit and passion from this
hugely popular Edinburgh group, led
Liquid Room, 7pm, £12, 18+ Standing Plus Support by banjoist, Bill Salmond, and tonight
in an all star version with Finlay Milne
Mercury-award nominee, signed to Gilles Pertson‘s Brownswood label, Ghostpoet
(trumpet), Jake McMahon (clarinet),
is a Brit rapper whose remarkable sound takes in trip-hop, dubstep and hip-hop
Tom Finlay (piano), Bill Brydon (bass),
and has marked him out as one of the most distinct voices in British music. The
and Kenny Milne (drums).
success of his debut album, “Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam”, has led to
headline appearances at Glastonbury, Latitude and Bestival. His slurring, nostalgic
vocals drop over a hypnotic pulse of beats and beeps, and the result is unique and
frankly addictive.
CROSS THE TRACKS

Havana Swing
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 8.30pm, £10
Inspired by Parisian jazz of the 1930s
and Django Reinhardt's Hot Club de
Paris, Havana Swing are a very tight four
piece band playing lightning solos,
subtle harmonies, with energy, passion
and charm: “happy, jaunty, feelgood
jazz executed with great panache”
(The Herald).
Neil Cowley Trio
3 Bristo Place, 9.30pm, £16
A rollercoaster of a live experience, Cowley’s piano-led Trio hit you with a power
and force unmatched in the jazz world – a rousing, thrills and spills approach where
Tron Kirk
catchy and spiky post-jazz compositions are partnered by powerful bass and
drums. “Combining the hammering rock-driven energy of Jerry Lee Lewis and the Daily Programme: See page 5
mesmeric power of Radiohead” (The Guardian). “Dynamic, seismic and delicately
lyrical .. EST on steroids with the attitude of Motorhead” (Record Collector). With Jam Session
Rex Horam (bass) and Evan Jenkins (drums). The Jazz Bar, 11pm, £5, 18+:
See page 7

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Sunday 28th July

Jools Holland
and his Rhythm
and Blues Orchestra
Featuring Gilson Lavis
with special guest ROLAND GIFT
the voice of Fine Young Cannibals
and guest vocalists
RUBY TURNER & LOUISE MARSHALL
Plus Support from Red Sky July
Festival Theatre, 7.30pm, £50, £39.50, £37.50,
£33.50 + £2 booking fee
The climax of this year’s Jazz & Blues Festival
is a return by popular demand of the
undisputed King of rhythm’n’blues and
boogie-woogie, Jools Holland, and his
fantastic Big band. The pianist and
bandleader, leads a band packed with great
musicians – one of the hottest and most
exciting big bands you can hear anywhere.
Tonight they are joined by special guest,
Roland Gift, and by regulars with Jools’ band,
vocalists Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall.

In-depth Glenfiddich nosing and tasting

sessions are available from 6.00 to
6.45pm. See page 31 for details. 18+

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Sunday 28th July

TERRY HARMONIC BEAN

Pharoah Sanders Quartet
+ Phil Bancroft Quartet
3 Bristo Place, 8.30pm, £22.50
Pharoah Sanders possesses one of
the most distinctive tenor saxophone
sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and
heavy with overtones, he made his
name with expressionistic, free jazz in
John Coltrane's late ensembles of the
mid-60s, and then on a series of
classic modal/free albums under his
own name. He’s gone on to embrace
more traditional jazz forms and more

JO HARMAN
graceful concerns. Here he is, with his
Quartet, in a double bill with
Scotland’s own mighty tenor player,
Phil Bancroft, who has a new band
featuring Paul Harrison (piano) and
young tyros, Euan Burton (bass) and
John Lowrie (drums). Sunday Blues Afternoon
John Bruce Band plays the Allman
Brothers, Terry Harmonic Bean and
Jo Harman and Company
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 1-4pm, £12.50
Terry Bean is the real Delta blues deal.
From Mississippi, he picked cotton when
he was young, and learned the blues
from his father. He plays guitar and
forceful harmonica and sings with a
powerful and plaintively soulful tone.
Leading Scottish blues guitarist, John
Bruce rekindles his Allman Brothers set.
Jo Harman is first on, so get there early
for one of the hottest properties on the
current scene - packing out everywhere
she goes - intimate ballads and driving
blues-rock.

Edinburgh Schools
Jazz Orchestra
Champian Fulton Trio Ultra High Flamenco
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 5.30-6.30pm, £5
Palazzo Spiegeltent, 8.30pm, £12 3 Bristo Place, 6-7.30pm, £15
Big band classics from Edinburgh’s own
The charismatic New York singer and UHF are a major profile band in Spain, youth jazz band, packed with some
pianist is the talk of Manhattan. Still in playing dramatic and fiery flamenco-jazz exceptional talent in the current crop.
her mid-20’s she’s got the lived in voice fusion with a folky, acoustic feel: Directed by Dan Hallam.
that gives authority to all the classic tumbling rhythms, dazzling unison
show songs and invites comparisons passages and passionate melodies.
with everyone from Billie Holiday to Imagine The Hot Club re-located
Carmen McRae, and she plays great to Granada in the 21st century. “A
piano. She’d have Errol Garner checking 24-carat quartet” (Flamenco Culture),
her out. No one has created such a stir they feature four real virtuosi: Paquito Tron Kirk
since Diana Krall first burst on to the González (percussion), Alexis Lefevre Daily Programme:
scene twenty years ago. (violin), Pablo Martín-Caminero (double- See page 5
bass), José Quevedo (Spanish Guitar).

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Supporters:
Brian Fallon (Chair) would like to thank our funders,
sponsors, board members, producers, staff,
volunteers and everyone who helps to make our
Festival such a success.

The Scottish Jazz Expo is supported through the

Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festival Expo Fund

SZK: Sizhukong is sponsored by Bureau of

Audiovisual and Music Industry Development,
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.

Edinburgh Airport: Where Scotland

meets the world. Edinburgh Airport Venues
is one of Europe’s leading airports.
With direct links to over 130 destinations, over 9.2 V1 The Festival Theatre V8 Royal Over-Seas League
million passengers travel through the airport each year. 13/29 Nicolson Street, EH8 9FT Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street,
Wonderful acoustics and a large performance EH2 3AB
Enjoy a taste of the world's most
stage, the theatre is laid out with traditional An elegant club setting with rows of
awarded single malt Scotch Whisky.
seating across stalls and circle levels. unreserved seating.
Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky are offering
Edinburgh Festival Theatre’s customers the opportunity
V2 Queen’s Hall V9 Heriot’s Rugby Club
to nose and taste the world’s most awarded single malt
Scotch – an elegant malt which balances the fruitiness 85-89 Clerk Street, Newington, EH8 9JG Goldenacre, Inverleith Row, EH3 5QW
of pear with the richness of subtle oak. You can try A converted Grade A-listed Georgian church, (entrance via Bangholm Terrace)
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old, 14 Year Old Rich Oak, 15 Year with central table seats surrounded by Unreserved cabaret style seating with
Old Solera, and 18 Year Old. traditional pews, and a gallery. a dance area. Over 14s only.
In-depth nosing and tasting sessions with the
Glenfiddich team are available from 18:00 to 18:45 V3 Palazzo Spiegeltent V10 Grassmarket
at the following concerts: Eric Burdon (24th July),
The 3 B’s (25th July) and Jools Holland (28th July). Assembly George Square, EH8 9LD Grassmarket, EH1 2JA
The ultimate cabaret and music salon with a Famous market-square in the heart of the Old
Glenfiddich sampling will be available throughout central seating area circled by wooden booths. Town. Primarily standing, there are benches
these evenings for all customers (aged over 18!). and seating areas in the square.
www.glenfiddich.co.uk
V4 3 Bristo Place
3 Bristo Place, EH1 1EY V11 Music Department, Merchiston Campus,
Napier University
Small, intimate and atmospheric venue with
EJ&BF Board of Directors mixed cabaret and row seating plus balcony. 10 Colinton Rd Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Cllr. Steve Cardownie, Leslie Deans, Brian Fallon, The bar is located downstairs. * EH10 5DT
Cllr. Richard Lewis, Duncan Lonie, Moira McKenzie,
Cllr. Eric Milligan, Paul Nolan, Tom Ponton, Cllr. Carnival Arena
V5 Liquid Room
Jason Rust, Jeff Shortreed Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens
9c Victoria Street, EH1 2HE
Standing with seating options in Princes
Top Edinburgh club venue with state of the
Design: Eden Consultancy Group Street Gardens and Ross Bandstand area.
art sound system. Large dancefloor plus
Cover Photo: Keith Major
limited balcony seating. Over 18s only.
Website: powered by Vineland Festival Club Tron Kirk
Photos: Louise Birchan: Euan Burton, Shaun Colvin: Corner of High Street and South Bridge,
V6 The Voodoo Rooms EH1 1PE
Hot 8 Brass Band; Edmund Fraser: Hidden Orchestra;
Getty Images: Duke Ellington; Icon Photography: Fat 19a West Register Street, EH2 2AA Converted 17th Century church – with informal
Sams, Brian Kellock, Sue MacKenzie, Roy Percy; Robin Glamorous and stylish club venue - standing. seating layout offering food and drink from
Legge: Archie MacFarlane: Tony King; Haftor Medbøe; Over 18s only * 10am until late. The daytime programme runs
Keith Major: Tia Fuller; John Need: Mario Caribe; continuously.
Sandy Blair: Carnival
V7 The Jazz Bar
1a Chambers Street, EH1 1HR Doors usually open 30 minutes prior to
Contact us: performance times.
An atmospheric and dedicated basement
Phone 0131 467 5200 / jazz bar with limited unreserved seating Latecomers may not be admitted until a
www.edinburghjazzfestival.com and standing. Over 14s (until 9pm), then suitable break in the performance.
over 18s only * * No disabled access

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FRI 19 JULY 18th July Stirling Sandy Tweeddale

Sue McHugh & Campbell Normand
Brian Kellock The California Honeydrops
Tia Fuller Tim Kliphuis Brian Kellock Trio H: Rae Brothers SZK: Sizhukong
Hot 8 Brass Band California Honeydrops Jam Session Shreveport Rhythm
Jensen Interceptors

Mardi Gras Sandy Tweeddale

SAT 20 JULY Hidden Orchestra Stephen Duffy & Richard Michael
Fat Sam's Band Fapy Lafertin Trio Martin Kershaw Qt Peebles: Subie Coleman & Kevin Mackenzie
Richard Michael HoJP
MacKeznie/Kellock Vieux Carre Jazzmen
California Honeydrops Tony King’s ‘Get On Up’ Jam Session Shreveport Rhythm
Sleepy Eyes Nelson
SUN 21 JULY Carnival Stephanie Trick
Batchelors of Jazz Sue MacKenzie Fifield & Stephen/ Mike Rogers
Sunday Market Stephanie Trick
SZK: Sizhukong
Joe & Sekou Bandakadabra
Steve Riley Funky Style Brass Gerry Jablonski
Sleepy Eyes Nelson
MON 22 JULY Diplomats of Jazz George King & Walter Smith
Mike Hart All Star Band Mats Up Sue McHugh & Campbell Normand
Linlithgow: Roy Percy Stephanie Trick
Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters
Snarky Puppy McCrary Sisters Stan Tracey Qt Jazz Bar Big Band Edith Budge
Al Hughes
TUES 23 JULY Gramophone Jass Band SZK: Sizhukong
Paolo Alderighi
Darius Brubeck Qt + Trick & Alderighi Stefan Grossman Mopti Dunfermline: Enrico Tommaso Duo
Tom Davis Qt KMCJO Malcolm MacFarlane Locus Ellington Sacred Fionna Duncan
Main Street Blues

Joe Gordon Evan Christopher Talk Bury Youth Big Band

WED 24 JULY Cindy Douglas & Alan Benzies
Dom James/Dixie Ticklers Kekko Fornarelli Trio
Stephanie Trick
Haddington: Sophie Bancroft & Tom Lyne
Duke Ellington’s Roy Percy Sextet MacFarlane
Eric Burdon Sacred Concert Wiszniewski/Stevenson Stephanie Trick
Cathie Rae: Cat's Club
Sleepy Eyes Nelson
THURS 25 Seaside Skiffle Dr. Lee's Prescription
JULY Subie Coleman & Kevin Mackenzie
Malene Mortensen Haftor Medbøe Dr. Lee's Prescription
Barber/Bilk/Ball Stone Islands Blues N Trouble Shirt Tail Stompers Jam Session Rosie Nimmo Band
Iain Hunter
Al Hughes
FRI 26 JULY Napier Concert Swing 2013 Sophie Bancroft & Tom Lyne
Champian Fulton Dom Pipkin
Red Stripe Band + Jerry Forde New Phoenix Euan Burton Project Submotion Orchestra Steve Coombe's Hot Four
Bill Kemp Trio
Dom Pipkin Rev Peyton 4 Corners/Haggis Horns Jam Session H: Shirt Tail Stompers Freddie King
Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allerdyce
SAT 27 JULY Blues Afternoon Spirits of Rhythm The Gramophone Jass Band
Sean Gibbs Quintet
Louisiana Ragtime Band Choro Escoces Ghostpoet The Gramophone Jass Band
Mud Morganfield+
Stevie Hay Fred Wesley Havana Swing Neil Cowley Jam Session Alex Silver Quintet
Lorna Reid Jazz Café
Sandy Tweeddale
SUN 28 JULY Blues Afternoon Alison Affleck & Vieux Carre
Debbie Davis & Tom Finlay
ESJO Ultra High Flamenco Alison Affleck & Vieux Carre
Jools Holland Champian Fulton Pharoah Sanders Angela King
Lyndon Anderson Band

Tickets: 0131 473 2000 Info: 0131 467 5200 www.edinburghjazzfestival.com

Running Times generally last about two hours, unless otherwise stated. The programme is accurate at the time of going to print. The Festival cannot accept responsibility for personnel changes. Please check the website for any updates.