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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

Scotland's biggest jazz festival presents over 100 concerts in ten days all over the capital, in parks, churches, clubs and concert halls. With a programme featuring all jazz styles from early jazz to the avant garde, the EJ&BF usually manages to secure some world premières, new bands, and new collaborations.

Edinburgh: various venues

Fri 19 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0131 467 5200

Sat 20 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0131 467 5200

Sun 21 Jul

Times & prices vary / 0131 467 5200

…and 7 more dates until 28 Jul

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

'Boogie-woogie. Hunt is a master of slide-guitar.' ★★★★ (Scotsman). 'Blues legend builds cannibalised guitars.' ★★★★ (Herald). 'Ingenious.' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks). 'Hunt has mojo.' ★★★★ (Edinburgh Evening News.) ★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Seasick Steve in a science lab.' (Ian Rankin). 'Fantastic.' (Jools Holland).

The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Sat 3 Aug

£9 (£7) / 0131 220 4298

Sun 4 Aug

£9 (£7) / 0131 220 4298

Thu 8 Aug

£9 (£7) / 0131 220 4298

…and 8 more dates until 24 Aug

Rosie Nimmo

'…like it a lot. Great voice' (Ian Rankin). ' …delicious collection of songs' (Fatea). '…blue velvet of her voice…' (Sunday Herald). ' …exquisite disc' (NetRhythms.co.uk). 'deeply moving' (Piers Ford). 'Hugely enjoyable' (Iain Anderson, BBC). www.rosienimmo.com.

Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Fri 9 Aug

£10 (£8) / 0131 346 8237

Medieval and Spanish Blues: Guitar and Song

A musical journey from haunting Spanish moods, ethereal eastern influences and strains of western folk. ‘Never heard anyone get that much beautiful sound out of a J-45’ (Bob, Tucson, AZ). www.claudebourbon.org.

Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Thu 22 Aug

£10 (£8) / 0131 346 8237

The Jazz Bar Quintet

Hard bop and lesser-known standards from the accomplished five-piece.

The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Fri 31 May

£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298

  • 20:00
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Blues N Trouble

The top Scottish blues band are back in the Spiegel Tent for a hard driving, good time blues and boogie night. Over the years, they have played alongside Robert Cray, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, and famously with Maggie Bell last year, but its their own Chicago blues inspired sound…

The Spiegeltent, Edinburgh

Thu 25 Jul

£12

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 21:30 – 23:30

Freddie King

The hippest singer in town bebop, ballads, blues, all spun afresh in a net of warmth and pleasure.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Fri 26 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00

Gerry Jablonski

Guitar hero and his great band play high-octane blues-rock. Always a storming live performance.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Sun 21 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00

Hugh Laurie

The celebrated film and TV actor takes his blues band out on tour and showcases his piano-playing skills with cohorts the Copper Bottom Band.

The Edinburgh Playhouse

Sat 22 Jun

0844 871 3014

Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters

Driving blues inspired by 50s and 60s American classics.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Mon 22 Jul

£5

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 17:00 – 19:00
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Jensen Interceptors

The electric blues powerhouse band is fronted by the charismatic harmonica and vocals of Gary Martin and check out the great Alan Brown on guitar.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Fri 19 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00

Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

The climax of this year’s Jazz and 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.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Sun 28 Jul

£33.50 / 0131 529 6000

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 19:30 – 21:30

Lachlan's Sounds of Jazz

Accomplished jazz, with Lachlan on guitar and Kenny on double bass.

Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant, Edinburgh

Fri 31 May

Free / 0131 225 2131

  • 18:45 – 21:30

Lucinda Williams

Alt.rock, Americana and blues from Lucinda Williams.

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Sun 23 Jun

£25 / 0131 668 2019

  • 19:00

Lyndon Anderson

One of the UK’s finest harmonica players and singers delivers a red-hot blues finale.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Sun 28 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00
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Main Street Blues

Electric blues band with a wide range of R’n’B and funk influences.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Tue 23 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00

Mike Whellans

One of the few remaining one-man blues outfits in Scotland, playing electric and acoustic guitar, mouth harp, drums and mouth percussion.

Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Tue 13 Aug

£10 (£8) / 0131 346 8237

Tue 20 Aug

£10 (£8) / 0131 346 8237

Rosie Nimmo Band

Jazzy, rootsy blues singer from lazy and mellow to infectious rock and boogie.

Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

Thu 25 Jul

£5

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 17:00 – 19:00

Stefan Grossman

Grossman studied fingerstyle blues with the originals – Rev Gary Davis, Mississipi Fred McDowell and Son House, and in the 60s he brought his guitar to Britain influencing and playing with a range of musicians from Bert Jansch and John Renbourn to Eric Clapton. He’s a master of a range of styles - ragtime guitar, country…

Bristo Hall, Edinburgh

Tue 23 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 18:00 – 19:30

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys

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 a cappella ballad, then play something that sounds like Howlin’ Wolf fell in lust with a Creole girl. This is the…

The Spiegeltent, Edinburgh

Sun 21 Jul

£15

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:30 – 22:30
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Sunday Blues Afternoon

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 foreceful harmonica and sings with a powerful and plaintively soulful tone.  Leading Scottish blues guitarist, John Bruce rekindles his Allman Brothers set. Jo Harman is…

The Spiegeltent, Edinburgh

Sun 28 Jul

£12.50

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 13:00 – 16:00

The California Honeydrops

Free-spirited San Francisco group playing a musical gumbo of soul, blues, gospel, second line New Orleans Jazz, and early R&B and always creating an infectious feel-good mood. When you make you’re living busking in the street you know how to make an impact instantly, and this fun-loving band know how to do that - they…

Bristo Hall, Edinburgh

Fri 19 Jul

£10

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 22:00 – 00:00

Sat 20 Jul

£12

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 21:30 – 23:30

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Right out of rural Indiana comes The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. This fingerpickin', scrubboard scratchin', drum-bucket country blues trio conjure up such greats as Son House and Charley Patton. They apply great musicianship to direct and powerful blues with great songwriting, and a killer live show. They’ve had…

The Spiegeltent, Edinburgh

Fri 26 Jul

£15

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 21:15 – 23:15

Tia Fuller

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 US scene, packed…

The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Fri 19 Jul

£15 / 0131 668 2019

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:30 – 22:30

World Premiere Quintet

A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal.

The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Sat 1 Jun

£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298

  • 20:00

Sat 8 Jun

£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298

  • 20:00

Sat 15 Jun

£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298

  • 20:00
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