EDINBURGH JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

A Selection of Scottish Artists

MAGGIE BELL AND BLUES N’ TROUBLE

Glasgow’s answer to Janis

Joplin, Maggie Bell is

performing with Blues n‘

Trouble, one of Edinburgh’s

leading blues bands at the

Festival Theatre.

NIKI KING & THE ELEMENTS

Perrier Jazz Award winner

and her band get down and

funky, performing self-

penned tunes of 21st century

love, life and loss.

FAT SAM’S BAND

Fat Sam’s Band was formed

by Hamish McGregor in

1984 and travels the world.

They proudly

return to Edinburgh to

delight audiences with their

upbeat jazz.

STEVEY HAY'SSHADES OF BLUE &

SPECIAL GUESTS

Good time blues expertly delivered

with soulful vocals, a swinging

rhythm section and a fistful of

emotion drenched guitar

pyrotechnics.

They are joined at the festival by

piano maestro Brian

Kellock and harp guru Spider

McKenzie. A good time guaranteed!

AVERAGE WHITE BAND

Making their festival debut

this year, Average White

Band have been distilling R

n’ B, jazz, soul and Motown

into a potent funky mix for

over thirty years and are

widely regarded as one of

the best soul and funk bands

in the world.

KEN MATHIESONCLASSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Ken Mathieson, Scotland’s

eminent jazz arranger,

together with the CJO will

be performing pieces by jazz

hero Bix Biederbecke, then

contrasts it with music by

Sidney Bechet, Jelly

Roll Morton and Duke

Ellington.

PAUL KIRBY

This Edinburgh pianist is

making a huge reputation

for himself in the Far East

and Germany. He is

performing at the festival

with a

fantastic international band,

including

the sizzling female alto

saxist, Jin

Pureum, plus Martin Zenker

on bass

and Kim Minchan (drums).

EDINBURGH JAZZ FESTIVAL

ORCHESTRA

This fine big band may only

exist during the jazz festival,

but it has quickly become

established as a major

feature of the programme.

In 2012, they will perform a

tribute “The Individualism of

Gil Evans” for his centenary

year, directed by Tim

Hagans.

BATCHELORS OF JAZZ

Led by trombonist Dave

Batchelor, expect pure jazz

entertainment from this all

star cast - Forrie Cairns

(clarinet), Alistair

MacDonald (banjo, vocals),

Lennie Herd (trumpet) and

Fraser Spiers (harmonica).