On the final evening of what was another excellent and diverse Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, this gig proved an absolute delight Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: Haftor Medboe / Jacob Karlzon with Jessie Bates

On the last day of the festival the Soweto Kinch Quartet performed at the George Square Spiegeltent and delivered a subtler performance of modern jazz. Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: Soweto Kinch Quartet

A meeting of master and pupil. Not so long ago, rising pianist Fergus McCreadie was a student on Tommy Smith’s jazz course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: Tommy Smith / Fergus McCreadie

As the festival is nearly drawing to a close STRATA Expanded’s performance was like a battle cry. Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: STRATA Expanded

The multi-talented drummer, composer and producer Moses Boyd brought his band Exodus to Edinburgh’s Jazz and Blues festival along with his genre bending mix of club, hip-hop and electronic influenced jazz. Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: Moses Boyd Exodus

The music on offer at this year’s Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival has certainly been varied; from the purest side of jazz that is still very much in touch with Mingus, Coltrane, and Davis, to the more experimental material that freely mixes a plethora of styles. Continue reading ENRG @ ED JAZZ FEST: Donny McCaslin