Byas’d Opinion

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival got a reasonable amount of coverage in the Scottish press. Here are links to the pieces I spotted. Some reviews cover more than one concert.

The Herald

Currently redesigning its web site: some links are to the old site, others to the beta version of the new one. I can’t guarantee these links will continue to work.

• Martin Taylor and Sylvain Luc; Elephant9
• Dave Milligan and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra: Sylvander & Clarinda
• Loren Stillman – Kevin Mackenzie Quartet
• Roy Hargrove Quintet; No Name Horses; Enrico Pieranunzi; Doky, Johansen, Ozone & Smith
• Courtney Pine; The Thing
• Dick Hyman Piano Legends
• Phil Bancroft; Stanton Moore
• Joe Temperley Quartet; Creole Clarinets; Echoes of Swing
• Dick Hyman European All-Stars; Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra (both featuring Alan Barnes)
• Jack Bruce, Robin Trower & Gary Husband; Ibrahim Electric

The Scotsman

• Dick Hyman European All-Stars; Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra
• Joe Temperley and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra play Duke Ellington
• Niki King sings Billie Holiday
• Dave Milligan and the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra: Sylvander & Clarinda; Colin Steele’s Stramash; Stu Brown’s Raymond Scott Project; Ibrahim Electric
• Tommy Smith and Jakob Karlzon; Brass Jaw

BBC Scotland

• Interview with Joe Temperley

Euphbass also has reviews of the EJFO Plays Ellington and Stramash gigs.